Capturing¶

If this is the first time you are using photogrammetry software, read the following chapter on how to take good photos for your project.

Basics¶

Your Scene/Object should be well lit.
Avoid shadows and reflections and transparent objects.
Best shoot in indirect light such as in the daylight shadow of a building avoid plain and one-colored surfaces
Don´t use a flash.
Do not change the focal length while shooting or use a fixed lens.
Make sure you can take pictures from all angles.
Avoid moving objects in the scene or background!
Rotate only objects with a plain background
The Object of interest should always fill most of the image
Take images with a side overlap of min. 60% and frontal overlap of 80%.
For each shot, move to a new position (or rotate the object)
Do not take multiple images from the same spot.
You can photograph multiple times in different patterns to leave no blind spots
avoid shaking
The more images you have, the better. You can always decide not to use them…