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How do I photograph a LEGO® model?

From Michael Hopkins: !

These pages http://www.baylug.org/ninja/original/Photography.html discuss the photographic techniques I use and image post-processing.

From Joe Davenport:

http://208.167.185.36/Photo.html shows how I used some paint programs to add in backgrounds to the pictures.

From Jeremy Sproat:

See the photographing techniques page at Suzanne Rich’s site: http://www.baseplate.com/info/colophon/photo.html

What color is this?

From Suzanne D. Rich: !

I have a finished rough draft of an element color chart:

http://www.baseplate.com/colors/

Since the colors are rendered by HTML table background specs, 8-bit displays may be inadequate for viewing. Color names given are rough -- I have yet to check through documents for better ones.

Where can I get a free site for my LEGO® creations?

From Larry Pieniazek: !

Yahoo, for one, maintains links of service providers that have free hosting:

http://dir.yahoo.com/...very long URL.../FreeWebPages/

While you can post text and pictures using a LUGNET Member’s page, FTX, and BrickShelf, if you want to publish binaries then it’s best to have your own web page.

Do I need permission to link to a site from my web page?

From Todd Lehman: !

It depends on what you’re linking to.

If you’re linking to a site or sub-site’s top-level homepage, for example:

http://www.lego.com/
http://www.lugnet.com/
http://news.lugnet.com/FAQ/

then you rarely need permission. However, if you’re linking to a top-level from inside a frame, then ask for permission first; the frame makes the site look like it’s part of your site.

If you’re linking to a deeper page, then, in general, the deeper the link (the longer the URL), the higher the probability that the link will break at some point. Web authors tend to rearrange pages and HTML does not handle this gracefully. If you need to link to a page deep in the hierarchy, then ask the site’s owner if the page’s location is stable.

Always ask for permission before linking to a JPEG or GIF image, or any other type of non-HTML resource, especially if you’re including the image on your own page directly via the <IMG> tag. Don’t ever embed other people’s images without their permission.

Of course, never link to something if the owner has specifically requested otherwise.

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