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How to take (great) photographs of

miniatures

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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 »

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GOOD NEWS!

Miniatures painting = painting light

so you all are photographers…

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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

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What makes a miniatures photograph great?

- Right exposure - Sharp deep of field - Global, neutral & soft light - A great miniature :-)

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Underexposed Right exposed Overexposed

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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

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HOW TO WRITE WITH LIGHT?

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BORING TIME, SPOILER ALERT…

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THE CAMERA

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Apertureouverture

Shutter speedvitesse d’obturation

ISOISO :)

ex: 2.8

ex: 1/250

ex: 400

TOP VIEW

light

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LET’S MAKE IT FUN : photo exposition explained by Mario Bros…

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ExpositionApertureouverture

Shutter speedvitesse d’obturation

1 sec

2 sec

3 sec

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OK BUT MARIO?

for those who didn’t get is, Mario’s a plumber…

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SHUTTER SPEED / VITESSE D’OBTURATION

1/300 sec 1/40 sec 1 sec

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NO CHANCE TO HAVE MY MINIATURE MOVING…

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APERTURE / OUVERTURE

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APERTURE / OUVERTURE

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APERTURE / OUVERTURE

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APERTURE / OUVERTURE

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ISO

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ISO NOISE100 ISO 800 ISO 1600 ISO

SMOOTH GRAIN

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THERE IS ANY « RIGHT UNIVERSAL ISO SETTING » TO AVOID NOISE. IT

DEPEND ON YOUR CAMERA

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« It’s ok I can fix noise on my computer »

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CHEATER SHEETNOISE

MOTION BLUR DEEP OF FIELD

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The right exposure following your camera

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Right exposure following the cameraRight exposure following your eyes

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Right exposure following the cameraRight exposure following your eyes

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LET’S TALK ABOUT THE FOCAL LENGTH…

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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

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LOST? FUCK IT AND GRAB A 50MM!

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BY THE WAY MACRO LENSES ARE FOR FLOWERS AND BUGS

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THE LIGHT

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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.

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The law of light…

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The inverse square law

INTENSITY OF LIGHT IS INVERSELY PROPORTIONAL TO THE SQUARE OF THE

DISTANCE FROM THE SOURCE OF THE LIGHT

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The light intensity decreases slower than the distance between the subject

of the light source

Me to physics and mathematics

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WHY DOES IT MATTER?

nope wasn’t just to make you think I’m smarter than you believe.I’m not :-)

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HARD LIGHT VS SOFT LIGHT

« To read light, read shadows. »Quentin DM 07/03/15

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The closer, the softer.

The bigger, the softer.

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May I introduce you to the scrim light softer

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CAN WE TALK MINIATURES PHOTOGRAPHY PLEASE????

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= The perfect miniatures painter scrim!

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Quick words about reflexion…

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Top

Left Right

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3 CONFIGURATIONS EXAMPLES

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From leskouzes.blogspot.be/

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From massivevoodoo.blogspot.be

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SHOPPING LIST (<100€)Light Diffusion Others

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COMPUTER WORK

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We’ll stay high…

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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

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Curves

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Curves - Colors

R(ed)G(reen)B(blue)

C(yan)M(agenta)Y(ellow)

vs

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ExportsWEB - Max 1280 px large - 72 dpi - Small sharping

PRINT - Same size as the original picture - 300 dpi - No or subtle sharping

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What I need to remind from all of this?