How to take photographs of miniatures
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How to take (great) photographs of miniatures
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How to take photographs of miniatures
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How to take (great) photographs of
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FUN FACTI started to learn photography to make great pictures of my miniatures. Then I became a better photographer than a miniatures painter. And I’m finally a professional photographer…
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PHOTO/GRAPHY
« Write with light »
GOOD NEWS!
Miniatures painting = painting light
so you all are photographers…
Photographing miniatures is not an art. Painting the miniature is the art. The photographs should show the miniature the most
« honest » and real as possible without any interpretation.
THE ART OF NEUTRALITY
What makes a miniatures photograph great?
- Right exposure - Sharp deep of field - Global, neutral & soft light - A great miniature :-)
Underexposed Right exposed Overexposed
The whole miniature is in focus
The focus is on the gun, not interesting
The focus is on the face, better but not yet there
X X V
Shad
ow a
nd h
ighl
ight
s cr
eate
d by
the
ambi
ent l
ight
, not
by
the
pain
ter
HOW TO WRITE WITH LIGHT?
BORING TIME, SPOILER ALERT…
THE CAMERA
Apertureouverture
Shutter speedvitesse d’obturation
ISOISO :)
ex: 2.8
ex: 1/250
ex: 400
TOP VIEW
light
LET’S MAKE IT FUN : photo exposition explained by Mario Bros…
ExpositionApertureouverture
Shutter speedvitesse d’obturation
1 sec
2 sec
3 sec
OK BUT MARIO?
for those who didn’t get is, Mario’s a plumber…
SHUTTER SPEED / VITESSE D’OBTURATION
1/300 sec 1/40 sec 1 sec
NO CHANCE TO HAVE MY MINIATURE MOVING…
APERTURE / OUVERTURE
APERTURE / OUVERTURE
APERTURE / OUVERTURE
APERTURE / OUVERTURE
ISO
ISO NOISE100 ISO 800 ISO 1600 ISO
SMOOTH GRAIN
THERE IS ANY « RIGHT UNIVERSAL ISO SETTING » TO AVOID NOISE. IT
DEPEND ON YOUR CAMERA
« It’s ok I can fix noise on my computer »
CHEATER SHEETNOISE
MOTION BLUR DEEP OF FIELD
The right exposure following your camera
Right exposure following the cameraRight exposure following your eyes
Right exposure following the cameraRight exposure following your eyes
LET’S TALK ABOUT THE FOCAL LENGTH…
THE VALUES ARE UNIVERSAL BUT THE CROPPING DEPEND ON THE SIZE OF YOUR SENSOR
YOUR CAMERA HAS 85% OF CHANCE TO BE IN THIS RANGE
LOST? FUCK IT AND GRAB A 50MM!
BY THE WAY MACRO LENSES ARE FOR FLOWERS AND BUGS
THE LIGHT
Light… we experience it everyday. When there is any light there is nothing. We observe it since we are kids but it’s still so hard to understand and master.
The law of light…
The inverse square law
INTENSITY OF LIGHT IS INVERSELY PROPORTIONAL TO THE SQUARE OF THE
DISTANCE FROM THE SOURCE OF THE LIGHT
The light intensity decreases slower than the distance between the subject
of the light source
Me to physics and mathematics
WHY DOES IT MATTER?
nope wasn’t just to make you think I’m smarter than you believe.I’m not :-)
HARD LIGHT VS SOFT LIGHT
« To read light, read shadows. »Quentin DM 07/03/15
The closer, the softer.
The bigger, the softer.
May I introduce you to the scrim light softer
CAN WE TALK MINIATURES PHOTOGRAPHY PLEASE????
+
= The perfect miniatures painter scrim!
Quick words about reflexion…
Top
Left Right
3 CONFIGURATIONS EXAMPLES
SHOPPING LIST (<100€)Light Diffusion Others
or
or
or
COMPUTER WORK
We’ll stay high…
RAW or JPEG?
RAW JPEG- flat but neutral - more flexible
- more contrasty and good looking straight from camera
- less flexible in photo manipulations
Good for mini pictures Good for holidays pictures
Curves
Curves - Colors
R(ed)G(reen)B(blue)
C(yan)M(agenta)Y(ellow)
vs
ExportsWEB - Max 1280 px large - 72 dpi - Small sharping
PRINT - Same size as the original picture - 300 dpi - No or subtle sharping
What I need to remind from all of this?
