HEh Meia ! I like the way U took your pic of your guns ! how
about share some expertise on taking those pics! very good
balance soft light and how do you control the depth of field ?? I
am using Canon 40D DSLR and having problems with getting the right
lighting and (reflections) and the right focus!
DaveC
(My apologies for resurrecting this ancient thread, but I just
realized that I had forgotten to get back to Dave about how I take
those images.)
Dave,
Sorry for this late reply, but I hope the following image gives
you an idea of the setup I use to take my gun pictures:
As you can see, it's nothing fancy. The entire rig is set up
next to a window for maximum lighting, and I use aluminium foil
inserted into a transparent LD protective jacket to bounce light
into the shadowed areas. In the rig above, I also used a DVD jewel
case with foil inserted into the front cover to bounce light.
The camera itself is mounted on a tripod and triggered with the
self-timer to eliminate shake, since the exposure time is longer
due to the use of the smallest f-stop setting to maximize depth of
field. The camera in this case is my trusty Canon PowerShot S3
IS.
Here is the image I took with the setup above:
And another shot taken earlier:
