| ears I have been photographing nature, and all it has to | | | | Later that day I strung it to the back of my truck and |
| offer, and thus far I have found that I was mostly only | | | | drug it along a soft dirt road for a few yards, but it |
| able to capture things at a distance, or that were | | | | was quickly getting torn up. So I fixed it, and went back |
| familiar with my scent and presence. This led me to | | | | out and drug it by hand by using a hangar with a rope. |
| wondering how I could get better shots and pictures. | | | | That seemed to work fine, and once it was all a nice |
| Well, I have a friend who goes out hunting quite a bit | | | | dirt color I went out and started adorning it with grass, |
| and he uses what is called a ghillie suit. Seeing how I | | | | leaves, twigs, and other such materials. In the end I |
| am a starving artist I told him how I would be unable to | | | | was about half way done, but had a lot of empty |
| buy a ghillie suit kit, and he rebutted me with the fact I | | | | patches still. Over the next month I filled those out on |
| could make one on my own. So, left to my own | | | | my home made ghillie suit, and by the next Sunday I |
| devices I decided to make my own home made ghillie | | | | was out in the woods with my camera - which I also |
| suit. | | | | made a little cover for. |
| I experimented with several different fabrics until I cam | | | | I was able to get more close pictures and see more |
| across someone selling jute just for the purpose of | | | | wildlife with my home made ghillie suit than I ever had |
| making a home made ghillie suit. I quickly bought a large | | | | before, I was absolutely amazed at how many stills of |
| amount of it, and then went to a thrift store and | | | | birds, deer’s, and even a raccoon I was able to |
| bought some cheap clothing, along with a used sewing | | | | capture on the camera. I go out using that suit every |
| machine. I also visited the local hobby shop and picked | | | | time, and in my spare time I am making a better home |
| up some clear thread. I was well on my way to building | | | | made ghillie suit that has more pocket space and a |
| my first home made ghillie suit. I started with the fabric | | | | much larger amount of coverage as far as the added |
| and the clothing, sewing it together in such a way that | | | | leaves, grasses, and other materials go. I plan to use it |
| it meshed together without folding or wrinkling, then | | | | the next fall, so that I can get some great stills. My |
| after about two weeks worth of work I asked my | | | | biggest goal will be to capture a bear on my camera; |
| friend what I should do next. He said to drag it behind | | | | however, I would want to do that at a great distance. |
| my truck. | | | | |