How to document your project
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Get a good digital camera. Make sure it can do macro closeups. It's also handy to have one that focuses in low light, since you will be crawling into all the little crannies of your project. Get enough storage for the camera so you don't have to worry about counting photos. Likewise for batteries. Forget claims of "digital zoom"; you can do the same type of "zooming" with image editing software. What is important is optical zoom, the quality of the lens, color correctness and image size (misnamed "resolution" in many advertisements). | Get a good digital camera. Make sure it can do macro closeups. It's also handy to have one that focuses in low light, since you will be crawling into all the little crannies of your project. Get enough storage for the camera so you don't have to worry about counting photos. Likewise for batteries. Forget claims of "digital zoom"; you can do the same type of "zooming" with image editing software. What is important is optical zoom, the quality of the lens, color correctness and image size (misnamed "resolution" in many advertisements). | ||
| − | Take lots of photos. Many may turn out to be useless, but you can't tell what information you may need, years from now. Digital photos are easy and inexpensive to store. Begin with a walk-around, taking photos from every angle. Crawl around, in and under the car, taking photos of the way it is before you begin work. | + | Take lots of photos. Many may turn out to be useless, but you can't tell what information you may need, years from now. Digital photos are easy and inexpensive to store. Begin with a walk-around, taking photos from every angle. Crawl around, in, and under the car, taking photos of the way it is before you begin work. |
For technical details on properly photographing your car, see this article by MARTINSR, posted on the Hotrodders Bulletin Board: [http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/basics-basics-photographing-your-car-63626.html Basics of Basics: Photographing your car]. | For technical details on properly photographing your car, see this article by MARTINSR, posted on the Hotrodders Bulletin Board: [http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/basics-basics-photographing-your-car-63626.html Basics of Basics: Photographing your car]. | ||
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You can use online software to easily make a photojournal of your project. One such example is the [http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/journal.php Hotrodders.com Project Journals]. | You can use online software to easily make a photojournal of your project. One such example is the [http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/journal.php Hotrodders.com Project Journals]. | ||
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