Cindy Moore on mon 7 jan 08
I have just started taking my own photos. I use the ez cube. What is it
that works best to hold a plate or platter up, without putting it on an
easel? There are no photo shops in my area.
Thanks
June Perry on mon 7 jan 08
I put a couple of heavy firebricks behind platters to support them.
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Lynn Goodman Porcelain Pottery on mon 7 jan 08
On Jan 7, 2008, at 9:57 AM, Cindy Moore wrote:
> I have just started taking my own photos. I use the ez cube. What
> is it
> that works best to hold a plate or platter up, without putting it
> on an
> easel? There are no photo shops in my area.
> Thanks
I use a tall, thin can filled with pennies; the plate/platter is
upright, leaning on the can, tape on the top contact spot to hold it
in place. Low-tech, but it works! I hold the bottom in place with a
blue gum (the name eludes me) which is available in hobby shops and
on photo supply web sites, but a little bit of double stick tape
would work as well.
Lynn
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Fine Porcelain Pottery
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Timothy Langholz on mon 7 jan 08
I like both of those ideas.
In the past I've made a cardboard "v" and duct taped it to the back of the plate. Once again, low
tech. but it achieves the desired results.
Tim
Lois Aronow on mon 7 jan 08
for what it's worth - my professional photographer uses a large can of
rubber cement and a big wad of Blue-Tac. All he does is photograph art.
Not everything needs a high-tech, expensive solution.
----- Original Message -----
From: Timothy Langholz
Date: Monday, January 7, 2008 1:44 pm
Subject: Re: photographing
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
> I like both of those ideas.
>
> In the past I've made a cardboard "v" and duct taped it to the
> back of the plate. Once again, low
> tech. but it achieves the desired results.
>
> Tim
>
>
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Jennifer Boyer on mon 7 jan 08
I use a quart mason jar filled with sand and I use a small loop of
packing tape to stick the platter to the jar.
Jennifer
On Jan 7, 2008, at 11:21 AM, Lynn Goodman Porcelain Pottery wrote:
> On Jan 7, 2008, at 9:57 AM, Cindy Moore wrote:
>
>> I have just started taking my own photos. I use the ez cube. What
>> is it
>> that works best to hold a plate or platter up, without putting it
>> on an
>> easel? There are no photo shops in my area.
>> Thanks
>
> I use a tall, thin can filled with pennies; the plate/platter is
> upright, leaning on the can, tape on the top contact spot to hold it
> in place. Low-tech, but it works! I hold the bottom in place with a
> blue gum (the name eludes me) which is available in hobby shops and
> on photo supply web sites, but a little bit of double stick tape
> would work as well.
>
> Lynn
>
>
> Lynn Goodman
> Fine Porcelain Pottery
> Cell 347-526-9805
> www.lynngoodmanporcelain.com
>
>
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Lynn Goodman Porcelain Pottery on mon 7 jan 08
On Jan 7, 2008, at 2:10 PM, Lois Aronow wrote:
> for what it's worth - my professional photographer uses a large can of
> rubber cement and a big wad of Blue-Tac. All he does is photograph
> art.
>
> Not everything needs a high-tech, expensive solution.
Blue-Tac! That's the blue gum I was referring to (generally available
in hobby stores and photo supply web sites). Thank you, Lois!
Lynn
Paul Lewing on mon 7 jan 08
On Jan 7, 2008, at 6:57 AM, Cindy Moore wrote:
I have just started taking my own photos. I use the ez cube. What is it
that works best to hold a plate or platter up, without putting it on an
easel?
I once had a spectacular picture of a big plate taken by a
professional photographer. He stood the plate up leaning almost
exactly straight up against a brick, which was on end with the thin
side facing the camera. He put a seamless backdrop a long way behind
the plate so he got that nice graduated background, really dark at
the top. He used bounded strobes from either side as the main light
source, but he put a small intense spot light above and just barely
behind the plate. This created a very intense highlight on the very
top edge of the plate, the only one in the picture, and a dark but
soft edged shadow just below and in front of the plate. It seems to
float in a pool of light.
Paul Lewing
www.paullewingtile.com
Russel Fouts on tue 8 jan 08
I use a firebrick wrapped in duct tape so as not to mar my back drop.
If you make a flat ball of masking tape, sticky side out and stick it
on the brick where the plate is liable to lean against it, it keeps
the plat from sliding down.
Russel
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