How to take a picture

[greatdane2]

The other day I asked about what camera pixel # do I need. BobD jumped in with an article from the Wood Carving Magazine/Fall 2005.
It is a very good article about how to take a picture.
I am putting this here so those of you who did not read the camera post might see this.
Bob this would be a good article for our magazine.
Bob posted this to click on
"Photography Article Reprint.pdf"

I tried to click on this and it did not work(a computer dummy on the loose) but if you go to the first page of "what camera to use" it is there.
Or someone can please jump in and put the address here to click on . hint hint!

Alan.

[BobD]

LOL...that was my mistake. We ran similar articles in both magazines, and I uploaded the wrong one. Here is the corrected one. It was printed in SSW 22.

Bob

[greatdane2]

Ok, sorry. I just don't remeber seeing it in our magazine. Need a lot more brain food.

Alan.

[Big_red_S]

Hi Alan,

BobD's post is in this thread:
How good a camera?


I skimmed over the article and it looks good – but here are some of my tips:

1) I Always use flash (if nothing else it will help with shadows), the way to get rid of the glare is to put your subject away from the center.
2) On all “point & shoot” cameras, if you press the button half way the camera will focus without taking a picture. Only after it finishes focusing press the button the whole way (this will get rid of all most of the out-of-focus pictures).
3) If you can, use a tripod
4) Instead of artificial light, have a piece of white card or paper handy, put it above the camera in various angles – you’ll be surprised at the results (I got this tip from a super-pro photographer).
5) Every digital camera has a “super close up” or “macro” mode for photographing details. It looks like a flower.

6) For every ten pictures you take one will be a good one.

[BobD]

Your advice is good, but I STRONGLY reccomend NOT using the onboard flash...9 out of 10 of the photos I get but can't use are blown out or have a lot of glare from an onboard flash.

Bob

[Big_red_S]

BobD, you're right.
I only use flash when I take pictures of people.

[BobD]

Thank you for clarifying!!! I just had visions of hundreds of photos coming in to me full of flash glare off a glossy finish and so blown out that you can't even see the different colors of wood in an intarsia piece <GRIN>

Bob

[meydenhart]

This was a good article. I also have some tips on photographing your projects in my "Newsletter archive" if anyone is interested