BAD Idea

sabarrett · 08-19-2008, 08:08 AM

My wife does scrapbooking and papercrafting stuff. If you know about this, it is about as big a black hole for money as photography. The good side is it allows me to get lots of pictures of different stuff.

Anyway, she wanted to do a scrapbook page about her pink items - she has lots of pink tools, accessories, ipod, phone, etc. This afforded me the chance to get lots of close up/macro picture experience. So, I got up, made a nice pot of coffee, started to get things together... wait a minute... Coffee?!... Put a few chairs together and draped a cloth over top... Hold on.. Macro and caffeine?... Started to play with flash diffusers, and such....Won't you find it hard to....Man, this pictures are blury - oh, well, keep trying..

Word to the wise, think first!

Pictures to follow... No that is not your monitor dying, its just the idiot behind the camera with the jitters!!!

*Wheatfield* · 08-19-2008, 09:28 AM

Get a tripod. They the caffeine just makes you faster....

Lowell Goudge · 08-19-2008, 04:58 PM

Originally Posted by Wheatfield

Get a tripod. They the caffeine just makes you faster....

I wholly agree, hand held and macro are a bad mix regardless of how many cups of coffee you drink

ll_coffee_lP · 08-19-2008, 08:11 PM

Coffee and photography go hand in hand. Actually coffee and anything go hand in hand...

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sabarrett · 08-19-2008, 08:31 PM

Originally Posted by ll_coffee_lP

Coffee and photography go hand in hand. Actually coffee and anything go hand in hand...

c[_]

AMEN! Not sure how I would be able to handle a 3 yr old and 6 yr old otherwise!

sabarrett · 08-19-2008, 08:33 PM

I do have a tripod and it was one of those situations where, well, this will only take a few minutes. I don't want to make a mess and get all the stuff out. Truth be told, it took about 3 1/2 hours and I shot my last three shots about 5 minutes prior to leaving for work (I work on 2nd shift).

sabarrett · 08-20-2008, 06:48 AM

These are nothing outstanding, but I thought I'd post the theme.

Mike Cash · 08-20-2008, 07:13 AM

Originally Posted by Lowell Goudge

I wholly agree, hand held and macro are a bad mix regardless of how many cups of coffee you drink

Each and every one handheld.

But I will confess that this weekend I have to do some macro photography for my daughter's summer homework project and I will be doing them all using a tripod.

rfortson · 08-20-2008, 09:33 AM

Originally Posted by Mike Cash

Each and every one handheld.

Obviously you're not drinking enough caffeine, Mike. It will catch up with you eventually.