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Minifig Portrates (was Re: I'm a member!)
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lugnet.castle, lugnet.general
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Tue, 16 Oct 2001 16:15:28 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, John P. Henderson writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Anthony Sava writes:
> > Not that it really matters to a whole lot of people, but I'm an official
> > Lugnet member now! Woohoo! :)
> > http://www.geocities.com/savatheaggie/legohome.html
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> Welcome aboard, Anthony! BTW, I love all the character development and
> history on your site -great thought and creativity!
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> Changing the topic a little, is there an FAQ anywhere on how to take
> decent photos of mini-figs (as on Anthony's pages)? I'd love to do
> something similar with my own figs some day....
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> -Hendo
I don't know of one, though I'm sure one exists. However, if you're interested
I can give you some pointers. What I use, first, is a high quality digital
camera. However, a simple film camera will work too. Just remember, you need
to be close enough to get decent detail, but far enough away so that you don't
get unecessary glare and fuzziness. Remember, you'll get a big enough picture
when you scan in your photos, so don't try to get too close. A good reference
is a foot and a half to two feet for film cameras, and three feet for digital.
I never use a flash for lighting, its too unpredictable where the light will
go, since you can't leave the flash on before you take the shot. So instead I
use an artists lamp shining close to the minifig. What it is, basically, is a
normal 60 watt bulb surrounded by a flourescent one. The light the two give
off is very similar to natural sunlight, so you get good color on your
pictures. However not all of my figs had the benefit of this, so those figs
have red that looks rather pink. The digital camera that I use brightens
things automatically, and I haven't read the manual enough to figure out how to
stop this. If you don't have the benefit from an artists lamp, then simply
take your fig into a room with flourescent lighting, and take with you a lamp.
Remove the shade from the lamp and place it as far away from your fig as the
flourescent light is. It should give you the same effect.
After that, you need to get a tripod. I don't know about anyone else, but my
hands shake far to much to take a decent freehand picture. I always use a
tripod to take my pictures. If you use a very fast film, it doesn't really
matter then, but digital cameras aren't THAT fast.
Lastly, pick a good backdrop for your picture. I usually take the picture in
front of my latest Castle MOC. I personally think it looks better than having,
say, a cloth backdrop, or none at all.
Anyway, thats all I can think of at the moment, and I hope that helps.
--Anthony
http://www.geocities.com/savatheaggie/legohome.html
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| ive got something to add to this (if you don't mind anthony) if you don't have a good digital camera, i personally use an ol fashioned SLR (single lens reflex) and chemical film. SLR is good because what you see is what you get, and that helps frame (...) (23 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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