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My new 'Dances with wolves' name is "Bad With Camera"

02-07-2006, 12:10 PM	#1
chaosdjinn Veteran Offline --> Posts: 327 --> Join Date: Jan 2006	My new 'Dances with wolves' name is "Bad With Camera" My new 'Dances with wolves' name is "Bad With Camera" Any suggestions for a relatively bad photographer in terms of lighting, etc?

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02-10-2006, 07:00 AM	#2
chaosdjinn Veteran Offline --> Posts: 327 --> Join Date: Jan 2006	help? Can anyone make any suggestions as I am almost done with the other mountain and want to start shooting more effectively. Should I use a large background light and turn the flash off? Any direct/indirect lighting techniques for a large dio anyone has used before?

02-24-2006, 06:01 PM	#3
Sonneilon aka 'Paul WS Anderson' ;) Offline --> Posts: 7,751 --> Join Date: Jul 2005	I'd need to see what you are doing first...

02-26-2006, 07:46 PM	#4
Hammerfel Administrator Offline --> Posts: 1,365 --> Join Date: Feb 2005	Don't use a flash unless you have a sync cord and you can move the flash to the side or bounce the flash off the ceiling. Direct flash sucks. Also, the #1 most common photography istake for dios is shooting too close. Most cameras can't focus so close, so many people's pics come out VERY blurry. __________________ Read Hammerfel's Dio Story, "Disciple" here My Want List - Help me complete my Dios!

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03-01-2006, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Hammerfel

Don't use a flash unless you have a sync cord and you can move the flash to the side or bounce the flash off the ceiling. Direct flash sucks. Also, the #1 most common photography istake for dios is shooting too close. Most cameras can't focus so close, so many people's pics come out VERY blurry.

Thanks for the info- I was messing around with white electrical tape over the flash to diffuce the drowning effect. I had to use 3 layers of tape to negate the very bright reflection.

I think you're going to like my latest creation- it's an oil storage tank being ravaged by custom BATS. I need to find a home in the middle of my dio for it or I'll shoot it as a stand-alone.

The custom BATS are the internet promo overkills painted black and silver and molds of the original BAT heads were found on eBay a few years ago.

I finally finished them last week and needed them to be doing what BATS do best- wreaking havoc and destruction on something.

I am awaiting a few eBay auctions as I really wanted to have some extras included and once they've all arrived I will display and start the re-shooting process.

I took down all my other posts to save you space and to be able to arrive at the final product with better photography lessons.