enero
Killer of Threads
I usually do handheld with whatever digital camera I have handy, and a flash pointing up the ceiling. Fast and simple. If I need to get extra close I'll use a snap camera or even just my iphone 
for backgrounds, a piece of paper or a table cloth, or any ole clean surface.
And sometimes if I'm doing this early enough, I just use available day light:
for backgrounds, a piece of paper or a table cloth, or any ole clean surface.
And sometimes if I'm doing this early enough, I just use available day light:
Dwig
Well-known
I used a tripod, a sheet of white paper, overcast sky softbox and a Nikon D3100 with 1.4/58mm. ...
Though care should be taken to make sure nothing is in the room in a position to reflect from the subject, including your clothes, that has any color other than white, gray (or "grey" if in England), or black. The orangish-yellow reflecting in the polished ring around the shutter release could be mistaken for brassing that isn't really there.
LKeithR
Improving daily--I think.
... dress the stage, and light it properly ... the camera and lens hardly matter but a good tripod is a must for me
... that's from the lady wife's Samsung nv3
What a delicious looking image. It just overflows with Leica "mystique". When I'm selling stuff on Craigslist I usually take shots with my K20D and DA35 lens which has a very nice macro feature. Setups are usually pretty quick and dirty but once in a while I get creative. When I sold my little Bessa "L" I took a couple pics with my Digilux 2...
Taipei-metro
Veteran
GIII
Canon XSi on Canon, Panasonic GF3 on Nikon
Canon XSi on Canon, Panasonic GF3 on Nikon
Tower35
Newbie
I was taught to purposely over expose. My best shots are about 2/3 to 1 full stop over. I use a tripod, a white sheet of card-stock and my Canon SX120is set to Manual (aperture and shutter speed) Macro, self timer to help eliminate camera shake.
agfa_silette-03 by railcrew2, on Flickr
tower_3S-06 by railcrew2, on Flickr
agfa_silette-03 by railcrew2, on Flickr
tower_3S-06 by railcrew2, on Flickr
truefriendship
Well-known
Nikon D3 with 50mm lens lit by a Bowens monolite 200e, softbox and reflector.
Ricoh 500 by rifftastic, on Flickr
Ricoh 500 by rifftastic, on Flickr
Tower35
Newbie
Sweet Ricoh!
JHP
Well-known
Natural Light for a natural light camera!
JHP
Well-known
or warm lamp light...
unixrevolution
Well-known
I have a 5-bulb chandelier above my dining room table, so just a dropcloth and my Galaxy S3 did the last sales shots I took.
I found if I had to hassle with setting up the dining room as a product studio I didn't take pictures of gear to sell!
I found if I had to hassle with setting up the dining room as a product studio I didn't take pictures of gear to sell!
daveleo
what?
Overexposing
Overexposing
Good to "overexpose" if your background is white and you doing "matrix metering" or what you would call it.
Overexposing
Good to "overexpose" if your background is white and you doing "matrix metering" or what you would call it.
truefriendship
Well-known
Jack Conrad
Well-known
That clean bright Hustler look is great, but dreamy can work too. Ok, I pimped it a little.
varchs
Well-known
I have tried to photo my EOS 3 and lens for the classifieds...
I have used a neat spot of our kitchen where grey stone meets a red painted wall.
I have also used my IXUS 70:
- self timer and the camera was stand alone on the grey base
- macro
- white balance correction for color matching
- there were natural light from a window just behind me and the reflection on the lens was really helpful for the description of the front element's condition.