I have just read through nearly twenty Digests - no mean feat!! This is to explan that although I am lurking, I am still with you and avidly follow everything.
I was specially interested in the Digital camera thread. Yes, I have a digital camera and very useful it is too, to take take quick pictures of something I wish to capture immediately, or to send by email, or to print out for an editor to show what I intend to write about. However, ALL my editors still require slides taken with traditional cameras. My son has explained to me why the resolution of a professionally scanned slide is so very much clearer than an ordinary digital photo, but my maths are not quite up to understanding it. Yes, if I could afford a real proffesional digital, like several thousand pounds, I would probably get comparable results. At present I am writing two books as well as magazine articles. I have never been so busy in all my life and if I keep calm will manage to do my C&G Creative Computer course work as well. The one book is 'Textiles of Central and South America' which is taxing all my ingenuity as they want so many words, which I am managing to fill with everything I ever wanted to know about the subject. What a good thing I have slides of these countries and have taken many more of the textiles I brought back with me. The other is a book for Batsford, mostly pictures (yes - all the ones I am providing are slides) called 'The Embroidrers and Quilters Sourcebook'. This is fun, based on my Collection and I am really enjoying it. I have just returned from a holiday in Iran - yes Iran, situated between Iraq and Afghanistan. I am telling you this to prove that not everybody everywhere is bad. The vast majority of people all over the world are lovely, kind people, it is only the terrible few who spoil it for everybody else. I had a wonderful time, apart from wearing a headscarf. The food was delicious, hotels good, roads excellent, scenery and ancient ruins fantastic, lots of textiles and carpets, but no lace. Yes, I took all my usual cameras, four heavy ordingary ones with extra lenses and flash-gun, no digital. The results are really good and I can take three photos while everbody else composes their first picture. That's all for now, I shall go into lurkdom again and carry on writing, with deadlines for January and March. Angela in autumnal Worcestershire UK. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
