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Author: Dale_Lynn, Contributing Editor
| DRAG A COUPLE of chairs around so you can clamp the flood lights to the backs and aim them at the diffusion panels and the stage area.
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SUPPORT FOR THE CAMERA From here it is a decision to hand hold camera or to use tripod or fixture. I prefer a tripod. I have the ability to remotely control my digital camera from the computer. I do all the actual preview and photo taking and download picture to computer with a few mouse clicks. |
| NOW THE FINAL PART
The actors on stage please! (just a tiny bit of drama here). Its time to setup the items you want to photograph. For this demonstration the items will be beads on a small rod. They can be supported by almost anything, styro foam blocks, wire framework made from coat hanger wood blocks, pieces of clay, some short length of PVC pipe with a little grooves filed in them so wire and beads do not roll off. A fine clear glass stringer or mono filament fishing line here will make beads look as they are floating in the air... You want the blocks to be at least minimum height as the camera lens will be during shooting. And we are not concerned what the blocks look like as they should not be in final print. |
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| LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION!
OK, it's all setup. Turn on lights, adjust things a bit, and SHOOT! And here is what it is all about, actual semi-decent picture of beads. |
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| ALL PHOTOS WERE were taken digitally using a Olympus D-340R camera. All photo resizing and manipulations were done with 'IrfanView" version 3.75 shareware (free!)
http://www.irfanview.com/ CONSIDERATIONS You will have to respect the focal distance of your camera lenses. If using a digital it will be the minimum distance in macro mode. If using film, your lenses type and any close-up lenses you may be using. Trying to get too close may not be to your best advantage. Try different distances from subject. Turn OFF any flash your camera may have. We are using light from the floods. You may want to use timer or remote shutter release. I personally use a bit of software on my PC to control my digital camera. I can preview the setup then, take picture and download picture from camera to PC with a couple of mouse clicks. Obviously my mini studio is in same room as my PC, but the concepts works with a laptop also. Did I mention this whole studio folds down and is portable, might even fit in a suitcase! You may want to scrounge up a couple of tripods for flood light holders, flea markets and recycle shops may have them very inexpensively. But this is out side the scope of the $75 price tag for your studio. |
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