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I'm wondering if you guys can give me some tips on taking high quality photos of my army.

Here is what I have been doing: I set up the figs on piece of white paper also use a sheet of white paper as a backdrop. Then I set up two bright lamps (one with a reveal halogen bulb, 675 lumens and the other a standard reveal 600 lumens) in the bathroom as the white tile seems to brighten up the photos. I use my girlfriend's Nikon D40(standard 18-55 lens) on 1800 ISO flash on "slow flash" and set to the "macro" automatic setting. I have fiddled with other setting and this is the one that seems the best (unless you have a better suggestion).

So despite my best efforts my photos generally do no reflect the detail and are ofter darker than I would like.

I'm not a total rookie when it comes to DSLR's, so I guess I am just looking for a couple tricks of the trade.


Thanks!

You could try a black background.

Increase your exposure time and use a tripod (or other stable base). More light taken in, better color etc. you get out.

Tripod, no flash, long exposure.
If you don't have a remote for it then use the delay timer so that you don't wobble the camera as you press the shutter release.

Try this. It's only up for today though.

http://www.1saleaday.com/

Good find dude, +1 internets for you!

Shame they don't ship to the UK...

Don't have much experience in taking pics of miniatures but the theories I know from photo shoots are pretty much the same.

Careful of the background you use. Find the right color for the miniature because the wrong color will make it hard to see details you want shown. Colors that complement not clash.

Lighting and angle. If the light source is in the wrong place it can obscure features of the mini or wash it out making it less desirable or unrecognizable. Sometimes you have to play with the lighting to get the right angle...which leads me to the next one.

Take several photos, easy with a digital camera, and find the one that works best at displaying the model in a way that makes people want to buy it.