Tabletop Photography......Looking for Suggestions

[John Dingman]

Hey all,

I am new to DSLR Photography and I have been reading and studying and taking lots of pictures to try and improve my photography. I am joining a Camera Club tonight. There are pros and armatures alike in this club and tonight's meeting is tabletop photography. Any suggestions for tabletop photography before I go over there and look like a total newbie. (Which I don't think I will be able to hide) I was thinking about a woodworking hand plane as my subject.

Thanks!
John

 

[Marcel]

Hey all,

I am new to DSLR Photography and I have been reading and studying and taking lots of pictures to try and improve my photography. I am joining a Camera Club tonight. There are pros and armatures alike in this club and tonight's meeting is tabletop photography. Any suggestions for tabletop photography before I go over there and look like a total newbie. (Which I don't think I will be able to hide) I was thinking about a woodworking hand plane as my subject.

Thanks!
John

A hand-plane, few chisels and wood shavings could be very interesting indeed. Don't be afraid of looking like a newbie, you're going there to learn, not to be looked at.

 

[John Dingman]

Thanks Marcel,

That is a great suggestion! Be looking for photos in the next couple of days!

John

 

[Fred Kingston]

 

[John Dingman]

Type 17 Stanley Bailey?

 

[Fred Kingston]

Yes...

I sold most all of an extensive collection last year on eBay... and only kept the working ones...

 

[SkvLTD]

What about tabletop games... erm photography?

 

[John Dingman]

The Camera Club was a lot of fun! There were some pretty knowledgeable people there willing to share their knowledge and there lighting set ups.





All critiques welcome

Thanks!
John

 

[Brusader]

What about tabletop games... erm photography?

Put your models in front of a computer screen and then you can 'make' a suitable background... Here's one I prepared earlier

 

[DTigga]

The Camera Club was a lot of fun! There were some pretty knowledgeable people there willing to share their knowledge and there lighting set ups.

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All critiques welcome

Thanks!
John

Hi John. You might want to do a white balance adjustment. Did you shoot in RAW?

 

[Marcel]

The Camera Club was a lot of fun! There were some pretty knowledgeable people there willing to share their knowledge and there lighting set ups.

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All critiques welcome

Thanks!
John

Maybe the color balance, I find it a little too much on the warm side. Was the background paper that yellowish?

 

[John Dingman]

Hi John. You might want to do a white balance adjustment. Did you shoot in RAW?

No, I shot in JPEG and just finished doing an auto color correct in IrfanView. How do these look now. Marcel, The backdrop was gray.





Thanks for the help!
John

 

[Brusader]

They look a lot better.

 

[BackdoorArts]

No, I shot in JPEG and just finished doing an auto color correct in IrfanView. How do these look now. Marcel, The backdrop was gray.

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Thanks for the help!
John

Much better. But after autocorrecting multiple shots of the same subject you may want to manually adjust so they match. Looks like the bottom was adjusted a little further than the top.

 

[John Dingman]

Much better. But after autocorrecting multiple shots of the same subject you may want to manually adjust so they match. Looks like the bottom was adjusted a little further than the top.

I am still learning how to do that too.

Thanks!
John

 

[BackdoorArts]

And that's the fun of it. Tools like Lightroom have the ability to click on a neutral spot in the photo and adjust to that. Click on the same spot in each and you're (usually) done. You'll get there - and then like the rest of us you'll have something else to learn.

 

[John Dingman]

And that's the fun of it. Tools like Lightroom have the ability to click on a neutral spot in the photo and adjust to that. Click on the same spot in each and you're (usually) done. You'll get there - and then like the rest of us you'll have something else to learn.

Lightroom is going to be the next thing I invest in. I have been saving my pennies

 

[Marcel]

No, I shot in JPEG and just finished doing an auto color correct in IrfanView. How do these look now. Marcel, The backdrop was gray.

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Thanks for the help!
John

Now they are reddish magenta. Have you ever tried to calibrate your monitor? Maybe what you get and what I get are not the same.
Would this be more like it?

 

[John Dingman]

Now they are reddish magenta. Have you ever tried to calibrate your monitor? Maybe what you get and what I get are not the same.
Would this be more like it?

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ok. How did you do that? That is perfect!!!!!

 

[Marcel]

ok. How did you do that? That is perfect!!!!!

Photoshop color balance filter manual adjustment.