If you’ve been reading this blog in the last week or so, you are aware that I have a large, nay, HUGE (I refuse to accept “ginormous” as a word), nay, ENORMOUS project underway. There is much to be figured out, tons, freak-me-out amounts. (Deep breaths, deep relaxing breaths. . .)
One of the things is to learn is whether it is better to photograph the drawings or to scan them. I experimented with lots of settings on the camera, keeping Kaweah Kitty from walking over the drawings, trying different editing tricks, and comparing the differences.
Remember in the olden days when we took photos as carefully as possible, then waited an eternity for the film to come back and let us know we failed? Things are much better now, maybe. That might be a subject for another post.
This post is about showing you the difference between a scanned drawing and a photograph of the same subject. There is a distinct difference in quality.
photographed, adjusted with iPhoto
scanned version
Whoa. Wow. Woo-hoo.