[meteorite-list] THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHING

From: Gerald Flaherty <grf2_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat May 21 20:05:25 2005
Message-ID: <005b01c55e61$eb192720$2f01a8c0_at_Dell>

Excellent Advice Dave! Jerry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Freeman mjwy" <dfreeman_at_fascination.com>
To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 1:15 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHING


> Dear List;
> For the beginners of photographing meteorites and other rocks, minerals;
> there are some handy tips to get more response to your photos/adds to
> sell.
> 1.) throw away the blurry pictures. With digital photos so easy to delete
> and take another, why link to blurry pictures?
> 2.) a view of the overall size of the specimen is critical. a top or above
> angled view, with good lighting, and a scale such as a ruler, ones' thumb
> (which also helps with color scale, and trim your nails and wash hands
> before photographing), or other size defining characteristic is very
> important. Since Ssex sells cars and everything else, I have thought of
> getting a model with nicely done nails to hold a specimen for the camera.
> Close up of the hand only as we still want the focus to be on the rock
> specimen!
> 3. ) background area can help or detract from the specimen. I prefer a
> black soft cloth as a background so the viewer focuses on the specimen,
> not what is in the back ground.
> 4.) Get one good clear correctly lit close up of the specimen to show
> chondrules, visible iron specks, fusion crust...what ever is the best
> trait to show off in the picture.
> 5.) So, in the big picture: one good picture of overall size and
> shape of the specimen with a color and size scale and a darker less
> interesting back ground. A second picture of close up with good
> lighting and maybe a hand or scale/ruler to show good size and define
> colors. One can have more pictures of different angles, filters, etc. and
> even just one picture can represent a specimen many times. It is
> critical to delete the blurry pictures, to get some form of scale of the
> over all shape and size of the specimen. John G. has helped me to
> understand lighting in that many cameras do better with a partial cloudy
> day as direct sunlight gives to much light to the subject. Practice using
> the camera and teach it to be your friend, good pictures will sell items
> twice as fast as poor quality pictures.
> Hope this helps the amateur photographer. I am sure that many of you can
> add to this one.
> Dave Freeman
> eBay power seller mjwy
> IMCA # 3864
> Rock Springs, WY
>
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