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ngdawg · 04-04-2007, 07:34 PM

No Photoshopping necessary. Use flat white matboard for your background.
If you don't have lightboxes handy, use two clamp-style desk lamps with twist-necks. They should be placed slightly above your set-up opposite each other and not shining directly on the objects-that'd produce glare. To diffuse them, try placing white pillowcases or flimsy cloth over them.
Don't use a flash-glare. Use a light meter and set your camera's aperature accordingly. As for the type of camera, DSLR is best-you can see what you did immediately, but any digital that allows for a decent range of manual shutter speed adjusting and f-stops will work. By using the camera and its memory card as a hard drive, you can work directly off that through your computer and set size, dpi, adjust color,etc. before saving the files. Be sure to set the camera's image size to its largest jpg-it's always easier to size down and not always possible to size up without losing quality.
Take several shots, readjusting your aperature settings a few numbers down and up to get the balance you want, adjust the lights around and take the shots from every angle you can think of.

04-04-2007, 07:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
ngdawg peekaboo Location: on the back, bitch	No Photoshopping necessary. Use flat white matboard for your background. If you don't have lightboxes handy, use two clamp-style desk lamps with twist-necks. They should be placed slightly above your set-up opposite each other and not shining directly on the objects-that'd produce glare. To diffuse them, try placing white pillowcases or flimsy cloth over them. Don't use a flash-glare. Use a light meter and set your camera's aperature accordingly. As for the type of camera, DSLR is best-you can see what you did immediately, but any digital that allows for a decent range of manual shutter speed adjusting and f-stops will work. By using the camera and its memory card as a hard drive, you can work directly off that through your computer and set size, dpi, adjust color,etc. before saving the files. Be sure to set the camera's image size to its largest jpg-it's always easier to size down and not always possible to size up without losing quality. Take several shots, readjusting your aperature settings a few numbers down and up to get the balance you want, adjust the lights around and take the shots from every angle you can think of. __________________ Don't blame me. I didn't vote for either of'em.