CableGuy[Admin] Posted March 14, 2020 Report Share Posted March 14, 2020 (edited) Hi all, As we’re all sharing helmet pics (WIPs, clearance etc.), I thought I’d share a little photography tip for anyone that wants to give it a go. As many of us use smart phones to quickly snap out progress, holding the camera too close to the subject will cause some distortion, leading the the helmet looking “droopy”. Try taking a couple of steps back and zooming in - this will look much closer to how the human eye sees it. Here’s an example when taking pictures from all angles; Edited April 28, 2022 by gmrhodes13 link removed no longer working 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sn4k3 Posted March 14, 2020 Report Share Posted March 14, 2020 On 3/14/2020 at 9:59 PM, CableGuy said: Hi all, As we’re all sharing helmet pics (WIPs, clearance etc.), I thought I’d share a little photography tip for anyone that wants to give it a go. As many of us use smart phones to quickly snap out progress, holding the camera too close to the subject will cause some distortion, leading the the helmet looking “droopy”. Try taking a couple of steps back and zooming in - this will look much closer to how the human eye sees it. Here’s an example when taking pictures from all angles; Good advice. Is better always put some distance between the camera and whatever we want to photograph, to do that a long focal length is needed, but the digital zoom can give us a similar result at the cost of image resolution. Sent from my GM1900 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justjoseph63[Staff] Posted March 14, 2020 Report Share Posted March 14, 2020 33 minutes ago, CableGuy said: Try taking a couple of steps back and zooming in - this will look much closer to how the human eye sees it. EXCELLENT advice, Dan!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CableGuy[Admin] Posted March 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2020 EXCELLENT advice, Dan!!! Thank you, brother. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukswrath[Staff] Posted March 14, 2020 Report Share Posted March 14, 2020 What if I'm still using a flip phone Nice work Dan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CableGuy[Admin] Posted March 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2020 What if I'm still using a flip phone Nice work Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themaninthesuitcase[Admin] Posted March 15, 2020 Report Share Posted March 15, 2020 16 hours ago, ukswrath said: What if I'm still using a flip phone Nice work Dan Well once you get your film developed, scan the photos and we'll let you know how you did 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukswrath[Staff] Posted March 15, 2020 Report Share Posted March 15, 2020 34 minutes ago, themaninthesuitcase said: Well once you get your film developed, scan the photos and we'll let you know how you did 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Jay[TK] Posted March 16, 2020 Report Share Posted March 16, 2020 On 3/14/2020 at 2:59 PM, CableGuy said: (...) Try taking a couple of steps back and zooming in - this will look much closer to how the human eye sees it. (...) As far as I know, there was a "6 feet rule" in the filming industry back then (not sure if still is). In other words, go no closer than 6 feet and then use the zoom. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sn4k3 Posted March 16, 2020 Report Share Posted March 16, 2020 As far as I know, there was a "6 feet rule" in the filming industry back then (not sure if still is). In other words, go no closer than 6 feet and then use the zoom. Something like that existed, but depends of the look you are going for, in our case farther is betterSent from my GM1900 using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaskedVengeance[Staff] Posted March 16, 2020 Report Share Posted March 16, 2020 This is why, in the photography industry, zoom lenses (or high mm primes) are used for portraits. To minimize distortion. Luckily many smartphones now have multiple camera lenses to capture different focal lengths. Use the zoom one.Another pro-tip: Do NOT use any portrait-type mode on smartphones when taking photos of builds. The false bokeh (blur) can be applied incorrectly, and in general will hide details which we might want to see.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sn4k3 Posted March 16, 2020 Report Share Posted March 16, 2020 This is why, in the photography industry, zoom lenses (or high mm primes) are used for portraits. To minimize distortion. Luckily many smartphones now have multiple camera lenses to capture different focal lengths. Use the zoom one.Another pro-tip: Do NOT use any portrait-type mode on smartphones when taking photos of builds. The false bokeh (blur) can be applied incorrectly, and in general will hide details which we might want to see.Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkYes, that is correctSent from my GM1900 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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