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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by davekelly There have been a couple of articles in MRR concerning the proper distance to be at from an object to have it appear in scale when printed. Once was many many years ago when a fellow had the great idea of photographing himself, then cutting out the print and putting him in the modeled scene. The distance is a function of the scale, size film, enlargement size and lens focal length. You might want to try the index at the top of this website. [/quote] With computers and film or digital cameras such work is fairly simple if you have a graphics program - just enlarge the image until it is the right size. Make a few test prints to check the size. No need for the expensive Photoshop, I use Paint Shop Pro which is available for a fraction of the cost. As to putting yourself or others in scenes, I've done that a few times using the above methods. Once you get the hang of it, the process is fairly simple. On my Xmas card a few years ago I put an image of myself in the cab of an On30 Shay. I was using a 3.3MP digital camera at the time. Bob Boudreau
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