Photography Tips?
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 11:48 pm
Many of you here are not only great at building excellent custom models, you also tend to take incredibly sharp, well-lit photos, often in very creative and immersive angles.
My own experience in snapping photos of my LEGO creations has been a complete disappointment. My images are always way too blurry and often suffer from excessive flash reflection from the shiny plastic surfaces.
The camera I use is a Concord digital "Eye 2040". I'm sure it's not the best money can buy, so I've just about resolved to give up, assuming my camera just isn't capable of reasonably capturing such tiny subject matter.
Some of things I've tried to solve these problems are:
- setting the camera on a solid surface and using the timer
- using the digital zoom to take shots from far away (ugh)
- intense environment lighting with no flash
There are a couple modest LEGO creations of mine I'd like to document, and I have a few Mega Bloks models planned that I would love to be able to show to friends.
So what gives, is my camera cheap or am I just terrible at using it? Do any of you have advice that might get me snapping recognizable images?
My own experience in snapping photos of my LEGO creations has been a complete disappointment. My images are always way too blurry and often suffer from excessive flash reflection from the shiny plastic surfaces.
The camera I use is a Concord digital "Eye 2040". I'm sure it's not the best money can buy, so I've just about resolved to give up, assuming my camera just isn't capable of reasonably capturing such tiny subject matter.
Some of things I've tried to solve these problems are:
- setting the camera on a solid surface and using the timer
- using the digital zoom to take shots from far away (ugh)
- intense environment lighting with no flash
There are a couple modest LEGO creations of mine I'd like to document, and I have a few Mega Bloks models planned that I would love to be able to show to friends.
So what gives, is my camera cheap or am I just terrible at using it? Do any of you have advice that might get me snapping recognizable images?