Eleanora Eden on wed 3 sep 97
Just afew additions to the good list offered by Patrick:
Dulling Spray. Comes in a can called Dulling Spray. Spray it on your pot
and let it dry and presto no reflections.
Polarizing lens. Screws on in front of the lens and you move it around til
the reflections are where you want them. Doesn't eliminate them, does
reduce and control them.
Eleanora...just afew reflections on reflections....
Eleanora Eden 802 869-2003
Paradise Hill
Bellows Falls, VT 05101 eden@sover.net
Barbara Lewis on sun 7 sep 97
I had a photographer that used dulling spray on a ceramic tenmouku piece to
handle reflections, I hated the results and asked that he retake the
picture. Maybe he applied too much because the piece lost all of its
ceramic qualities. For all anyone could tell, the piece could have been
made from stone, wood, whatever. I read somewhere that one way to handle
hot spots (reflections) is to bounce color (the same as the piece your
photographing) from a bounce card back onto the piece. I might have read
this in a CM article on photographing work. Barbara
At 08:37 AM 9/3/97 EDT, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Just afew additions to the good list offered by Patrick:
>
>Dulling Spray. Comes in a can called Dulling Spray. Spray it on your pot
>and let it dry and presto no reflections.
>
>Polarizing lens. Screws on in front of the lens and you move it around til
>the reflections are where you want them. Doesn't eliminate them, does
>reduce and control them.
>
>Eleanora...just afew reflections on reflections....
>Eleanora Eden 802 869-2003
>Paradise Hill
>Bellows Falls, VT 05101 eden@sover.net
>
SLAVEN DEIRDRE JANE on wed 3 feb 99
Hello! I've been making clay boxes with glass windows which the viewer
would look through to see the item within. I am wondering how I will take
slides of these pieces. Has anyone taken slides of glass objects and do
you have tips on how I can take my slides without getting a reflection?
Thank You in advance for the info.
Deirdre Slaven
MRS SANDRA L BURKE on thu 4 feb 99
Deirdre.
You will need to purchase a polorizing filter to fit your lens------
if you aren't sure of what size to buy, take your lens with you. You
will also probably have to find some way to filter whatever lights
you are using, one method is to hang thin white fabric in front of
the lights ----be careful here or you will catch the fabric on fire--
some of the lights get VERY hot. You could also purchase polarizing
filters to go over the lights-----works great but sort of expensive---
-a good theatre shop should carry this.
Good luck
Sandy Burke
Clark & Julie Kent on thu 4 feb 99
Diedre:
I know this book has been mentioned before: Photographing Your Craftwork
by Steve Meltzer. It's an excellent resource, and has a chapter on
photographing glass, as well as one on photographing work with an internal
light source (I'm just assuming that you might have one, or need to
illuminate the interior).
Good luck! I'm still aching from my first slide venture -- my back still
hurts from bending over that tabletop tripod outside (who can afford the
lighting system their first time out?), and having to get up every two
seconds to brush off a leaf that fell on my pristine backdrop.
Still, they came out very well, all considered. Rather be making pots than
photographing them, though. I wish there were a better way!
Julie
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Hello! I've been making clay boxes with glass windows which the viewer
>would look through to see the item within. I am wondering how I will take
>slides of these pieces. Has anyone taken slides of glass objects and do
>you have tips on how I can take my slides without getting a reflection?
>Thank You in advance for the info.
>
>Deirdre Slaven
Russel Fouts on sun 7 feb 99
Julie,
>> ..... Photographing Your Craftwork by Steve Meltzer. <<<
Great book!
>> .. I'm still aching from my first slide venture -- my back still hurts
from bending over that tabletop tripod outside (who can afford the lighting
system their first time out?), and having to get up every two seconds to
brush off a leaf that fell on my pristine backdrop. <<
Save your back! If you haven't done it, get the whole setup onto a table
(can't tell from the post) and use a stool to put your foot up on to relieve
the stress on your back. It'll also make you steadier when you're focusing.
Russel
Russel Fouts
Mes Potes & Mes Pots
Brussels, Belgium
32 2 223 02 75
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Grant me the Senility to forget the people I never liked anyway,
The good fortune to run into the ones I do
And the eyesight to tell the difference.
Donn Buchfinck on mon 8 feb 99
goto the nearest feed store and ask for brooder lamps
they are the lamps that chicken farmers use to keep the eggs warm and they
have a ceramic housing on them and can take a 500 watt bulb
a couple of these should not run you more than 25 dollars
at the hardware store goto the clip light section and get the clip part of the
light. some stores sell them separatly from the light
so now you have clip lights that can take those powerfull bulbs
goto you camera supply store or call one and order a gradiated backdrop paper
for around 100 dollars calumet has a canvas that goes from light to black
set this paper up and put the pots on the paper and use a grey card
a grey card is a piece of cardboard that you set in fron of the piece you are
going to shoot and take the light reading from
I bought a simple light meter, no fancy ones for me.
bracket up and down
and take notes to learn how your camera works
if you want 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 color transperency there are realy cheap medium
format cameras out on the market. this size negative works better for
publication.
buy fugi film if there are a lot of greens
good luck
Donn Buchfinck
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