The School of Jack

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Lesson 8 Photography is an art[SIZE=2]

remembering to remove tools, string and lumps of spoil from section shots;
not cleaning far enough around the feature so the cleaning line shows;
not getting the scales square with the photo frame or perpendicular with each other;
inappropriate number or use of scales;
shot not in focus;
section not clean enough to see the layers;
shadow of person taking the photograph in shot.
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I've just had received a report which contained exapmples of all of the above plus:

Pictures of people engaged in excavation activities while not wearing the mandatory PPE. (Very Consultant-ish I know, but why would you?)

I appreciate the time pressures in commercial archaeology and particularly evaluations mean, as Jack rightly says, that you can't hang around all day for that perfectly lit shot. But it ought not to be impossible to get something resembling a tidy picture with a bit of thought, care and practice. This is one of the few things that makes me say "I managed it and so can you".