Basic Easy Beginner Photography

[mjs101]

You have a great mini there sir, however you do not have a great pic..

Simple guide to photography solution -

a curved A4 piece of paper as a base and background for your mini.
desk lamp pointing at the mini from the front (not above!)
camera on macro (not necessarily super macro) assuming you have a compact camera. (i use a kodak cx7525)
zoom in a little and pull away a little to reduce depth of field.


Can we sticky this??

Why do you want to reduce the depth of field? Your background is white away. I've had problems with a row of figures, and some on the sides were out of focus. Does the step-back-and zoom trick help there? I've been using either a rather old point-n-shoot with macro or the camera on a tablet, but have recently replaced it with a bridge camera (bigger/fancier than point and shoot, still less $$$ than really fancy camera.)

 

[Tommie Soule]

Its not about the background, its always about the models and keeping all their dimensions in focus and in proportion

 

[LadyFenris]

This article has been really helpful, thanks. I'm just starting out with photographing my minis, and any tips help!

 

[Tommie Soule]

Anytime!
STICKY THIS PLEASE!!!

 

[ChunniePark]

Hi

great shot thank you. Please share all your photo , So beautiful

 

[ChunniePark]

so great. I will take some photos

 

[OfMiceandMiniatures]

Thank you for the basics and the images are wonderful to illustrate your post.

 

[mirparx]

Thanks for sharing!!!

I'm for sticky this post!!

 

[gunrunr]

This post has helped me as well. Thanks

 

[Tommie Soule]

Sticky stick

 

[BloodASmedium]

stickiest of sticky sticks

 

[Tommie Soule]

Omg my guide on coolmini is mega out of date!
I've updated it with some pic/vid examples using the method on my insta for you all. (A stickier place too

https://www.instagram.com/p/B3N_w-Vn20_/?igshid=1c37bcqgz210

 

[drdater]

maybe you have some free courses to learn it?

 

[neotux]

Thank you!

 

[souza13alex]

Thank you, a surprisingly simple and clear guide!:shock:

 

[BTLTROLL]

Thanks for sharing this.

 

[Tost Makinesi]

Nice post. The tip was helpfulwp:

 

[Linwood]

what this :silly!:

 

[DonnaHart]

A fun and simple way. I used to do it myself in my time!! :drool:

 

[Lothaurin]

Thanks! Are there any specific requirements for the desk lamp?