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Michele Rushworth · 03-12-2003, 01:27 PM

Leslie, you asked for the details of the equipment I use to take my pictures.

I don't pay much attention to my equipment at all. I use a digital Minolta 3.4 Megapixel S304 camera. I don't use studio lights, I don't care about exposure, aperture or any of that. I let the camera set the exposure and the white balance automatically.

I'm sure I could take better pictures with better equipment and lights, and if I concentrated on manually controlling the camera settings, but my point is that you don't need all that stuff to take decent pictures to paint from.

Maybe at some point in the future I will concentrate on the technical aspects of reference photo taking. For now I concentrate on the composition, natural lighting, facial expressions, etc.

03-12-2003, 01:27 PM	#30
Michele Rushworth CAFE & BUSINESS MODERATOR SOG Member FT Professional Joined: Jul 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 3,460	Leslie, you asked for the details of the equipment I use to take my pictures. I don't pay much attention to my equipment at all. I use a digital Minolta 3.4 Megapixel S304 camera. I don't use studio lights, I don't care about exposure, aperture or any of that. I let the camera set the exposure and the white balance automatically. I'm sure I could take better pictures with better equipment and lights, and if I concentrated on manually controlling the camera settings, but my point is that you don't need all that stuff to take decent pictures to paint from. Maybe at some point in the future I will concentrate on the technical aspects of reference photo taking. For now I concentrate on the composition, natural lighting, facial expressions, etc. __________________ Michele Rushworth www.michelerushworth.com [email protected]