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Webmonkey

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Looks like you have a good solid foundation and brush control. But first up, I'd like to address the photo, in and of itself. See how the center is in focus and the extremities are blurring out? Try doing the following,..

1) set your camera/phone to use its macro function.

2) If your camera has an aperture setting (sometimes called an F-stop), set it to somewhere around 16.

3) set your ISO as low as possible (usually around 100 or so)

4) use a backdrop. (the camera will try to focus on everything,.. the model, your hand, the paint bottles, and even the wall in the background. the backdrop helps to limit the "depth of field" that the camera sees, and makes its job of focusing on the model much easier)

Just do these 4 things, and your photos should come out far better. (There are more advanced things, like lighting methods and color correction software. But for now this should do. If you're interested in more advanced stuff, feel free to ask. I, or one of the others, will be happy to help)
 

Mdlbuildr

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Hi there,

I'm totally with you! I have a camera and made a home made light booth and am still playing around with it. I have some pics with a "real" camera and they are pretty awful, so I am working on that.

Thanks for the tips and I will work on my photog skils.
 

Webmonkey

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Photo skills for a site like this are super important. The photo can really make (or break) a paintjob. After all, the best paint in the world doesn't matter if the photo doesn't show it. :smile:
 

Mdlbuildr

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Quick question:

On Massive Voodoo it says to not use Macro mode on your camera, but rather take pictures from slightly further away and crop them. So what's the preferred method?
 

Webmonkey

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You can do it either way. I prefer macro mode. Usually, if you shoot further away and crop,.. then you also have to enlarge the image. Depending on megapixel compression,.. this can lead to "grainy-ness" or other digital blocking or imperfections of the image.
 

Sicks

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I use my tablet for photography, I can get right up close to the model and it auto focuses for me but a backdrop really helps, I use the inside of a gw box opened out, it's not exactly professional looking but it does the trick and works better than other methods I've tried (my camera messes up the colours if I use a pure black or white backdrop and I don't have a way to print out a decent looking backdrop)

As for the mini it's a great starting point, red and black are some hard colours to get right, you might want to read up and practice on blending techniques, it takes some practice but it leads to smooth transitions from shade colour to mid tone to highlight
 

Mdlbuildr

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As for the mini it's a great starting point, red and black are some hard colours to get right, you might want to read up and practice on blending techniques, it takes some practice but it leads to smooth transitions from shade colour to mid tone to highlight

Thanks!

That is my next technique project. I'm watching a ton of Painting Buddha on YouTube to see how he does it. It's something I'm really aspiring to. This feedback is very important to me and I appreciate it very much!
 
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