[TheForge] Mastermyr photo question...

[Burch]

Mike responded to your question with:

> > 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.


The photographer's favorite is 18% neutral gray.  That's because light 
meters are calibrated to give a proper exposure for that shade.  Using that 
makes getting the exposure of the object much easier.

Terry