Taking pictures

[igadavis]

Steve your pictures look great of your projects, with the blue background and the reflection.  What is your set up and any tips for taking pictures of our projects.

[GrayBeard]

Don't use the built-in FLASH!

If you must use the Flash shoot from an angle to minimize reflection.

Set up a cloth 'drape' of some kind for a background and light with a couple lamps.

If you use a white cloth that is 'thin' enough you can even put lights behind and to the sides for better lighting.

~~~GB~~~

[sgood]

I use a light tent for most of the photos. It is big enough for most scroll saw projects. It comes with the blue and a gray background. The Camera is a Canon 20d DSLR with a Pretty nice macro lens. I have about $3000 in the system but I used to shoot stock photography for a website so it's all left over from that.

[Russ C]

After seeing your setup Steve I was looking around on the internet and found this. Thought I would post it for everyone. Might try to build one myself. 

http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-make-a-inexpensive-light-tent

[igadavis]

Steve, thanks for sharing your set up, seeing it helps a lot. Russ, thanks for the link, that is something I can make. This should help with the quality of my photos.
Thanks again

[mrsn]

I was looking at building a light tent and ended up buying this one
http://www.amazon.com/CowboyStudio-12-Photo-Soft-Light/dp/B001TKD6WY/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1288968779&sr=8-7

I am really limited on space so what ever I use needs to be put away easily. That was a problem with some of the make your own types. (for me at least) As I was researching I found the one above, for $15 I decided to try it. It all folds up flat and can be stored easily and set up quickly when I want.

I wrote a review on Lumberjocks.com if you are interested -  http://lumberjocks.com/reviews/1599

My photos are not as good as steve's, but the light tent was really a good buy for me. Although if I was going to do it again, I would probably get the 24" one.

MrsN