Photographic Advice anyone?

[Piotr Gonczarek]

Dear Friends,

For looong time now Im having problems with taking properly lighted quality pics. Seems like Ive tried everything..followed all tutorials like this one for example http://massivevoodoo.blogspot.cz/2013/09/miniature-photography.html (basically D600 (105mm, f14, 1/3s) and other variations..
Used lamps ,played with white balance ,ISO 100 or others and so on) . Thanx to my photo session s,my dogs developed post-traumatic disorder.
It seems that I can get coo,juicyl pics (on ISO 100) only when the sunlight fills my room (plus lamps and mini studio box).Now its wintertime and I honestly dont know what I could be doing wrong..maybe the lamps are to weak ?(60W)..I use Manual mode and as ppl advise turn off all auto modes.
I really dont want to call suicide hotline.
Please help.

Peter

 

[housecarl]

Bit on it here.

 

[billyturnip]

I had the same problems and they were only solved by buying a new camera.

Roger.

 

[megroot]

My pictures where awfull.
With my new camera they look awesome.

marc

 

[Piotr Gonczarek]

Bit on it here.

Thank you Carl, this tutorial looks very professional yet simple.Appreciate it! will give it a try definittely
Cheers,Peter

 

[Piotr Gonczarek]

I had the same problems and they were only solved by buying a new camera.

Roger.

The camera is not the problem I think..its CanonD600, it is pretty good one..its my skills the are lacking ..
Peter

 

[billyturnip]

The camera is not the problem I think..its CanonD600, it is pretty good one..its my skills the are lacking ..
Peter

No in that case it shouldn't be the camera and the solution should be a cheap one then. I think it's going to be a case of experimenting with the settings..... poor dog.

Roger.

 

[yellowcat]

May be you need a light tent to shoot properly lighted pictures.
Here is a link to make one.
http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-make-a-inexpensive-light-tent/

 

[gothicgeek]

Try setting your exposure to like 2 and a half seconds!

I shoot on iso 100 and F11 at 1.3 seconds

Hope that helps!