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Taking photos in the workshop

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shred:
With my little camera, in macro mode it appears in the display to focus closer than it really does.  If yours is like that, back off and crop the photo down later.  Cropping can hide vast amounts of workshop junk and mess    ::)  Auto-fixes are getting pretty good at making colors look right too.

I also like to see something providing scale in photos, especially of finished projects.  It can be tough sometimes to include something everybody knows the size of all over the world, like Cedge's Coke can, but a little thought often comes up with something most of us have or know the size of.

cedge:
Tim
I got into taking pictures back when i was doing commercial graphics work. I'm not a studio shooter by any means, but I  know my way around my editing software....(grin).  I've been known to salvage some truly terrible shots. My private little play ground gallery is located at http://power-photoimpact.com , if you want a few minutes entertainment.

Steve

Stilldrillin:
Lots of good advice there.  :headbang:

Thanks Tim!  :thumbup:

David D

John-Som:
Tim

Much welcome advice and like most things its attention to detail and taking the time and trouble to get the best possible conditions that seems to be  important and not totally down to the camera. Many thanks for taking the time to run through the subject, and without blinding us with science. I am sure there will be many of our members who will be acting on your suggestions and hopefully posting some dazzling pictures.

JohnS

CrewCab:
Good thread Tim, and well put over  :thumbup:

I toy with piccy taking a little too and you are spot on about attention to detail; a plain backdrop using a piece of cloth or paper / card can be useful, rather than a boring wall and the "bounce flash" (if you can use a separate flash gun) is great
but

Looking at your pictures and "extracting the best bits" ............. commonly called cropping  :med: ............. is worth a lot, often there is a dam good picture lurking inside another ......... I've got a good example somewhere ............. but it's Dog related rather than engineering,  so I'll leave it out.

Looking forward to hearing more, thanks for taking the time to explain things.

atb

Dave

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