Taking Pictures of Your Models: A White Dwarf Guide

by | May 15, 2015


Hey Guys!

So I was flicking through a white dwarf and happened upon an article that I had ear marked to revisit one day to take better pictures of my models. Usually I take my pictures with a black cloth (#BlackClothWanker) or against my slate place mats and I think these come out ok. I take these under my ceiling mounted LED kitchen lights (which seem to give a really good light for painting and photography!) and for a quick 3am photo shoot I think it is not too bad. Last night however I decided to take a bit more time and try to improve the process (in between #TwitterGate banter) following the White dwarf guide.

I really should have take a few pictures of the set up to show how heath robinson and easy it was to set up but basically I used 8 sheets of A3 paper (layered to ensure the white was solid white), a stack of 10 books (horus heresy seemed to be fine!), an iPad (usually use my iPhone) and that was it. I decided to leave the lighting as it was as this seemed to be working fine. I really wish I had a better actual camera but this was the best I could do! I tucked the A3 paper onto maybe the 7th book in the stack to form a cascading “wave” flowing down from the paper to the table top and this formed the “infinity wall” effect of the white background.

Anyway the article is below for you to read (see drop box linky), please let me know what you think about the photos (not sure if I prefer my #BlackClothWanker approach?) and give it a go! Very easy to do!

White Dwarf: How To Take Photos Link