Notice! Thread - Share and Mod

Here are some suggestions for the possible texture photographer.
Hope they help!

- Suspicious?
As it turns out, randomly wandering in possibly excluded areas snapping photos of literally whatever can make things look suspicious. You should always be prepared to have a thought out answer on why your there.
You should read what wiki has to say about it.

- Lighting
When getting photos, you should avoid using flash, otherwise you risk getting dark outlines (which are very bad for textures!).
Use natural lighting and avoid snapping any shadows in the picture. This can make poorly lit interior photos a little more difficult.

- Camera settings
Most digital cameras now-a-days have settings for certain situations. While this might seem obvious, certain situations call for certain settings. You might need to experiment to see which settings really work for the situation. If the photo turns out blurry, don't hesitate to get several of the same one with new settings. Film is cheap!

- Redundancy!
Snap 2-3 photos of the same thing, with a possibility of a little variety. Not only will this give the artist some variety, but in case something is wrong with the first photo, the second or third should be ok. As said before. Film is cheap!

- MOAR!
While the most useful photos seem obvious, you should try to get a large variety of photos, even of things you might think as useless. While the obvious being floors, walls, and decaying stuff... You should also note things that no one really thinks about, but quite useful. Such as doors, the roof, wall trim, vents, ect. I surprised myself when I was creating a building to find I had never got a roof texture and only got a single door texture. Film is still cheap!

If you have any more suggestions, add them!

What about taking shots of somebody else's house? ;-P

Wikipedia wrote:

Photography may be prohibited and/or restricted within an area of
property by the property owner^.
At the same time, a property owner generally cannot restrict the
photographing of their property by individuals who are not located
within the bounds of the property^.

Photographing of privately-owned property that is generally open to
the public (i.e. retail) is permitted unless explicitly prohibited by
posted signs.

So not privately-owned, public property (well all properties) can be photographed too, but not within the area of a specifc property? Or just public & privately-owned ones open to public?

I think you can generally photograph whatever public property you want unless specifically noted that you cannot.
Apparently you can photograph private property if your not on the private property.

Poland may have something specific too, so you might want to research that.

Well, not quite, I know one can't take shots of people. It's mostly forbidden to photograph and show anybody (faces, etc.), maybe except political & public (actresses & actors, etc.) figures.

So probably property laws apply here, too. The legal gap between countries decreased a lot lately.

Fortunate, in a lot of ways.

I guess I would go by the 'better safe than sorry' policy.