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I've got the tripod and the extra light available. I'm stuck though on the
software for modifying the photos. Any shareware out there? Nice picture by
the way. That's how I want mine to look...
Thanks for the insight. Wow, what a novice I am. I thought...buy the
camera, point and click and done! Presto. Not. Much more complicated :-)
Congrats to those of you who make it look easy :-)
In lugnet.space, Bram Lambrecht writes:
> In lugnet.space, David Laswell writes:
> > I've found that with properly arranged directional lighting, I can get
> > very rich, colorful photos with excellent overall illumination. Outdoors
> > gets tricky because sunny days will create stark shadows while overcast days
> > will cause lots of indirect bounce lighting.
>
> True, it's hard to get a perfect day, especially if you don't have time to
> take pictures while it's light out. It's also more difficult to set up a
> backdrop or the perfect view angle.
>
> I usually take my photos indoors too, but then again my camera has manually
> adjustable shutter speed, aperture, white balance, and focus, so I can take
> good pictures without much light, as long as I use a tripod. For example,
> these pictures were taken with one or two 60 watt incandescent bulbs, both
> at least 3 feet from the subject:
> http://lego.bldesign.org/models/?n=89
>
> Photoshop 7's "Auto Color" command does a great job of white balancing and
> brightening the image further if the photo isn't quite perfect.
>
> > $20 - AC adapter, which is a must-have for studio use, since there's no
> > point in burning through batteries if the camera doesn't move
>
> My camera uses rechargeable AA batteries, so switching in a fresh set of
> batteries is no big deal.
> --Bram
>
>
> Bram Lambrecht
> bram@cwru.edu
> www.bldesign.org
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