Suggestions on Photo's Of reptiles indoors

Hi Folks have not posted alot as have MS so don't get much chance out mainly indoor items as and when I can, But have a opportunity to photograph at someone's house there reptile collection, snakes and some breaded Lizards etc still to visit to really see what's involved yet so looking for any advise or suggestion's on set up, equipment and lighting most Grateful and yes i will have to be sat as standing is a little difficult these days....lol sort of sway to much as balance mostly gone without crutch.....Thanks in advance

Few things come to mind. Try and avoid shooting through glass. No matter how hard you try you will get reflections from either the glass your shooting through or the glass on the back of the container the subject is in. If using a flash. get it off camera as the on camera flash tends to produce flat images with no depth or dimension. If using a speedlight of some kind and can't get it off the camera then bounce it. Also just keep an eye on your backgrounds. If shooting something like a lizard on a table. So many times I see normal household items in the background which distracts you from the main subject. Just hold some kind of backdrop behind it. Most likely the backdrop will be out of focus so use your own judgement as to what to use.

i am led to believe most of these are able to be hand help, and yes have flash SB910 and SB600 PLUS A NISSIN FLASH so thats ok and tripods of course...would umbrellas be of use dont have but can get use of. I agree glass is terrible and can make portable backdrops either white or black is all i have use .... Thanks

I have done some through glass stuff, use a diffuser if possible, angle the light up atleast. Place the lens on the glass with no gaps. I did mine handheld. Will find some photos for you.

This was taken through glass.

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Great photo .... Hope i can do something the same Scott

Big E said:

Great photo .... Hope i can do something the same Scott

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I am sure you can, just remember glass is reflective so if you bounce the flash on something above you should get no reflections, experiment and see what happens

Close ups of small subjects could benefit from a macro in the 85mm plus range. Several small reflectors could come in handy to bounce and or diffuse the light/flash.

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Here is one I just did through my dirty kitchen window, SB 910 with diffuser resting on glass. Lens not flush so some reflection. Using Tamron 90mm Macro

Oh and use manual focus.

Have my Tamron 90mm macro so can use that

Big E said:

Have my Tamron 90mm macro so can use that

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Ok cool that is what I am using.

Though i usually use that with the nikon r1c1 kit flashes