I just do not get the thought process when people post pens here sometimes. No this is not a photograghy site and yes it is a pen turning site but to me it is also a site where we take some pride in our work that we want to show off our best work to our peers and putting a little more effort into the photo is all part of it if you ask me. These are my thoughts.
And here is my thought process John - I COMPLETELY understand the desire to share a pen that I am proud of (as the OP here should be - its a GREAT pen), but don't want to have to spend a bunch of time to get a "
perfect" photo.
Who said anything about having to be perfect??? Surely wasn't me.
To get a perfect photo means getting out (or having already set up) the camera, stand, lights, etc. I then have to transfer the photo to a pc, resize it, etc - and then upload to IAP.
If I snap one with the iPhone, I can upload right from there to the site and be back to what I need to do.
In other words, if quick but less perfect pictures means more pens in SOYP, then I think its a win.[/quote]
I disagree here because what is the sense of posting a photo that is out of focus, too dark to see any detail and so on??? Posting of the words NICE PEN has lost alot of meaning here at least to me it has.
Well sir I will disagree with you again. There was a ton of time that went into that pen blank. I know because I have made them. You tell me it would take an entire different photo setup to set that pen down on a sheet of paper or a board of some sort??? What are a couple more minutes to do that. Are we all in that big of a hurry in this world that everything has to be done so simple so we move onto the next thing. ???? It really is ashame.
I said nothing about taking photos with any piece of equipment. You did that. There have been some fine photos taken with phone cameras. Heck some fine photos using scanners.
All I am saying is this is a pen turning site and yes it is not a photograghy site but sure as heck there is enough info posted in the library and also threads where people have actually taken their time to explain how to take a decent photo. We do not need magazine style photo shoots but how about a photo where we can see the pen and the design if you made one. Is that way too much to ask. If that person who commented about my hand remark doesn't want to show his pens for the stupid reason he gave then I don't even want to see them.
We are a foum full of pen turners so you are presenting your pen to a group of peers, not your family and friends. We or at least I would like to think that you will take the time to show us a product that I am sure you are gaga over and want us to see it in the best of photo as you can. To me there is no excuse to just throwing a pen down and snapping a photo for the sake of showing. How about giving us a little respect here too. Many photo sites where you can do so many things to clean a photo up or enhance it. Yes it takes abit of time but if you don't have it then so be it. You get the results that you get with the comments when you show your pens. People here ask why do not more people comment on my pen??? Well maybe the answer lies within this thread.
Again these are my thoughts and all I did was suggest that the OP would be better off showing that great work without his grubby hands. A very quick fix if you ask me. But this has taken on more life than I intended it to.
Happy photograghy!!!
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