Sylvia Rios on thu 22 feb 07
HI Mel,
I tried to reply to 3 emails in the clayart list and they didn't show up in the email list. The note said that you were going to review them or something. Did I do something wrong?
I am a ceramics instructor at the community college level in California and am actively making work, showing, teaching and was looking forward to participating in dialogue through Clayart.
Please let me know what it happening.
Take care,
Sylvia Rios
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mel jacobson on thu 22 feb 07
it always makes me crazy when folks have to
disguise temmoku/glossy pots for photos.
`my god, the glaze is glossy, jet black...highlights
bounce off it like magic.` that is what jet black shiny glazes do.
but, for a photo, we have to make the glaze look matt.
makes me crazy.
think of the hundreds of photos i did for the iron saga...hundreds,
all black and shiny.
oxy moronic...we work like fiends to make a perfect temmoku
and then spray dull varnish on them to make photos.
makes me crazy.
mel
lots of free or very inexpensive photo retouch software out there.
arcsoft makes several.
of course it you want a quick fix, picassa does a great job
on digital/computer generated pix. it may take you ten years
to learn phototshop, and do it well. i have 7.0 and finally took it
off my computer. takes 5 minutes to load the damn thing, then
50,000 commands later...well, you know what i mean. it is great
if that is what you do for a living...photoshop...just like the big cad
programs...not easy...but wonderful when you know how.
i just bought a new epson scanner...does four slides at a time.
works great. 75 bucks...matched that with an epson printer.
smooth as glass/or temmoku.
mel
my big garbage man just hauled away 2000 slides.
goodbye, and good riddance.
i had a cd made of 250 of my best. have them downloaded
now on this computer. my daughter will not have to go through
that family history now.
from: mel/minnetonka.mn.usa
website: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/
Clayart page link: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/clayart.html
Veena Raghavan on thu 22 feb 07
Hi Mel,
I have a ton of slides I need to convert to digital. I am not in a rush, so 4
at a time sounds good to me. Could you tell us which model you bought? Would
love to pick up one for $75.00. Thanks in advance.
Veena (eager to get her orange dot!)
In a message dated 2/22/2007 6:26:46 PM Eastern Standard Time,
melpots2@VISI.COM writes:
>
> i just bought a new epson scanner...does four slides at a time.
> works great. 75 bucks...matched that with an epson printer.
> smooth as glass/or temmoku.
VeenaRaghavan@cs.com
Vantuil Varges on thu 22 feb 07
Mel,
The best way to avoid glare, therefore intensifying color, without
eliminating the shine, so important in the perception of the real
glaze, is to use a polarizing filter. Adjust it to eliminate the
glare but the highlights stay just as they should be! Shinny pots
should be shinny and the highlights reflection in the pot tell our
brain that story. Glare does affect color but is better dealt with a
polarizing filter.
Vantuil
On Feb 22, 2007, at 6:01 PM, mel jacobson wrote:
> it always makes me crazy when folks have to
> disguise temmoku/glossy pots for photos.
>
> `my god, the glaze is glossy, jet black...highlights
> bounce off it like magic.` that is what jet black shiny glazes do.
>
> but, for a photo, we have to make the glaze look matt.
> makes me crazy.
>
> think of the hundreds of photos i did for the iron saga...hundreds,
> all black and shiny.
>
> oxy moronic...we work like fiends to make a perfect temmoku
> and then spray dull varnish on them to make photos.
> makes me crazy.
> mel
> lots of free or very inexpensive photo retouch software out there.
> arcsoft makes several.
> of course it you want a quick fix, picassa does a great job
> on digital/computer generated pix. it may take you ten years
> to learn phototshop, and do it well. i have 7.0 and finally took it
> off my computer. takes 5 minutes to load the damn thing, then
> 50,000 commands later...well, you know what i mean. it is great
> if that is what you do for a living...photoshop...just like the big
> cad
> programs...not easy...but wonderful when you know how.
>
> i just bought a new epson scanner...does four slides at a time.
> works great. 75 bucks...matched that with an epson printer.
> smooth as glass/or temmoku.
> mel
> my big garbage man just hauled away 2000 slides.
> goodbye, and good riddance.
> i had a cd made of 250 of my best. have them downloaded
> now on this computer. my daughter will not have to go through
> that family history now.
>
>
>
>
>
> from: mel/minnetonka.mn.usa
> website: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/
>
> Clayart page link: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/clayart.html
>
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Arnold Howard on fri 23 feb 07
From: "mel jacobson"
> it always makes me crazy when folks have to
> disguise temmoku/glossy pots for photos.
Sometimes the reflection itself becomes an interesting
element in the photo. Look at advertising photos of jewelry,
glass bottles, and other small still lifes. A diffusion
panel creates long, beautiful lines that help to bring out
the shape of the subject. Pin-point lights can make the
piece sparkle.
Most people hardly look at magazine ads. But I study some of
them, because the photographs have so much to teach.
Digital cameras amaze me. We've come a long way since my
father gave me his treasured 1940s Leica 35mm. I was 14
years old. I learned the basics from that camera and a book.
The camera lens pulled out from the body and locked in place
with a twist. The camera had no light meter, so I learned to
estimate the exposure.
That camera was ancient compared to digital, but the
principles are still the same.
Sincerely,
Arnold Howard
Paragon Industries, L.P., Mesquite, Texas USA
ahoward@paragonweb.com / www.paragonweb.com
Fredrick Paget on fri 23 feb 07
>
>my big garbage man just hauled away 2000 slides.
>goodbye, and good riddance.
>i had a cd made of 250 of my best. have them downloaded
>now on this computer. my daughter will not have to go through
that family history now.
mel
--
mel,
I hope you are not going to check out on us. Stick around, we love you.
By the time you are gone CD's may be history and they will be using
the new IBM flash memory chips. 20 GB so small that you can stick
them into your ear.
Ever tried to find a 5 1/4 inch floppy drive these days? I searched
the internet for one 3 years ago . Finally found one at a dealer
that had only a couple left. (I had all my old orchid data on 5 1/4.)
How about an 8 inch floppy disc anyone? All antiques.
That is the big problem with electronics . It is changing too fast.
In another 18 months or so all our old TV sets will be just hazardous
waste as they convert everything to HD TV.
Blue ray CD or their competitor will be the next thing as soon as
they get the price down.. Then the IBM chips? On and on.
Better print out all these family pictures into an album. I still
have an album my father made in 1915 of pictures taken when he
traveled across the country by train.
Fred
Twin Dragon Studio
Mill Valley, CA, USA
Chris Campbell on sat 24 feb 07
>Better print out all these family pictures
>into an album. I still have an album my
>father made in 1915 of pictures taken when
>he traveled across the country by train.
Those images will probably still last longer
than the ones you print out on the current
desktop printers.
I have noticed color degeneration within
months, never mind years.
So, anything important I would probably
still entrust to a professional service.
People say the worst thing they lose in
house fires are the pictures ... they can
never be replaced.
Chris Campbell - in North Carolina
Lee Love on sat 24 feb 07
On 2/24/07, Fredrick Paget wrote:
> Better print out all these family pictures into an album.
Or have all your digitals put on slides. ;^)
--
Lee in Mashiko, Japan
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
http://potters.blogspot.com/
"To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts." -
Henry David Thoreau
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