[TheForge] Re: Photographing your work

[Rick Crawford]

I use the Sony Mavica (this is a whole line of cameras) and it has a 3.5
inch disk holder built into it.  This is the nicest thing, as I can take it
anywhere and immediately have pictures on anyone's computer.  I regularly
take it to work and get pics there of the stuff we make (pics for customers
and for our future ref.)  I got it a few years ago, and don't know what they
cost now.  Mine has a 8x optical zoom and a 2x digital giving 16x zoom
effects.  It is a 1.3 mega pixel, but I know they now make much higher
resolution cameras for much less money than I spent.  On the web, you can
get free picture managing programs, and that is what I use.  I would love to
have Photoshop, but am too cheap to spend the 6-700 dollars on it.

Rick Crawford at Rafter Lazy C
Home of Rick's Forge and LEM the Wonder Mule
In the middle of Northern Illinois
http://www.rafterlazyc.com
rick@rafterlazyc.com

PS  -  I also like reading your take on the events you go to.  I would love
to go to more, but never seem to find the time, so I like to read of others
experiences.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phlip" <phlip@99main.com>
To: <theforge@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 8:47 PM
Subject: [TheForge] Re: Photographing your work


>
> Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...
>
> > Phlip ... have you seen the ridiculously low prices on decent digital
> > cameras these days?  Several years ago I bought my Kodak DC120
mega-pixel
> > at a 'steal' of around $400.  Yesterday I was in K-mart and Wal-Mart and
> > took a quick look at their digital cameras ... multi-mega-pixel, 2 or 3
or
> > more optical zoom plus digital zoom, etc.... and in the neighborhood of
> > $140-$175.  If all you want a digital camera for is to upload to your
> > computer or to the internet, then you don't even need to go up to the
> > mega-pixel size.
>
> Yeah, I know, but at the moment, even $20-$30 is a strain on my finances
;-)
> Things are improving, but I'm basicly being supported by some friends as I
> work to take over my own expenses, and restart my life- Hey, Life Happens
> ;-)
>
> However, I'd be very interested in hearing from you guys, about the
utility
> of various cameras and imaging systems. I've been accomplishing quite a
bit
> lately- my travelling forge set-up, some of my smithing work, some of my
> student's work- and I'd like to share it, but at the moment, as I had
> mentioned, I lack the capacity.
>
> So, I'll ask_
>
> What's YOUR choice of camera- function vs cost?
>
> Do you have a computer program that coordinates with your camera, to give
> you the best possible images? If so, what is it?
>
> Are there any tricks of lighting and arrangement that give you the best
> possible images to display your work? If so, what are they?
>
>
> Phlip
>
>  If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
> cat.
>
> Never a horse that cain't be rode,
> And never a rider who cain't be throwed....