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Jay, what you describe is how I take photos pretty much (with the natural light option), but I still have big problems with colors coming out wrong, and even coming out differently on different photos of the same object – typically clothes are the most problematic. For example, the color will be very different on the close-up photo vs. on the photo of the entire garment. Also sometimes I have to try several different background colors before I find one that results in the color of the garment being shown correctly. Do you and Ryanne not have these types of problems?
I’ve tried three things to get around this problem:
1) Adjust the light coming into the photo via a camera control that I think is called “exposure”. It definitely darkens or lightens a photo, but the resulting photos do not look good. So I try not to use it.
2) Adjust the light coming into the photo by adding a dark (or light) object into the photo and then cropping it out. Works ok, but what a pain!
3) use custom white balance control on my camera. Again, it definitely does something, but the resulting photos typically don’t look too great. So i’m not using this anymore either.Skycam – any thoughts or suggestions?
Here are a couple of examples:
1) check out the last 3 photos of this mink stole. They are all of the same object, but the 3rd to last has a yellow-brown tinge to it, and the last two have more of a grey/taupe tinge. All photos were taken outside in the same light.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-50s-Genuine-Mink-Fur-Stole-Wrap-Shrug-Shawl-Hollywood-pockets-EAH-/262666732025?ssPageName=STRK:MESCX:IT2) Check out first 3 photos. To me they look like three different shades of brown. How is the buyer supposed to know which is the correct one?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/KRAULAND-Mens-Wool-Loden-Coat-Brown-Austria-Glockner-Rear-Pleat-Vintage-/262691129968?ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT3) 4th to last and 3rd to last photos. Same background, similar shot, same lighting, different color. !?!?!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/COLE-HAAN-NIKE-AIR-Womens-Brown-Suede-Peep-Toe-Slingback-Wedge-Heels-Shoes-7-5-8-/262658437012?ssPageName=STRK:MESE:ITI would really appreciate any help on this. The photographing is the most frustrating part of the process for me. The camera I use is FujiFilm Finepix S1500 that I bought specifically for ebay based on a recommendation by a ebay photographer expert website, and I was specifically looking forward to the white balance feature to solve all my problems, but that didn’t happen. I take photos either outdoors or in my sunroom that has skylights, and mostly only when it’s cloudy, never in direct sunlight.
Eve – this thread is a great idea. Maybe it would make sense to do the next such post in the “Scavenging” category of the forum?
My latest favorite find is this cool vintage (60s?) floral hostess skirt. The colors are just so beautiful and bright. It is sweet eye candy for me! $4 non-chain thrift shop find.
Today I’m (almost sadly) packing up my most favorite purchase ever – super-cool vtg 60s linen daisy outfit purchased for the super-groovy price of 50 cents! Sold for $44 + shipping.
It took many months to sell, but I’m glad I stuck to my price.
>But let’s be honest, that Challenger SRT Hellcat isn’t going to buy itself.
You are hilarious, Eve! And I don’t even know what a Hellcat is…
Looking forward to watching your latest video tonight or tomorrow.
I love your items, too, Kate! I look forward to listening to your tips on podcast 160.
This thread says they are Crown Vintage Shoes.
http://community.ebay.com/t5/Archive-Fashion/Crown-logo-on-stilettos-Juicy-Couture/td-p/18726075“Sent to AZ” – what does AZ mean? Arizona?
8 miles away is local for me too!
I don’t think it will actually be used often enough for the confusion issue to be a real problem. We had the delete option in the blogger format, and people used it fairly frequently, but only once did I see a situation where someone deleted a post that others replied to, causing a little bit of confusion. I hope there’s an easy way to make it so that you can edit any post or reply, and not just your latest one in a thread.
Just to throw out an example, I’d like to go back and edit my introduction post if I could. But since I’ve replied to your reply, I’d be stuck even if the edit option was available longer.
I started worrying about moths a few months ago, and decided to go with storing wool stuff in huge ziplock bags, with little satchels filled with cloves inside. I have no idea if the cloves are actually doing anything – it’s just something I read online. The bags are not cheap, but hopefully they’ll last for years. Just have to be careful not to overstuff them, which I think I did to one which ended up splitting. All this said, since I didn’t have a problem with moths to begin with (am just doing this preventatively), I have no real way of knowing if my approach is necessary and/or working.
Hi Brad/Skycam! Thanks for volunteering to help with questions about taking photos. I don’t have time to get into it right now, but rest assured there will be a lot of (not?) dumb questions on this topic coming your way from me soon. I wonder if I should just reply here with my questions? Or is there a better forum category for such a discussion?
Yes – I love being away from the traffic madness! Sometimes as a joke I will have fake road rage when I’m driving with as many as 3(!!!) cars ahead of me on the road. 🙂
Also nice not to have to keep stopping at traffic lights. Can drive 30 miles before I see one.I think there needs to be a way for a member to delete their own posts/replies.
