[TheForge] Mastermyr photo question...

[Mike]

> My question is this: for the documentary photos I am thinking that a
> white or near-white background is in order to as to contrast well with
> the dark iron and not introduce any distracting elements into the
> images.

Consider neutral grey paper.  Comes off a roll at your photo supply
house. I think it's better than white.

"I think..."?  So I'm no photo expert.  Learned about it at a workshop
with a pro photographer who did a lot of work for craftspeople of
various kinds.  And my own photographer uses it.

Another thought: Although I've taken a lot of color slides for show
and tell, demos etc., I think you get more elegant results with iron
using B&W prints in many cases.  Well, maybe only half.  If there's
color in the metalwork; if it's installed in a colorful architectural
setting; if it includes wood or other non-metal components, then maybe
color is better.  But for individual objects, the colors of other
things or just color tones in the background distract from the subtle
grey-scales of the iron.

- Mike

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