Thread: 'Eye Candy'

Mapleman,

I was a commercial / advertising / industrial photographer for 40 years.

Here is what I do: I have a piece of stiff light gray fabric that was on the bottom of a mattress. I drape it in a gentle curve from the tube it is wound around when I'm not using it.

I bounce a 500 watt quartz work light off a light color ceiling. I set the digital camera on auto color balance so it corrects somewhat.

I use the camera on a tripod so I can frame the subject and take longer exposures without fuzzy photos.

I adjust the photos in Picasa: Picasa | DownloadInfo - We Review Software!

Picasa lets you crop, lighten, straighten, adjust color & contrast, retouch, etc. I used Photoshop 6 several computers ago and can't justify the newer versions. Picasa does almost everything I want to do to a photo.

See photos below for samples.

You do beautiful work!!!

Lovely work Paul,cheers for all the info..MM