Re: off topic but relevant to me!Re: The Eerie Exactness of the Daguerrotype (Review in NY Times)

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From: Ed Buffaloe (EdBuffaloe@UnblinkingEye.Com)
Date: 09/29/03-03:43:46 AM Z


To photograph something under glass you will need to polarize the light
illuminating it. Use two lights at 45 degree angles, each polarized at
right angles to the other.

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From: "Kate Mahoney" <kateb@paradise.net.nz>

I'm trying to photograph my new work which I suppose exhibits some of the
characteristics of dags (btw here in the antipodes "dags" are something that
hang off sheeps' rears) in that the image is behind glass and needs
reflected light to view properly. I'm having the most God-damn awful time
getting any decent pics because (a) they are very difficult to focus on as
the depth of the glass seems to interfere with both manual and auto-focus
and (b) it seems near-impossible to get the right lighting to reflect back
at just the right angle. I've tried diffuse natural light and diffuse
artificial light in the studio. I'm actually using a digital camera because
the time & expense of film is just too much given the failure rate. It's
very hit & miss. I've thought of using a light tent but if I want reflected
light it seems a bit silly....what do you all think????? Btw I was blown
away by the Close/ Spagnolli work in Lyle Rexer's book.

Kate Mahoney


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