At 09:03 PM 10/27/2002 -0500, you wrote: > Today I was in a hurry, so I thought that I would take >photos of the stones at this cemetery and read them when I got home, but >when I got home and looked at the photos, almost all of the Sloan markes >were unreadable. If I remember right, the stones were old, and it will >take some time to t >It was getting dark at the time, and I used the flash on >the camera, but some of the dates and names didn't turn out all that For the best results, DO NOT EVER stand directly in front of the stone to shoot your picture. Find the dead-center of the stone, then take one longish side step to either side. You want about a 45-degree angle off straight-on. For dark stones, it helps to have one of those silvery survival blanket thingies to prop up on the OTHER side of straight-on to reflect any light including the flash. (A sheet of prescored foam-board in blinding white is also good -- and it props itself up.) Cheryl

Greetings one and all, I'm going to make a page on the website on tips for cemetery research. Taking photos, note taking and other subjects. Wayne At 09:50 AM 10/28/2002 -0500, you wrote: >At 09:03 PM 10/27/2002 -0500, you wrote: > > Today I was in a hurry, so I thought that I would take > >photos of the stones at this cemetery and read them when I got home, but > >when I got home and looked at the photos, almost all of the Sloan markes > >were unreadable. If I remember right, the stones were old, and it will > >take some time to t > > >It was getting dark at the time, and I used the flash on > >the camera, but some of the dates and names didn't turn out all that > >For the best results, DO NOT EVER stand directly in front of the stone to >shoot your picture. Find the dead-center of the stone, then take one >longish side step to either side. You want about a 45-degree angle off >straight-on. For dark stones, it helps to have one of those silvery >survival blanket thingies to prop up on the OTHER side of straight-on to >reflect any light including the flash. (A sheet of prescored foam-board in >blinding white is also good -- and it props itself up.) > >Cheryl Hampshire Co. website: http://members.citynet.net/rwayne/hampco/index.htm My Homepage website: http://members.citynet.net/rwayne/index.htm

Another thing to remember, is that the best photos of gravestones are taken at night with a flash. ----- Original Message ----- From: "singhals" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 9:50 AM Subject: Re: [WVHAMPSH-L] Cemeterying: Hampshire County 250 Cemetery Project > At 09:03 PM 10/27/2002 -0500, you wrote: > > Today I was in a hurry, so I thought that I would take > >photos of the stones at this cemetery and read them when I got home, but > >when I got home and looked at the photos, almost all of the Sloan markes > >were unreadable. If I remember right, the stones were old, and it will > >take some time to t > > >It was getting dark at the time, and I used the flash on > >the camera, but some of the dates and names didn't turn out all that > > For the best results, DO NOT EVER stand directly in front of the stone to > shoot your picture. Find the dead-center of the stone, then take one > longish side step to either side. You want about a 45-degree angle off > straight-on. For dark stones, it helps to have one of those silvery > survival blanket thingies to prop up on the OTHER side of straight-on to > reflect any light including the flash. (A sheet of prescored foam-board in > blinding white is also good -- and it props itself up.) > > Cheryl > > >