Viktorias - Not the best picture...

[Slinkdawg]

Painted these ladies up recently... There is some sheen from the hardcoat until I hit them with some matte spray.

Trying to figure out miniatures photography, but would welcome any advice. PM me if it is very long, but definitely need some help.

- Slinkdawg

[pancake ss]

mmmmmmm they look ok but like you say camera work needs attention.

Post again when you can take a better picture.:thumb:

[chaosobscuros]

http://www.coolminiornot.com/article/aid/12

Coolminiornot.com has a lot of great articles on photography, but this one gives you a good overview of the basics.

Hope it helps!

[Slinkdawg]

That article helps alot. I have to think about getting some equipment, but it would definitely be nice to show off more pics of minis.

[Harliquine]

If you are using the zoom then stop pan it all the way out. Move the camera to where the image on screen shows brightly.

Then switch to either a fast motion mode or the macro photography mode. (usually a little running guy symbol for the fast motion or a flower symbol for the macro photography).

Then zoom in just enough to show detail and stabilize the camera as best you can.

If you can select a zone of the image to focus then use that as well. It'll make your pics so much better.

Never have the light source shining on to the backs or sides of the model. All ways to the front and defuse the light is you can to take the glare off.

The trick as it were is to make the model look well lit up on the view finder as well as to fool the camera into focusing on models which are often not the majority of what's in the image. Too often an automatic focus or digital camera wants to focus on something in the foreground or back ground instead of where your models are.

Edited April 25, 2010 by Harliquine