![]() ![]() Just keep those lights you are using on your miniature, if you are using some. And you want the people to see the base, too! Position your camera slightly above your miniature otherwise the image will be boring. Except you intentionally want to focus on something else of course. If the miniature has a face then focus on it! People will automatically look at the face, if it’s blurry you lost. If your camera has a silent or quiet mode, use it! It will reduce the vibration by the mirror so you can get sharper results. Higher ISO will make our photo noisy, except you have a quality DSLR. Since we have time we don’t need to set the light sensitivity higher. We have all the time we need to set everything manually to get the best results. Yeah, that sucks!ĭo not use those automated or semiautomated modes. (Please suggest more tethering applications for Canon, Win etc).ĭust off your miniature and the background.Įver found some dust just in the middle of retouching. ![]() If you have a Nikon and are on Mac try Sofortbild it's super simple to handle. You can use the timer of course, but I do not recommend it, because you have to touch your camera.Įven better than a remote is to tether the picture right to your computer. Any kind of vibration will make your photos blurry, so we want to be as steady as possible. If you want to have full control and the best quality there is no way around RAW files. More tips you should keep in mind Use the RAW format. For a 1/9 bust f8 or lower can be very cool, and for a big diorama or vehicle you might need to go higher than f20. But it depends on the miniature you are taking a picture of. And you need to use a way too long exposure to handle the light because you will get just a little bit of light through the aperture. A too sharp image looks flat, boring and not dynamic. We will take care of all of this manually to get the best results.ĭon’t use a too small aperture (meaning a high number).ĭo not use crazy settings like f30. No, we want it just as it is.Ī lot of cameras have enhancements like autosharpening, over-contrast-boost etc. We do not want to have something small very large. Taking pictures of your miniature is not macro photography. Most compactcameras and bridge cams have a macromode. So don’t worry if you can see the box or other stuff on the edges of your photo. You will have to crop a lot from the sides to get to your final picture. You don’t take a picture of the final frame you will be using online as final picture. This goes hand in hand with the first mistake. Lenses have a close focusing distance, which is the minimum distance you have to keep to your object if you want to make a proper photo. It’s just the opposite, you have to go far away, to get a sharp picture and hit the sweet spot. These methods are not perfect, but that’s how I take pictures and I want to share it with you.ĭSLR (one of those new mirrorless system cams should work, too)įixing the beginner mistakes Do not go too close to the miniature. I will only use a DSLR, but now and then I mention some tips for compactcams, too. In this part I will cover the process of taking a photo of your miniature. However if you paint on competion level and want to get the best from your photos you should consider buying a better camera than your average point-and-shoot. In the first part I showed you that you don't really need a fancy a camera. This is the main part of the photography tutorial. ![]()
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