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Hi folks,

I've been looking into some photography stuff since I consistently get told my pictures don't do my painting justice. (who knows...)

Here are some things I've found that others mind find useful:


Table Top Studio - FAQs, Tips, & a store with lighting/photography products
https://www.tabletopstudio.com/documents/HowTo_page.htm


This site has a ton of lessons that are very good, but they only offer a few free lessons at any given time. A one month membership, however, is only US$9.99, which gives you access to all of the lessons.
Creating the Silhouetted Shot
https://www.webphotoschool.com/all_lesso ... index.html

Tips about taking photos of miniatures:
https://awakeningynnead.blogspot.com/201 ... minis.html

Click to see full-sized image

Dan's Long-Awaited Photo Tutorial-ish Thing
https://www.dansdata.com/phototute.htm

Updated links Feb 24, 08
Added link Feb 21, 10

those mini bmw pics look amazing!
didn't have the time to read the article in detail though, but it looks useful

and that last link isn't working for me...

I was also amazed by the BMW photos. I would bet it was a real BMW!

Good stuff and hopefully I can learn something from it when I go around experimenting with my cam again...

hmmm thanx for the links LE, I hope they will serve me well in the future

Just won a 20" lightbox off e-bay for 10.48 UK pounds delivered - GOOD PICTURES here I come

Awww nuts, my camera is giving me blurry images now

added one new link...

thanks!

that's the problem with DSLR cameras - the pics usually need a bit more processing than from compact cameras. and that's why I am really surprised they are purchased by people who know little about photography and photo-edition. and no, it's not quite true that DSLR takes better photos. Actually compact cameras are better for photos of minis.

If you use a DSLR camera for miniatures and don't have a SUPER-SHARP lens, turn off all the sharpening in camera, and apply a slight sharpening filter before resizing the photo in the photo editing application of your choice. That is much better than the less-than-stellar algorithm used in the camera...

EDIT:
The following discussion was split from this one: https://www.chestofcolors.com/forum/view ... 49#p114849
Mahon