Tuesday, December 18, 2012

a picture shows a thousand brush strokes!



if you dont know where to start with taking pictures of your miniature or army or already know how and fancy a new idea, then read on!

this is a bit of a budget set up when it comes to set ups. you may not think it if you went out there and did some shopping around, but in the way of still photography this is mega budget!

this set up is using a Nikon D90 DSLR, Nikon 50mm f1.8 lense, Nikon sb-400 speedlight, manfrotto modo tripod and a couple of bits of 2x4 with some card and bluetac.



the 2x4 is simply nailed to each other at the end to create an "l" shape. then the card is bent in the middle and fastened by bluetac. the stand is a bit of drain pipe cut and sprayed specifically for the job of raising the miniature. but obviously this doesnt really matter.

setting the tripod up with carmera at the closest focal point, basically if on auto focus, the point before the camera wont focus anymore.

the flash is usually a bit harsh so its been diffused by a piece of paper elastic banded on. ghetto style!!
then the exposure on the camera dropped by 0.7.

put the camera on manual and the shutter speed at 60 with an f-stop of 6.3 for a room using an artificial lightbulb of 60 watts.
just try these settings and play with the exposure a bit to get the colouring your happy with.
personally i like things a little moody so they will come across slightly darker than what most will like.

so this is the end result. Simply cropped using a basic editor. No colour enhancements etc as this takes away the true feel of the miniature in my opinion. If your showing off a paint job it's immoral to enhance its colouring in any way!

more on the guy in the picture coming very soon...

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