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Pics of art w crappy camera
Published: 2006-07-09 21:02:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 14112; Favourites: 338; Downloads: 692
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This tutorial is mainly for artisans, craftspeople, and sculptors who find that it's difficult to display their work well in photos, but can't afford a professional photographer. This is basic instruction on how to get the most out of a cheap digital camera. I go through lighting and photographing techniques, as well as some simple Photoshop techniques. Don't worry! If you don't have Photoshop, you will still benefit from reading the first 6 steps. Please let me know if you find this useful in any way, and enjoy!Related content
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Definitely using these techniques next time I take a photo of my knitting.
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Just found this, and it's very helpful! Thank you!
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Try Downloading it.
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I was laughing at how many times you used the word "crappy" in here.
Nice tutorial, though -- shows that you don't need fancy equipment to get a decent photograph.
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I absolutly love you!
Now I can finaly make a good looking photo for my food blog ^_^
Thank you soooooo much!
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Those who don't have Photoshop can use GIMP for cleaning up photos and for adding up frames and signatures.
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I knew most of the early hints already but the Photoshop stuff was helpful, I can never figure out which buttons to press!
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Your wonderful Resources have been featured here.[link]
Thank you for providing the gallery with such awesome Resources.
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I use his technique too so I can only confirm everything that was said here. 
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*this
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thanks to share photograpic sense around the internet.
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It's a great and simple tutorial, easy to understand and do, thanks a lot ^^
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So I haven't been on deviantart in a long time and I was surprised to find that this was featured on a DD while I was away. There's no way I can reply to all the comments individually, so thank you all for your posts. I'm glad people find it so useful! Keep on learning and sharing.
-Pete
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the amount of messages you must have had must have been a shock xD
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oh my gosh, you're my new hero. My biggest problem is getting the camera to focus correctly - my items are so small that my macro feature can't even do it justice! But I'm so much more motivated to try now. haaha. thanks!
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Fabulous! Thanks for the tips!
And congrats on your DD!
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wow! this is great! i'll be sure to use it!
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thanks for posting this.
Congrats on the DD!
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this is so fantastic!! you area mazing for doing this.
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Absolutely perfect timing; I just made something that will require a crappy camera shot to upload. This makes me very happy...
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Thanks so much for this tutorial! Easy to understand terms, great clear graphics and something that is useful to so many different artists. This is truly worthy of a Daily Deviation, and an instant fave!
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you can download a trial version of photoshop from the adobe site. [link]
it lasts only a month but if you're getting ready to show off your portfolio, its useful.
good job on the tutorial, its really useful and easy to understand. 
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Wow this will help me to take pics of my jewelry. I am forever grateful. lol
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How wonderfully convenient! Just earlier today I was thinking about how I really needed a good tutorial on taking good photos with crappy cameras, and what do you know, here it is!
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That's something really usefull ;D Thanks for making that!
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Very nice tutorial!
I have a crappy camera, but usually I can take good pictures of things.
But then there are those times when your camera just sucks, right?
So this tutorial is very helpful in those times!
Again, good job on this!
-Jen
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Very handy tutorial. I imagine this would also be useful for taking stock photos of small objects. And it's so simple, too, just requiring natural light (which is free), pieces of paper, some tape, and a box to prop the paper up.
I love the facial expression you have in the first picture. It gives off the feeling of "my camera is crappy and I'm embarrassed to own it."
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This is something I have desperately needed. Thank you so much for making this tutorial!
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well, wish i'd read this sooner! i'm going to have to pull out the camera and the artwork and get going! thanks for sharing.
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this was really great! Thanks!
I just have a crappy camera (a Kodak something something) but I often take my own photos for my articles and for my magazine. This is a real help for my next shoot (makeup for a product review).
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Ooh, very nice! And helpful! Well done.
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...you think 5 MP is a crappy camera? wow... i guess my Kodak 3.2 really needs to kick the bucket, eh?
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Not only is this a helpful tutorial, but the face you're making in the first shot is hilarious
Thanks for posting this
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this is uber cool and awesome!
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And hopefully after enough publicity and selling of your 3-D works, you can get a kick arse camera too!
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Great tutorial--simple to follow and effective. Hats off to you!
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Great tutorial. It will help me so much! I love this. Thank you for taking the time to come up with it.
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This was so incredibly useful (especially with the Photoshop tricks). Thanks so much! ^_^
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Oh. My. God. THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for this tutorial! You've restored my faith in the idea that there are truly things of value on dA. This is totally awesome. Words escape me when trying to explain my thoughts on this. I think I'm going to cry.
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Well done 
Even on a crappy camera you do have a aperture priority setting to control your Depth of Field captured on your subject... If your photo results are soft unfocused edges (if you donβt want that result), you can use a higher f-# to slow down the shutter speed to capture cleaner edges.
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oops. I'm guessing this wasn't meant for me.
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