Ideas for Taking Good Pics

[Bruce Poage]

Now that I know the "photobucket" process I want to post some pics of some finished projects. What hints should I share with my wife who will be taking pics of my projects with her new digital camera? Thanks.

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[Andy Wyatt]

I am by no means an expert ( the crappy photos I post will attest to that!) but lighting and background are the keys. I take my pics outside just because th natural light looks better to me. I try and take the pics on a bright overcast day. If you are taking pics indoors a little "studio" set up works well...a light background and seperate photo lights are ideal. Multiple lights are a good set up...one to light the subject and another to fget rid of any unwanted shadows. I'll let the good photographers elaborate more on the indoor photography.

[RJWood]

If your new digital camera has a macro setting, you are set. make sure to read your owners manuel to learn how to operate this setting. and like Andy said lighting is most important. And a plain white or lite gray background. Just experiment, to see your best method to start.

Ron.

[VW Dave]

The macro setting on my digital camera, and the mini tripod I got off Ebay made a huge difference in my pictures; the photo 'cube' I got also helped a ton.

Here's one of my models shot at a club meeting, in my 'pre-macro' days:

And here's the same model, with better lighting, in the cube and with the camera set on macro

[Ken]

Cheapest Photo 'cube' you can get is this...

This is just a cardboard box with 3 sides cut out and wrapping tissue taped to the sides. 2 to 3 clamp lamps are used with 100 watt bulbs in each lamp. With it, your photos can go from this

To this...

The box can even be taken outside to help with shadows on a sunny day. The tissue may need to be doubled or tripled on the top, but it should do enough to diffue the sunlight.

[Jeff Johnston]

I use the same exact set up as Ken...this is a pic using that same set up, except I used a blue background. Sometimes putting a little color helps too..sometimes white is correct (blue would not have looked right on that green Celica...white was the right color).

Or a darker blue...