I'm working on an ATC that incorporates this photo I took at a nearby park this past autumn. I love the little seed pods (?) against the red leaves and the blue sky. Great weather that day; crisp and clear, but slightly overcast so there weren't too many shadows.At this point I'm in the home stretch: I believe I have ten more to go and then I'll be done with the 27 (oy!) ATCs needed for the Artfest ATC book. However, I might make a few extra, if I decide to keep a few more. It kinda depends on how well I'm able to take a picture of them for my records. One has a tiny glass tube on it, and I think I'll be able to keep the glare off. If so, I'll actually part with it. (I don't have any more glass tubes, so I'm not going to make a duplicate one. Trying to use the stuff I got!)
UPDATE: Not quite as many ATCs to go as I thought -- I've been knocking out two most of the times I sit down long enough to make "just one and then I'll go to bed." And believe me, I procrastinate plenty: The only reason I'm this far along is because I started in December and I have at least two other projects I need to finish by Artfest.
Thanks to Julie for the compliment on my photo. You should see hers -- last year she took a photo a day for eight months, and I totally got hooked on what was going to pop up next. It was like a visual version of the "shuffle" feature on an iPod.
Also, Evil Greg reminded me how to take a decent picture without glare from the glass tube. He's my Shell Answer Man.
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For the one with the glass tube, use the tripod/timer combo (like you were doing for the very high zoom on the painted rosary) and turn off the flash.
See, this is why I didn't sign up for a book. I have procrastination issues. I'm just now starting on some trades that I think are going to be really fun... and easy to mass produce.
I can't wait to meet you at Artfest!
Hey great photo, by the way.
I was bummed when Julie decided she was done and had taken enough photos because they weren't interesting enough to her anymore. They were to me.
I wonder who will see who first (at Artfest, I mean)
Catherine
P.S. I have a feeling greg isn't as evil as the hype says he is
so how DO you take a photo without the glare? make The Evil Greg spill all, please, ma'am.
In most cases, the glare is caused by the flash. If you turn off the flash, though, the exposure time has to be a lot longer to compensate for less light and 99.999% of people will get a blurry picture if they hold the camera in their hands, because they can't hold it perfectly still for long enough.
So you put the camera on a tripod, focus it on the item, turn off the flash, and set it to a 5-second timer. That way any shaking you caused when you clicked the button is gone by the time the camera shoots the photo, and the tripod holds it perfectly still.
If you need a bit more light, most major camera stores have studio in a box/bag kits which feature a light tent, a tabletop tripod, and a couple of bright lamps. Shine the lamps on the tent, put what you're shooting in it, and voila... plentiful-but-soft light. They run from around $30 for an el-cheapo up into the low hundreds.
If Lisa keeps needing to do so much product photography, she may get one.
my 2 cents - I hardly EVER use the flash on my camera - even if the pic comes out dark, I can fix that in Photoshop Elements - can't fix the glare. Or at least I don't know how to....
I'm not crazy about Photoshop for that purpose. Yes, you can fix it "in post," but you risk altering it into something different from the real-world one. I want an accurate record; I might need it for an occasion where "improving on reality" is a strike against me.
But mostly, I don't want to revisit a piece -- I made it, I shot it, I'm done. I'm too lazy to do more work!
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