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okay i touched up some of my pics of some of my guys, in Adobe photoshop elements 8 are they any better

Daemon prince before


daemon prince after


havoc before


havoc after photoshop version


havoc after dakka dakka enhacement version


raptors before


raptors after

(ignore the slanneshi icon, im just using that one guy as a generic icon bearer, sometimes he's slaneesh sometimes he tzeentch)

(Note all these pics were taken with a Nikon D3000)

My first thought is it might be a good investment to get some kind of light box, something that would diffuse the light more. It looks like you have multiple light sources? Though they look like they are all from the top? Also, are you using the flash on the camera?

Swara wrote:My first thought is it might be a good investment to get some kind of light box, something that would diffuse the light more. It looks like you have multiple light sources? Though they look like they are all from the top? Also, are you using the flash on the camera?

could i use a cardboard box for that?, because thats all i can afford, i know the flash was used on a couple of them, my sis took the pics, and that they pics were taken on the kitchen table with printer paper for the background and floor

A cardboard box won't work, because you need something that diffuses the light, not blocks it.

Cheap way you say? That I can do, I'm all about the cheap.

Take that cardboard box with 1 side open, then cut most of the sides and top out.. like if you were making a cardboard tv on each side . Then replace that space with thin wax paper and put lights on both sides (table lamps would do, the brighter and more like daylight the better). That way you can use bright lights that won't directly cause shadows on your models. Then pin up a sheet on the bottom top part and let it curve toward the front bottom. Tell your sis she should invest in a small light box and some daylight side lights (they can be as cheap as 50 bucks)
I hope my description makes since, lol.

I shoot with a Canon T1i, but as any photographer will tell you, the best thing to shoot is great light. Great light can make even iPhone images look pro.

Good luck man!

Edit: Forgot to say, unless she has a mounted flash, try to avoid it. Try to get it bright enough in that little box so you don't have to use it.

Swara wrote:A cardboard box won't work, because you need something that diffuses the light, not blocks it.

Cheap way you say? That I can do, I'm all about the cheap.

Take that cardboard box with 1 side open, then cut most of the sides and top out.. like if you were making a cardboard tv on each side . Then replace that space with thin wax paper and put lights on both sides (table lamps would do, the brighter and more like daylight the better). That way you can use bright lights that won't directly cause shadows on your models. Then pin up a sheet on the bottom top part and let it curve toward the front bottom. Tell your sis she should invest in a small light box and some daylight side lights (they can be as cheap as 50 bucks)
I hope my description makes since, lol.

I shoot with a Canon T1i, but as any photographer will tell you, the best thing to shoot is great light. Great light can make even iPhone images look pro.

Good luck man!

Edit: Forgot to say, unless she has a mounted flash, try to avoid it. Try to get it bright enough in that little box so you don't have to use it.

thank you for that tutorial for the light-box, later this year were getting a lens for the camera that we got, that can take detailed close ups, the lens were using can only go so far before it starts blurring certain parts

Try taking the pics in high res or even RAW further back then cropping the picture.