Photography - the basics before you start in Photoshop
Beginner | Rating: 9.69 Votes: 16
Views: 9522 | By: War Griffon  |
| Category: General Subcategory: Photography | Date: 2005-12-24 13:41:26 |
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Following Spacemunkies excellent article on how to Photoshop your mini I though I would post this here so that people can start by crawling first, before they trip over trying to run. On numerous occasions I have seen people go completely blank at the mention of aperture settings and other technical terms so at the end of this article I will list and try to explain some of the technical terms.
Owning a camera is just the start of the game to get some good shots of the mini that you have just spent hours painting, you will need to go that little bit further. Nobody likes looking at fuzzy pictures ater all.
Primary amongst these is a tripod, the type of tripod you will need will depend on the type of camera you have and what you intend to use it for as well as shooting pics of mini's, they can range from small pocket size table top tripods to huge beasts used by professionals.
A quick note on tripods here if you will bare with me a few don'ts to think of.
Don't over extend the centre column, one third of it's total length is as far as you should go. Any higher than this and you're likely to get shake.
Don't extend the bottom section of the legs if the middle sections are unused. Most tripod legs are in three sections, but most people extend the bottom section first to gain height. These are the thinnest and therefore, flimsiest sections and should be extended last. Always use the middle sections of the tripod first.
Don't set the tripod unevenly and then make all corrections with the head. Vary the length of the legs and make minor adjustments with the head.
Do get the tripod as level as possible. Keep the centre column right down unless absolutely necessary and always tighten both leg and head locks to ensure maximum stability.
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charlie of gondor
19 June 09 |  |
Rating: 10
I think this will improve the quality of my photos tenfold, thankyou!
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YoungOlo
12 March 06 |  |
Rating: 9
Great and usefull article, but IMHO it's missing some info about using macro mode for taking pictures of the miniatures... Thanks for your work!
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wikear
05 March 06 |  |
Rating: 10
fantastic... i'm fed up of being out of focus on my fuji in macro mode 
THX!!
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mysticsage
26 January 06 |  |
Rating: 10
Excellent information, easy points to follow and I will definatley have to get my hands on one of those light cubes.
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Xavier
04 January 06 |  |
Rating: 10
Excellent Article. Very helpful and the Photo Cube seems like an excellent device. Great job at dumbing down the jargon, unfortunately it is at the expense of being technically accurate
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quadrille
02 January 06 |  |
Rating: 10
Thank you, this was exactly what I needed! Bidding on a light cube (also known as "light tent" it appears) right now. I think this will drastically decrease the time I need to spend in photoshop.
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dauber22
29 December 05 |  |
Rating: 10
Excellent article! Covers all the basics without a lot of confusing jargon then defines the jargon in relatively easy-to-understand terms.
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