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Started by  Masturstroke at 27,Aug,09 03:36The quality of SYD and SYC photos is head and shoulders above that seen on most other post-yourself-naked sites and newsgroups. This is primarily for the newbies to assist in maintaining the level of quality.
Basic photo tips: • Avoid cell phone pics if possible. Even the best ones are of low quality, because phones aren't designed to be cameras. • An image size of 640 x 480 (480 x 640 if vertical) is a good minimum size. Smaller ones tend to be difficult for seeing detail. The bigger the better, with one stipulation. • Very large images that look quite good in the reduced size can look like shit in full size if they are grainy or a bit out of focus. Look at them on the computer before posting them. If they're fuzzy or grainy, it would be worth reducing their size by half to reduce the imperfections. • Unless dark images are for artistic purposes, e.g., silhouette shots, they detract from the subject of the pic. If your dick or pussy can't be seen, why post it? • Digital cameras are like computers: they don't do what you want them to do, but only what you tell them them to do. Here are some things to consider. • Shooting against a bright background, such as a window on a sunny day, may result in a dark foreground object. Digicams tend to adjust for brightness based on the average of the entire image, and the bright areas tend to dominate. Many cameras have a metering method setting for using center-weighted or spot metering rather than the whole image, to allow concentrating on the brightness of your glorious boner rather than the window. • Although the light that you are in might be considerably less than the brightness of the background, the automatic flash might not fire because of the background light. The camera might have a setting to fire the flash every time. If not, move to another position to avoid the background's effect. • In normal mode, the minimum distance for sharp focus is typically a couple of feet. For tight close-ups, switch to macro mode. One of the menu buttons will have a small flower icon that allows autofocusing to within a few inches. Expensive cameras such as Nikon and Ricoh can focus to within an inch of the subject, although they're overkill for genitalia shots. • The tradeoff in macro mode is the great reduction in the depth-of-field. Only a small range of distance will be in sharp focus, with everything else out of focus. This is most likely to be irrelevant when you're recording for posterity the fine details of your cock or clit, but one should be aware of it. And don't forget to close macro mode before taking longer-range shots (turning off the camera does that automatically). • A cheap tripod can make a world of difference in image quality, since it avoids degradation caused by involuntary muscle activity when hand-holding the camera. • A tripod also allows using the timer function that delays the shot for at least a couple of seconds, thus eliminating the camera shake caused by pressing the shutter button. On a ten-second delay, you can move away from it and arrange yourself for maximum erotic effect. :-) • Autofocus is imperfect. If you're not within the AF zone, you'll get a perfectly-focused background and fuzzy family jewels, especially if your body is fairly close to the lens. Best bet: experiment to see where you have to be in the image to have yourself in focus rather than whatever is in the background. • When you have your prized photos safely transferred to the computer, it would be worth examining them and maximizing them for posting so that we horny bastards will be whacking the willy to the best of shots. An excellent program is Irfanview ( www(dot)irfanview(dot)com ), the Swiss Army knife of freeware image manipulation and processing utilities. You can correct brightness, contrast, saturation, color balance, gamma and sharpness (corrects slightly-out-of-focus shots). You can add effects if desired. You can resize the image, crop it, rotate it, do horizontal and vertical flips, and save it in a lot of different formats. • When you're satisfied, post your shots and let the world rejoice in your magnificent genitalia. New Comment Comments: |
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When focussing digital cameras, either use something to focus on which you then substitute for your cock,..or, use a mirror behind the camrera and half press the shutter button to make sure of the focus before taking the shot.
Try not to use the camera flash as it tends to make a bland result,...available light from windows etc will make a much better pic.
Here are a few other tricks:
When shooting close-ups with flash...fold a few layers of tissue over the flash. That will soften the light and lessen the shadows a little.
Use a "suction mount". It attaches to glass or smooth surfaces and is handy in the bathroom or near a car.
Use a remote trigger for your camera. Available for all SLR's.
If your SLR does not have a macro mode, buy close-up adaptor lenses. Not expensive and great for those detail shots.
Find a person to shoot for you....your arms are only so long! Use that cell for it's inteded purpose...call a friend!
All digital cameras have a focus/exposure lock.....frame, press halfway down on the shutter release, recompose, and shoot.
A great image editing tool is photoshop, however it is $$$ and tough to use for the non-pro. Try google's "Picassa 3". It is free and very flexible. It even offers a retouching feature to get rid of those annoying stray hairs and other blemishes.
Look at your photo's before you upload.....quality before quantity!! Use bounce flash if you have a separate flash such as a Nikon SB or Olympus FL series, you get much nicer lighting.
Happy shooting!
Thanks for the tip on Picasa, foreskins4ever. It's a new one on me. I've fetched it and I'll give it try.
if you have photoshop, arcsoft photobase, paintshop or Microsoft's own photodraw, then the possibilities are endless: old photo/ sepia tone, water colour, oil paint, contours etc.
a digital camera can be linked to the tv AV input so you can view how you appear in the viewfinder, use this and the 10 second self timer and you can get top flight results.
that is how i do mine.
also, it could be usefull to use a "slave" triggered secondary flash to take out shadows.
experiment, there is no wasted film to pay for!
Two prerequisites:
1. Microsoft's .Net Framework — www(dot)microsoft(dot)com/NET/, version 2.0 or later — must be installed on the computer. It's a free download, but it's big (235 MB for the full 3.5 SP1 installer). If you're on dialup, that means tying up your phone for a really long time.
2. .Net runs only on XP or Vista. If you have a prehistoric box with 9x, Me or 2000, forget it.
Re "snoopware" in a Microsoft product, given the way the company is hated, if the slightest trace of malware were found in it, the news would go viral on the Web.
Watch your white balance.
Diffuse the lighting.
Make picture orientation consistant.
www(dot)cambridgeincolour(dot)com/tutorials/white-balance.htm
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I have versions going back to April 2005, and not a penny was required. I support the guy with an occasional gift just because I like his work.
Maybe the site you chose is adding on a fee?
Maybe the site you chose is not an "officially sanctioned" download site??
I had a very old copy of IrfanView on another old computer many, many years ago and I remember that it was FREE. I also often read many reviews of FREE software that mentions it as being a perennial TOP choice as well.
Cool!
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