This picture taken by my daughter a few years ago makes two important points. Watch your shadow and avoid getting it on the stone. Of course, photo editing software can help in getting rid of the shadow, but that may take more time than avoiding it in the first place and you don’t want your photo to look “doctored.”
And watch the feet. There are toes in the bottom of this picture. Those are easily cropped out.
Of course, if your children are involved enough in genealogy to help with picture taking–don’t get too concerned about a few feet and shadows. Be glad they’re helping you to do something and one day their feet will be much larger than they are in these pictures.
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I have been known to take photos upside down to avoid a shadow. However, I agree, if someone is nice enough to take a photo, I am appreciative.
As long as I have the stone’s image, that’s the main thing.
Though in general I try to avoid a shadow on the stone, sometimes it is useful if the sun’s position and strength is wrong for a good photo. I have used my shadow on purpose to make the stone more readable in the photo. Sometimes, it’s not a bad thing. But, yes, I usually crop out the toes if I didn’t manage to avoid getting them in the picture…