Photographing setup

OK, so look at the pictures and you'll get the idea, I'll write few things later:

(Yes, there's a decent hifi on my painting table. My results are much worse if I don't listen to my favorite music when painting.)

Fine, you see my camera is on tripod. This is very important, as we are going to photograph without using flash, the camera will use a long timing and simply we would not be able to hold the camera to get sharp picture. In fact we are making the picture from just few centimetres, so even tripod doesn't help that much, so on top of using tripod, I recommend to photograph using either timer or remote control, so you really don't touch neither the camera neither the tripod when the picture is actually made. So again, I'll repeat the most important things: use a tripod, do not use the flash, and do not touch the things when the actual picture is made, use camera built-in timer or use remote control for making the picture.

The second important thing is the way the lamp is positioned. It is put as close to the lens as possible, so all places that the camera lens see get light. And as I explained on the previous page, this is a lamp that doesn't work as a single source of light, but an area of light, so we do not get any sharp shades at all.

I use plain white paper for easier post-processing of the image in the computer, with any other background it wouldn't be so easy.

OK, that's it! Now just take all the pictures and transfer them to the computer. On the next page we'll look at what more is needed to be done.