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Post by fumj79 on Jul 10, 2021 20:49:43 GMT -5
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Post by Jack Shrapnel on Jul 10, 2021 21:59:42 GMT -5
looks great!
As someone who struggles to take decent pictures of miniatures I gotta ask... how'd you get such crisp clear pictures?
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Post by fumj79 on Jul 11, 2021 8:52:39 GMT -5
looks great! As someone who struggles to take decent pictures of miniatures I gotta ask... how'd you get such crisp clear pictures? Admittedly I have quite an expensive camera, but you can get good results with just a phone though. The main thing is lots of light, more than you think you need. For these I raised my work desk so it was about 3 feet from my overhead light and put two small lamps on either side of the minis. The background is just a curved sheet of white Bristol board that helps kick back some light and kill harsh shadows. I edited in Adobe Lightroom but again phone app edits are decent. I’ll post a pic of my setup when I finish up my next batch of painting. |
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Post by Jack Shrapnel on Jul 11, 2021 9:55:10 GMT -5
Thanks!
My struggle is even in a Lightbox it always has a light source bouncing off the top and gets washed out. Maybe I need more light rather than less?
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Post by fumj79 on Jul 11, 2021 10:50:23 GMT -5
Thanks! My struggle is even in a Lightbox it always has a light source bouncing off the top and gets washed out. Maybe I need more light rather than less? Link me a pic if you want, I can probably tell you what the issue is. |
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Post by Jack Shrapnel on Jul 11, 2021 11:21:36 GMT -5
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Post by fumj79 on Jul 21, 2021 20:00:17 GMT -5
Those pics look pretty solid, I don’t see really many issues with focus. You are going to get some blurring of models in behind just due to depth of field. I would just use a cleaner less distracting background. If you’re using all black you’ll want to adjust your exposure down a bit. Cameras exposure meters try to make an average tone of middle grey so if a large part of the image is black parts will become a bit over exposed (to bright) -vice Vera if you have a lot of white. Oh and if you are not already use daylight tinted lighting (5000k colour temp) or adjust your pics in your editing app a bit cooler until they look natural. Can you tell I teach photography? 🤣 |
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Post by Jack Shrapnel on Jul 21, 2021 20:37:23 GMT -5
Thanks! that was very helpful!
I'm using daylight lights but have not tried editing anything in an app... mainly because I don't know what I'm doing.
I never knew that you needed to adjust exposure down with a black background - that is very helpful!
Thanks again!
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