V&A pic update

[chindora]

A quick update here on my V&A pictures. I have been wending my way through the hurdles associated with posting my images publicly, and this is where I now stand. I have been told that first off I need to not post the pictures on Picasa, and secondly I need to post smaller images. Apparently if I have my own webpage set up they will consider

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[myladyswardrobe]

Um - if something is on the web, it can be copied which is why they want the images to reduced drastically.

I have come across many a website which has "things" on it to prevent a viewer from copying the pictures. I have easily without conscious thought, been able to copy the images every time! Even from a Flash player.

In terms of website - you could have it on mine but it will be in August before I can work on it. It can be part of my "study" pages. Do you think they would be happy with that? Mine is not a commercial page. And it will look very nice soon (the layout is being completely revamped).

I would need the full size images initially - the web page can be programmed to reduce them properly without losing too much of the quality.

May I mention hornbook?

[chindora]

Well, here is the deal. In theory nobody should be able to copy my images on the Picasa page because of the web protocols that I have set. Now, by all means, I am sure people will try to copy them, but I do not believe they can. I cannot try myself because the website will know it is me and will let me in. I need to try it from another computer and see what happens

[elmsley_rose]

*that's great*

tho I hope 500 (x500?) is still big enough for us to see the details, as you are concerned about.

Thank you for going to so much effort to make these photos available to the rest of us.

[chindora]

Well, 500x500 is not great, but it is better than not seeing the images at all, right? I reduced a few down and they are not too bad, just definitely not as big as I would prefer. Oh well, I try to stay focused on the positive and believe that this will all work out soon. I am glad to do it as I realize what a privilege it was to even be able to visit the V&A, much less have this private appointment to see items that are not commonly on display. Huge honor, one I am still aglow from.

I did not realize that all that many people would be so interested in seeing the pics, but i have had so many requests to see the images that i realized I needed to try to put them up. I know how frustrating it is to not be able to see this stuff closely, to not be able to detect stitches or materials and have to guess or rely on somebody elses opinion. I hope that these pics will help the little group of stitchers who love this style of embroidery and want to carry it forward to another generation. In the end, that is what it is all about.

:)