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2 Sep 2002 - 4:25 PM

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Franticsmurf

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2 Sep 2002 - 7:02 PM

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Hi Brinley,

I'm not familiar with your camera but it seems to me you'd need as much control over exposure as possible - so a camera with manual override on exposure control (shutter speed and aperture) would be advisable. If you are illuminating the background from behind, as with a lightbox, be careful that you don't get any 'hotspots' (where the light is brighter) from the light source.

If you have access to Photoshop, you could take the photo and, with careful editing, cut out the image you want from whatever background you used. Paste this onto a new image consisting of a white background and add a touch of shadow.

Trial and error will soon lead you to the right combination of techniques. The beauty of digital is that you can experiment for little cost.

Hope this is of use
Dave

Franticsmurf

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8 Sep 2002 - 11:25 AM

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Brinley,

I should warn you that I am not a studio photographer (my last studio work was in college too many years ago).

I've had a look at your website and to me, the images seem okay, just a little fuzzy around the edges. With translucent subjects, lighting from behind may cause this problem to increase and the images may seem to be out fo focus or suffering from flare.

Have you tried mounting the objects some distance in front of the background? With some careful jigging, you should be able to illuminate the background without casting a shadow from the object, and illuminate the object independantly. If you aim to overexpose the background, you will get a very pure white. This is a cheaper alternative to using a lightbox and will achieve similar results. I have used this method to photograph glass (although it was on film and wasn't edited digitally afterwards).

Good luck.

Dave

tcwobble

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8 Sep 2002 - 6:53 PM

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Brinley,

When I first came to this web site I seem to remember that there was an article about making a small studio box from a large cardboard box. The article said to use photocopying paper glued to the inside. For the life of me I can't remember when it was and I could kick myself for not saving the details. I suppose you could always ask the ed for a repeat.

Trev Clarke

mad-dogs

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9 Sep 2002 - 2:24 PM

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Difficult to explain without drawing a picture, but...

Try using a cardboard box. Cut out the front face and the top - in other words you are left with a base, two side walls and a back wall.

Paste, stck or hang white paper on the side walls.
Use a strip of white paper as a sweep from the top of the back wall to the front ( bottom ) of the box.

Place diffusing material over the top of the box, such as opal perspex, tracing paper or buy some softfrost.

Place your light over the top of the diffusing 'ceiling' and use white card or silver card to throw light back into the front of the subject.

You may need some black card or grey card to seperate some of the light areas from the background or to add depth to reflective areas.

regards

Dave
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mad-dogs

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10 Sep 2002 - 10:58 AM

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Brinley: Where abouts are you situated. I presume that you are in Wales!

If you need further help, I can continue off-list if you want.

cheers

Dave
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