{"id":921,"date":"2014-03-22T22:57:57","date_gmt":"2014-03-23T05:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/?p=921"},"modified":"2014-03-22T23:13:59","modified_gmt":"2014-03-23T06:13:59","slug":"viewfinder-sketch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/viewfinder-sketch\/","title":{"rendered":"Viewfinder Sketch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_919\" style=\"width: 413px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-919\" data-attachment-id=\"919\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/viewfinder-sketch\/image-7\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image1.jpg?fit=1536%2C2056&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1536,2056\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Viewfinder Sketch Setup\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Viewfinder Sketch Setup&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Viewfinder Sketch Setup&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image1.jpg?fit=403%2C540&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image1.jpg?fit=700%2C937&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image1.jpg?resize=403%2C540&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Viewfinder Sketch Setup\" width=\"403\" height=\"540\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image1.jpg?resize=403%2C540&amp;ssl=1 403w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image1.jpg?resize=112%2C150&amp;ssl=1 112w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image1.jpg?resize=765%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 765w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image1.jpg?w=1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image1.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-919\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Viewfinder Sketch Setup<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;m a photographer. I like to use a viewfinder to frame and compose a picture. Today I tried using a viewfinder made out of a 3&#215;5 card clipped to my Moleskine pocket notebook. I first drew a frame the same size as the viewfinder and added guide marks on the edges using red erasable ink. I then sighted through the viewfinder and sketched the major shapes again using the red erasable ink. Then I used black ink to finish drawing and shading the trees. Later I erased the red guide lines with a hair dryer, and scanned the image.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_920\" style=\"width: 368px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image2.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-920\" data-attachment-id=\"920\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/viewfinder-sketch\/image-8\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image2.jpg?fit=1207%2C1818&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1207,1818\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Viewfinder Sketch\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Viewfinder Sketch&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image2.jpg?fit=358%2C540&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image2.jpg?fit=679%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image2.jpg?resize=358%2C540&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Viewfinder Sketch\" width=\"358\" height=\"540\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image2.jpg?resize=358%2C540&amp;ssl=1 358w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image2.jpg?resize=99%2C150&amp;ssl=1 99w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image2.jpg?resize=679%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 679w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimblodget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image2.jpg?w=1207&amp;ssl=1 1207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-920\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Viewfinder Sketch<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This worked reasonably well. Next I want to tape the viewfinder so it hinges out to the side from inside the front cover.<\/p>\n<p>Jim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m a photographer. I like to use a viewfinder to frame and compose a picture. Today I tried using a viewfinder made out of a 3&#215;5 card clipped to my Moleskine pocket notebook. I first drew a frame the same size as the viewfinder and added guide marks on the edges using red erasable ink. 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