Did you know that you can use your flatbed scanner as a make-shift digital camera? Photography blog Digital Photography School has a few tips for taking pictures of small objects with your scanner.
No camera? No problem! Suppose you feel like taking a break from your camera, or maybe it’s just a rainy day and you don’t want to go out and risk getting the camera wet. Then you can use your flatbed scanner (assuming you have one) to make very interesting still-life pictures.
Just make sure not to use anything so heavy it might break the glass, or with such sharp edges that it might leave a scratch.
I saw a hack where someone used a flat bed scanner as one would use a film holder in a view camera. In other words, as if it were a huge CCD sensor. Not too good for action shots, but for a static subjects, who knows. I thought it an interesting concept at least.
September 28th, 2008