How To: Taking Photos of your models.

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cham2020 (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/member.php?u=336107) was asking about taking photo is this thread :
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=551468

So I took these to try to help someone out.
I know everyone has a different way but this is mine.

Thanks Steve. You have put the same care into this very simple and precise how-to as you do into your builds.

nice how-to!

Nice how to very easy to understand, just got to dig out the instructions to my camera now to see how to change the settings.

Nice tutorial, but as a photographer myself there is one thing that I would like to point out, When doing close work like this, although it's tempting to use the widest (highest f/stop) to keep things sharp across the image, but with most lenses the higher to fstop the more the lens is working out of it's "sweet" spot. You can see the qaulity drop with anything over f/22 usually, anything more than this and chromatic abberations (purple fringes) become visible on most lenses.

But you have done a great job in writing the tutorial, will help a lot of people out I'm certain.

Regards.
Chris.

So, you are still using your Coolpix over your D70 ? :D

I do the same for modelling. Macro on those coolpix can't be beat. (without a lot of money)

You can see the qaulity drop with anything over f/22 usually, anything more than this and chromatic abberations (purple fringes) become visible on most lenses.


Don't worry. most of the point & shot camera don't go over f11, and entry level DSLR don't go over f22. Someone that have a camera that can go over f22 won't read this tutorial :p

Man this is awesome! Let me experiment this with my camera.

I can't believe these are done with no additional lighting...cool.

Winston

I need a new camera :(