This Step Could Not Be More Critical:
Photograph your recently-taped wall. You should take great care to remember a couple of things:
- PUT THE CAMERA LENS WHERE THE VIEWERS' EYES WILL BE -- Not "a little to the left", not "pretty close to", and definitely not "a couple inches above or below". We're already dealing with some distortion from the wide-angle lens... but that's not all that destructive, all-told. Now, if you cock-up this step and go for "roundabouts" where the viewers eyes are; that will hurt and possibly ruin the final effect. Pardon my shouting, but it's just that essential: IF YOU ARE IN THE "VIEWING POSITION" AND YOU ARE HOLDING THE CAMERA IN FRONT OF YOUR FACE, THEN THE LENS IS NOT WHERE THE VIEWERS' EYES WILL BE.
- Keep the taped rectangles in the center of the frame, and keep it as close to vertical as possible -- Using a point-and-shoot camera with a wide-angle lens means distortion creeps into consideration. There's less distortion in the middle of the lens. We're going to be rotating the picture in our image editing program, but try to keep it vertical, just so you have less to rotate.
- Take a sharp picture -- I'm no kind of "good photographer", but this particular project doesn't really require one. We want a SHARP, contrast-y picture with no blurring. How do we do this? I'm sure a more skilled photographer could give better recommendations (feel free to make suggestions), but I just lit the hell out of it, kept a very steady hand, and shot on ISO 400. Remember: a sharper image at this stage means less headache and guesswork in your image editor.
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