[Sca-cooks] A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS

[Pixel, Goddess and Queen]

Cheap "tripod":

Make a bean bag (or rice bag, or whatever other grain) and rest the camera
on that. It's not really a tripod, and so usually they'll let you use that
and not complain overly much.

Also, bracing yourself against stationary objects is a good thing.

Margaret

On Sun, 20 Oct 2002, Siegfried Heydrich wrote:

>     And USE A TRIPOD!!!! No matter how steady you think you are, you're not
> THAT steady . . .
>
>     Sieggy (been there)
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
>
> >Yes, Museums *WILL* allow **NON-flash** photography.  The flash exposure
> >does damage to any object, thus it's use is forbidden(tho the guards are
> >nice about asking you not to do so..).  Fare be warned, if you are doing
> >this photography thru the cases, make sure you are using film designed for
> >*seriously* low-light conditions, or are using a good digital camera..and
> >have at least Adobe photoshop 5.5 in order to play with the image at home.
> >My husband and I have done this with the digital camera, so contact me if
> >you have any questions about this.(and good luck in getting quick answers
> >from Museums, they move like sloths to answer emails.  And snail mails.
> And
> >job applications....)
> >
> >Althea