OFFICE Powerpoint - a tool for preparing photos of drawings.

I use to take photos of my drawings - even, if they are not finished (like this one, showing an old museum floodgate in Suonenjoki, Finland). The dark days here in Finland prevent working out of doors and artificial light is difficult when tones of colour pencil works shall be reproduced. In addition to SYSTWEAK PHOTO STUDIO (a simple, inexpensive scanning program) I tend to use MS OFFICE POWERPOINT which also helps to correct the white balance. The difference between original (upper) and corrected (lower) photos is easy to see. All shades are not correct in the photo (especially the tones of green!) but the result is still satisfying.

The best practice, of course, would be to carry the drawings on the yard and to continue there but it is often impossible because the bad weather, which we have here on these days. POWERPOINT is familiar to me because I have used it in my job since it has been published to create illustrations for my research reports and educational material - so I still use it, no matter I am already retired from my original profession as a microbiologist. Microphotographs of bacteria, by the way, were easy to apply to reports after finishing them with PP and transporting them to WORD.

I actually began mys studies in the beginning of 70's when only common B&W cameras, connected to microscope tubus, were available. We usually DRAW the bacteria, seen in the microscope field, on paper with colour pencils - this is true! It was easy if one can watch the field with one eye and the drawing with another - it was funny!