[TheForge] Re: Photographing your work

Thu Jun 5 10:41:00 2003

A really nice photo software is thumbplus, by cerious software, run a search
with a search engine and the website should come up in the top 10, it has
tons of nice features, and its only about 70.00 USD

Paul

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Crawford" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 4:36 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Re: Photographing your work


> 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
> [email protected]
>
> 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" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> 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....
>
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