Photography

[Mosch]

As I usually take photos of my minis outside and it currently is raining, I tried another approach just now. I don\'t really have any good equipment to take photos indoors, so I tried cold light. The result is the following picture of my quite old Ulern, the Antipaladin:

Looks far better than it would with my usual indoor arrangement (a lot less orange-y) and gives this mysterious shine

I\'m not sure if I have a question now, but I had one when I started to write....

 

[airhead]

Cold light? are you talking about glow sticks?

Oh, flourescent. Tend toward the blue end of the spectrum.

 

[Mosch]

In German that thing is calles \"Kaltlicht\" which translates to \"Cold light\", and I was quite sure I have heard the term \"Cold light cathode\" before, so I naturally assumed it was correct

And it\'s not really a glowstick, what I have here is more of a flashlight....

 

[barkel]

I have no idea what you are talking about.

To be honest I have never tried to photograph a mini outside. I always photo inside and I use white light. Most bulbs are yellow and you get that orange tinge to everything. It sucks. But if you use true white light, Reveal bulbs are the only brand name I know, then you get rid of that orangish crap. I also have light come from 3 different directions. Outside the sun\'s light is bouncing off of everything so that shadows are reduced. Inside, if you have light come from one direction, you\'ll get really bad shadows. This picture is the perfect example. I usually have one light at mini level coming from the left-front, and one from the right-front, then one from directly overhead. White light is not cold, if I understand your meaning, it is very hot. Heat will also yellow your film, so don\'t leave the camera sitting in it. To keep your film fresh you can stick it in the refridgerator. If you are using digital then keep your film in a digital refridgerator.

barkel

ps. since you didn\'t really ask a question, I didn\'t really answer it.

 

[WurzagUdUraZahuba]

I have gotten decent photographs on a sunny day with a few lamps, and some pieces of white paper to felect the light back onto the mini. I would say try the \"glow sticks\" again but this time use two and hold a couple of pieces of white paper around the sides to reflect the light back into all the nooks of the mini.

 

[Greymane]

or you

Originally posted by barkel
To be honest I have never tried to photograph a mini outside. I always photo inside and I use white light. Most bulbs are yellow and you get that orange tinge to everything. It sucks. But if you use true white light, Reveal bulbs are the only brand name I know, then you get rid of that orangish crap. I also have light come from 3 different directions. Outside the sun\'s light is bouncing off of everything so that shadows are reduced. Inside, if you have light come from one direction, you\'ll get really bad shadows. This picture is the perfect example. I usually have one light at mini level coming from the left-front, and one from the right-front, then one from directly overhead. White light is not cold, if I understand your meaning, it is very hot. Heat will also yellow your film, so don\'t leave the camera sitting in it. To keep your film fresh you can stick it in the refridgerator. If you are using digital then keep your film in a digital refridgerator.

barkel

ps. since you didn\'t really ask a question, I didn\'t really answer it.

Bark(ing)el Trevor once said you are quite mad (see relevent thread) or could it be that you have been taking english lessons from a now famous alledged mini vote fixer (see relevant thread). I subscribe to both views.

@Mosch do you mean white LED light.

 

[Calavera]

It\'s cold cathode, and it does give a more blueish light, i don\'t think you should use it.. it shines on one major point and makes it blueish and the other stuff very dark. I\'d rather go to the nearest IKEA and buy 2-3 20w halogen lamps, cheap and effective

Here you can see cold cathodes.. available in mnany colors.

http://www.xoxide.com/coldcathodes.html

 

[Mosch]

Yeah, like those, but as a flashlight.

Actually it still looks better than any pictures I take with other light.... I usually take them outside, works best I think. But now the weather gets worse and it will be harder and harder....

 

[sniffles]

Originally posted by Mosch
I usually take them outside, works best I think. But now the weather gets worse and it will be harder and harder....

Hope you don\'t mind me butting in here, as I\'ve never posted anything in the gallery and have no examples of photography to show off. But I do have two college degrees in photography (just to back up my know-it-all attitude).

I would strongly recommend against photographing outdoors. Daylight is not the best light for photographing something as detailed as a mini.

(know-it-all mode off)