Doing some 'family portraits'. I haven't had time to update in a while, but made some progress over the weekend.
I'm loving this addition to the group.
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I desperately want an off-white Filco case to pair with one of the best sets ever.
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Taking a shot of Boop's Deep Space set on her JD40 and Poker2.
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damn good photos man!
that penumbra board is amazing, one of my favorite sets as well :D you make me want them white alphas :-X
...looking killer
Thanks man! Very kind words. And grab some white alphas while ya can, I think bunny might have some still. Not sure if you have to get the whole set though.
Thanks guys! A couple things were bothering me about the first pic, maybe this one is a bit closer to reality.
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Very nice light composition, sir. I am awaiting another one of your amazing gif's 
Boop let me take some pics of her Blood Pact V2 on a buckling spring tester and this is what we came up with.
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Haha great gif!
Doing some 'family portraits'. I haven't had time to update in a while, but made some progress over the weekend.
I'm loving this addition to the group.
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I desperately want an off-white Filco case to pair with one of the best sets ever.
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Taking a shot of Boop's Deep Space set on her JD40 and Poker2.
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Great pictures. I'm really loving that Penumbra set. The pictures look like renders! Could you explain to me how you shot these? Also could someone who is more into photography tell me how they'd describe these pictures? I'm trying to learn more about photography :)
Thanks Cpt! I have to preface by saying I have some really great camera gear so that goes a long way if you can just find decent lighting. But:
I prefer using natural light that is soft, diffused, and indirect. So if you go around your house and look for counter space or floor space (or whatever) to take a picture on, what gets some natural light but not direct or harsh lighting. If you have lots of visible shadows around the area you are taking pictures then it probably isn't the best spot. I'm talking hard edge shadows. Some shadows are fine, but more diffused and less noticeable the better(in my opinion). Cloudy days can be nice if it stays consistent. All this is assuming you have your home lights turned off. You would be using the natural light from windows, and because of this it is probably going to be too dark to hand hold a camera. So a tripod is essential.
So if you can choose your lighting well then the process becomes pretty simple. Its mostly a matter of composition and knowing how to work your camera's settings from this point. For these kinds of shots, try the
smallest(
smallest number) aperture setting your camera (or lens) allows, ISO 100(or lowest your camera allows) then match the shutter speed to get the proper exposure. If you want to get fancy from there you can get an LED cluster for cheap and diffuse it with tissue paper or something like the. You can use that sparingly to give the keyboard highlights. That'll take some trial and error.
The other option is just to make or buy a light box. Only issue I have with a light box is it can look like product shot sometimes. You can also do great things with external lighting / flashes, but this get time consuming and expensive.
I don't know how to describe the pictures other than they have a moderately shallow depth of field and a (hopefully) subtle vignette. Another way to say the photos have a shallow depth of field would be to say the foreground (or keys) are sharply in focus while the background is nicely blurred. That in combination with the vignette helps the eye to focus on the sharpest and brightest area of the photo.
And of course pulling your RAW files into a program like Lightroom can help tweak color, saturation, exposure, and make the result either more stunning or more realistic depending on what you are after. Further clean up and editing would be in Photoshop. But, I usually ask Boop to edit my stuff so maybe she can speak further on that.
Hope this helps.
Edit for clarification on aperature:
smallest(
smallest number)
