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John D. · 11-19-2001, 05:54 PM

Hi Big Norm..!!

OK - I'll help out as much as I can - as it really has taken some time to get pics that I like enough to post. Maybe some of this info can help out the rest of the folks, too..

The camera is a Nikon Coolpix 950.. The setup on "manual" mode is a tad intimidating - but I set "white balance" to automatic - but forced the flash to set off (even though there was enough light that it didn't want to fire)...

For background - this will make you chuckle - but it's true.. Jen and I were assembling the kitchen cabinets earlier yesterday, but found that the 36" cabinet that will hold the sink counter-top - can't have the back attached (as the backboard would interfere with the plumbing). Anyway, that back piece is a 1/4" white mason board about 36" x 24". I'm looking at that usless white backboard, and about to throw it out, when I wonder if it would be a good photo surface (heck, I've tried everything else!).. I mention it to Jen - who laughs, as she has seen my try to get good photo's for months on just about every surface in the house (table-tops, red velvet, a tile floor, carpets - you name it...!!!)...

So, later in the day - Jen has to do some "errands", so I get to try taking photo's without her laughing at me while getting everything set up

The lighting was a mix of sunlight (from the side), incandesant lights (from the top) in addition to the flash on the camera (as a "fill) - and all the pics were taken with the white Board on the floor and me standing about 3' - 4' above the "set-up". The only thing I wish I had was a "tripod", so the pictures could be a little clearer.

Once you get the pictures off-loaded to your computer - take a photo editing program (I used a simple one - Microsoft Photo Editor) and slightly adjust the brightness and GAMMA correction up a few notches until the colors match fairly closely to the Luger and cut down the "blue hue" from the incandesant lights....

Now - if I can only repeat this same proceedure when I take the rest of my pictures!!!

Hope This Helps!!!

11-19-2001, 05:54 PM	#1
John D. Administrator & Site Owner LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: A Little NE of Somewhere... Posts: 2,651 Thanks: 478 Thanked 517 Times in 129 Posts	Re: WHAT CAMERA? Hi Big Norm..!! OK - I'll help out as much as I can - as it really has taken some time to get pics that I like enough to post. Maybe some of this info can help out the rest of the folks, too.. The camera is a Nikon Coolpix 950.. The setup on "manual" mode is a tad intimidating - but I set "white balance" to automatic - but forced the flash to set off (even though there was enough light that it didn't want to fire)... For background - this will make you chuckle - but it's true.. Jen and I were assembling the kitchen cabinets earlier yesterday, but found that the 36" cabinet that will hold the sink counter-top - can't have the back attached (as the backboard would interfere with the plumbing). Anyway, that back piece is a 1/4" white mason board about 36" x 24". I'm looking at that usless white backboard, and about to throw it out, when I wonder if it would be a good photo surface (heck, I've tried everything else!).. I mention it to Jen - who laughs, as she has seen my try to get good photo's for months on just about every surface in the house (table-tops, red velvet, a tile floor, carpets - you name it...!!!)... So, later in the day - Jen has to do some "errands", so I get to try taking photo's without her laughing at me while getting everything set up The lighting was a mix of sunlight (from the side), incandesant lights (from the top) in addition to the flash on the camera (as a "fill) - and all the pics were taken with the white Board on the floor and me standing about 3' - 4' above the "set-up". The only thing I wish I had was a "tripod", so the pictures could be a little clearer. Once you get the pictures off-loaded to your computer - take a photo editing program (I used a simple one - Microsoft Photo Editor) and slightly adjust the brightness and GAMMA correction up a few notches until the colors match fairly closely to the Luger and cut down the "blue hue" from the incandesant lights.... Now - if I can only repeat this same proceedure when I take the rest of my pictures!!! Hope This Helps!!!