Thought taking a decent pic with a light tent..............

[MarcJ]

And new lighting would be easy :-(

It isn't!!!

still, not too shabby for an amateur IMHO :-)

[Thorien]

I like it! Have fun with the new equipment.

I love taking pics too, but my problem is getting all the equipment out then packing it away again before the kids wreck it all.
So mine are mostly late at night!

[learningtofly]

Not bad at all, Marc! Obviously quality lights ;)

[endo]

That's not a bad attempt! looks great to me :)

I need to get some sort of decent lights one of of these days, rather than trying to diffuse sunlight through a bedsheet!

[MarcJ]

Not bad at all, Marc! Obviously quality lights ;)

Quality lights indeed, although I took around 200 pics to get that :-)

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I like it! Have fun with the new equipment.

I love taking pics too, but my problem is getting all the equipment out then packing it away again before the kids wreck it all.
So mine are mostly late at night!

Yep, I know that feeling

[MarcJ]

And a little photoshop

[chester]

Looks good Marc. My problem is that I'm loath to spend prospective watch money on even a decent camera never mind lights.

[Shakir Khaja]

Very impressive photography and the watch looks awesome too...enjoy the photographic kit.

[MarcJ]

Looks good Marc. My problem is that I'm loath to spend prospective watch money on even a decent camera never mind lights.

Camera is a Canon G16 compact so not expensive

[Thorien]

I'd add that a light tent and lights can be had for as cheap as £25 on ebay, though of course you can pay a lot more.

[893bet]

I'd add that a light tent and lights can be had for as cheap as £25 on ebay, though of course you can pay a lot more.

Just had a look and can be gotten a lot cheaper than that.

Just took a punt on the below. 10 euro delivered.


http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/130748867093?nav=SEARCH

Edit just notice you say lights also.

[RAJEN]

The first pic is very good.👍👍
A good camera, a light tent and properly positioned lighting go a long way indeed.
Proper positioning and staging can add a lot as is evident from the pics of the two master photographers here-Tony and Jocke.

[Wexford]

Looks good Marc. My problem is that I'm loath to spend prospective watch money on even a decent camera never mind lights.

Birthday and Xmas fixed that for me, the missus was always complaining that she didn't know what to buy me :)

[Neal666]

Nice pic that!

[Carlton-Browne]

There are a couple of lighting apps for the Ipad that give you a nice, even light; normally white (basically they just give you a blank screen though other effects are possible either as an ambient light or an interesting background) . I was quite pleased with this one and I'm sure I could do better with a bit more effort.

[Glen Goyne]

There are a couple of lighting apps for the Ipad that give you a nice, even light; normally white (basically they just give you a blank screen though other effects are possible either as an ambient light or an interesting background) . I was quite pleased with this one and I'm sure I could do better with a bit more effort.

Wow nice one! Can you expand which apps please and how you did that?

[logan2z]

There are a couple of lighting apps for the Ipad that give you a nice, even light; normally white (basically they just give you a blank screen though other effects are possible either as an ambient light or an interesting background) . I was quite pleased with this one and I'm sure I could do better with a bit more effort.

I do something similar but no app needed. Just open up the Chrome browser, expand to full screen, type 'about:blank' into the address bar, hit enter, and crank up the screen brightness. That's how I took these:

[waser]

I do something similar but no app needed. Just open up the Chrome browser, expand to full screen, type 'about:blank' into the address bar, hit enter, and crank up the screen brightness. That's how I took these:

Excellent that! Thanks for the idea. Going to give that a go!

[ASW1]

Ney bad Marc. The more you take the better they'll become.
If you bought the lights from Tony - based on his comment - at least you were able to find the light switch ;)

[logan2z]

Excellent that! Thanks for the idea. Going to give that a go!

You're welcome. Post some pics once you try it.

[waser]

You're welcome. Post some pics once you try it.

Tried it yesterday. Not very good really but need to tinker some more. Don't have a great camera so just took these with the iPhone.

[BigSwede]

Very Nice!

I will not advice on lighting set up etc, since I am not used to work with tents anymore.

But consider the hands position, set the watch to approx ten past ten to balance the dial and (usually) show of the logo of the manufacturer. It will make the pix look more professional, if that is desired.

Cheers

[waser]

Thanks. I switched off all ambient light and just had my laptop screen as lighting. Wasn't sure if that was right but thought it was worth a go and it came out ok.

[Glen Goyne]

Any chance you you can take a picture of how you set that up with the laptop (making of)

[waser]

Any chance you you can take a picture of how you set that up with the laptop (making of)

It's really quite basic though, I'd be embarrassed almost lol. Found a white blank web page and full screened it in Chrome. Laid a black scarf on the keyboard and placed the watch on top lol. I angled the watch towards the screen slightly.

Literally took 10 mins, so not too bad return for the time investment.

[Glenn-BE]

Nice shot! Like the PAM!!

Best! Glenn

[Glen Goyne]

It's really quite basic though, I'd be embarrassed almost lol. Found a white blank web page and full screened it in Chrome. Laid a black scarf on the keyboard and placed the watch on top lol. I angled the watch towards the screen slightly.

Literally took 10 mins, so not too bad return for the time investment.

Thanks. Will give me something to try these holidays.

[logan2z]

Tried it yesterday. Not very good really but need to tinker some more. Don't have a great camera so just took these with the iPhone.

Nice!

[Carlton-Browne]

Wow nice one! Can you expand which apps please and how you did that?

Sorry for the delayed response - the app is called Colour Softbox. I also made the mistake of buying Photo Soft Box which looks to be much fully featured but they don't appear to have made it compatible with the latest version of IOS.

[itsgotournameonit]

I'd add that a light tent and lights can be had for as cheap as £25 on ebay, though of course you can pay a lot more.

I have just had one of these delivered.Looks the business but haven't tried it out as yet.

[Thorien]

^ Great! Not sure which ones you went for, but have fun experimenting e.g. Try bouncing the light of the ceilings, rather than straight at the tent to help soften it some more.

[Glen Goyne]

Sorry for the delayed response - the app is called Colour Softbox. I also made the mistake of buying Photo Soft Box which looks to be much fully featured but they don't appear to have made it compatible with the latest version of IOS.

Thanks!

[Pitch3110]

The PAM shot is gorge OP and lovely shot.

Paul

[itsgotournameonit]

^ Great! Not sure which ones you went for, but have fun experimenting e.g. Try bouncing the light of the ceilings, rather than straight at the tent to help soften it some more.

This one.Cost me £23 inc delivery.As you can see it has two lights and the 4 colour backgrounds.I will need a lot of practice with it.




My first attempt.