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| Posted by: ATG |
27/02/2007 09:29 |
This is a post I made on the forum for some of the members to help them get better shots. I hope it is useful?
Hi Juko,
When I first started taking pictures for my site I
bought a 5meg Nikon 5000 Camera, that was the largest available
(realistickly) at the time.
It cost me $1,000 and it was well worth it....
A
corner of my Garden was my studio and I used a plastic storage box from
Ikea to difuse the light. Icould only shoot on sunny days and usually
only in the morning.
This was my set up !
 This
was the kind of thing I could produce, today was very overcast
and the shot was late afternoon (it took only a couple of minutes to
set up)but with that camera you can get in really close and the box
provides a lot of light and the shot still looks ok. But I have produced shots like this one below.  Now
I have a better Camera that I can change lenses with which allows me
the flexibility of making more interesting pictures that have more life
in them and the Camera Nikon D50 while not being the best on the market
is very practical and easy to use. As an example here is a shot of
the Submariner from above with a hand held D50 while the other camera
was on a tripod with a countdown timer to avoid shake. Below
is my new studio set up which allows me more control. I have 2 diffuse
adjustable lights as well as filler lights for pointing in beams of
light from the sides. Also known as spots or gun lights. I
also now use several lenses, Nikon 60mm Macro, Sigma 20mm Ultra wide
and both have polarising filters which help with glare and give you
true colours. I have several tripods and bounce a lot of light around
using poly boards. However compared to a pro I am still an amateur. Pro Am Shots.
This isn't really that sophisticated either but it can allow you to produce really beautiful shots like the two below.
I
hope this informs and helps so if anyone would like to add an tips to
this post I am sure everyone who reads it would be more than happy.
Everyone will have a good tip that no one else will know.
Regards
Alistair
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Re: Photography - Advice on getting good watch shots. |
By agent orange on
28/02/2007 09:45 |
Just a quick heads up Alistair, the links to you pics don't seem to be working.
Cheers
Gary |
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Re: Photography - Advice on getting good watch shots. |
By agibbons on
28/02/2007 10:15 |
Ooops!
Give me 10 minutes?
There you go!
All better now!
Thanks Gary!
Alistair |
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interesting article Alistair !! |
By juko on
04/03/2007 13:13 |
i will try to make a light box.
juko |
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Re: Photography - Advice on getting good watch shots. |
By T.R. on
21/07/2007 03:53 |
| Gary says you also have to get lucky. :) |
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Can somebody suggest me a better online shopping website? |
By Mark Lewis on
09/01/2008 10:44 |
Hi everybody,
Can somebody suggest me a better online shopping website where I can purchase the high quality, name brand watches at reasonable prices. However, I searched the web and find the resources i.e.
http://www.topestore.com
http://www.latest-beauty-tips.com
http://www.safeshoppe.com
where the prices are compartively low.
Please suggest if you have some other better resources.
Mark Lewis |
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Re: Photography - Advice on getting good watch shots. |
By ATG on
09/01/2008 10:48 |
| Mark you should put this on the main ATG forum as this blog doesn't get the same exposure. |
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