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Re: Train Stickers
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 31 Jan 2000 16:17:52 GMT
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Doug,
All the photographs were shot using an Olympus D300-L (one of the first
megapixel cameras) and a three point lighting set-up. This camera tends to
give pictures a bluish cast so much digital color-correction was neccesary.
Today most premium digicams let you lock the exposure and color temperature.
Not so on the early cameras. I could give you lots of advice for coping with
the auto-exposure algorithms (great for your son's birthday party but bad for
studio work) but the biggest part of the solution is spending time in
Photoshop.
A couple bits of advice specific to photographing Lego. First, get good
lights and don't use the flash (the birthday thing again). Second, remember
that what you are effectively trying to photograph is a set of tiny mirrors.
Most bricks have a glossy finish with a high-degree of reflection so consider
this as you light a model. Use bounce cards off-camera to pick-up the
reflective highlights on windows and such. Also, shoot models from angles so
that you don't catch glare off a brick head-on.
-BMW
> I bet some of us are also wondering how you got the pictures looking that
> good! Digital or 35mm? What type of lighting? What film speed? The
> pictures look incredible! I love Kathryn and the Mobile tank car.
>
> -Doug G
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| You mentioned an Alps printer. Does it print in white (white ink)? We had an earlier thread about custom logo printing and it seems to be a drag if you have white in your logo, your kind of stuck. BTW As I said in my direct mail. Your models are (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I bet some of us are also wondering how you got the pictures looking that good! Digital or 35mm? What type of lighting? What film speed? The pictures look incredible! I love Kathryn and the Mobile tank car. -Doug G +---...---+ Douglas M (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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