Arnaud Van Tilburgh
~ Elite 1000 Member ~
Yes I’m aware of the fact that this is a place to share skills on engraving. It is not a place to talk about photography I know.
Thing is that we use photography to share our work, could be a video as well. Anyway we use a camera to register a image of our work to show to the world.
Being a goldsmith engraver stone setter myself, I’m used to look at details. Most of my customers look at my work not that detailed; in fact they even have no idea about details.
So if I do some pave stone setting, customers don’t even realise every stone needs a small part of metal that keeps the stone in place.
When sometimes a customer is interested in how a job is done, I take my X10 to show the details.
It was Brian showing his engraved golden flute keys on a photo were he used a wide open lens that made me wonder how to show our work to the world.
Soul mates probably like to see all the details on a photo, as that is a good way to learn something from it, on the other hand, a photo could also just show what it is at real size live.
Anyway, I have some books, Firmo & Francesa Fracassi and Giancarlo & Stefano Pedretti, and they show their Bulino work really blown up. And I suppose the books are not only for the “luna ticks” we engravers are who look at the details.
So my question is, would it be better to show an image of an object at real size, the way it looks live instead of trying to show it from under the microscope?
arnaud
I add two photos to illustrate
this is probably real size 50mmx50mm:
This one is blown up to more than 200%
Thing is that we use photography to share our work, could be a video as well. Anyway we use a camera to register a image of our work to show to the world.
Being a goldsmith engraver stone setter myself, I’m used to look at details. Most of my customers look at my work not that detailed; in fact they even have no idea about details.
So if I do some pave stone setting, customers don’t even realise every stone needs a small part of metal that keeps the stone in place.
When sometimes a customer is interested in how a job is done, I take my X10 to show the details.
It was Brian showing his engraved golden flute keys on a photo were he used a wide open lens that made me wonder how to show our work to the world.
Soul mates probably like to see all the details on a photo, as that is a good way to learn something from it, on the other hand, a photo could also just show what it is at real size live.
Anyway, I have some books, Firmo & Francesa Fracassi and Giancarlo & Stefano Pedretti, and they show their Bulino work really blown up. And I suppose the books are not only for the “luna ticks” we engravers are who look at the details.
So my question is, would it be better to show an image of an object at real size, the way it looks live instead of trying to show it from under the microscope?
arnaud
I add two photos to illustrate
this is probably real size 50mmx50mm:
This one is blown up to more than 200%