Excellent ideas, Joy!! But after checking my digital camera, I don't see a place to attach a shutter release... but perhaps putting the shutter on a timed release (built into most digital cameras...?)
Clay -------------- Original message -------------- From: Joy Beeson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On 2/9/07 7:37 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I use a nice Ott-light (floor stand) at my pillow. > > I lay my stuff on the floor next to the glass door on a > sunny day. Last time, I moved in a little table and covered > it with black velvet. (I got a yard of cotton velvet as a > premium with a large order of fabric, and have finally > thought up a use for it.) > > > > When I do this, it is important to brace myself against > > something stationary, as the slightest vibration will > > ruin the picture. I don't have a tripod which would > > extend over the pillow, but that would be the ideal > > solution. > > After moving my latest pictures from his camera to my > computer, DH pulled a drill-press stand out of his closet > and showed me how to screw the camera onto it. (Haven't > pressed my tatting yet, so I haven't tried the idea.) It > may be that you can get a comparatively-cheap gadget for > attaching your camera to something you already have. You > also need a cable release so you can trigger the camera > without pushing on it. (Gah! I know where the drill-press > stand is, but not the cable release. I'm not even sure I > would *recognize* it.) > > -- > Joy Beeson > http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ > http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ > http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange > http://www.timeswrsw.com/craig/cam/ (local weather) > west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. > where it's ice-fishing season. > > > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
