Lisa Yang Jewelry – Free Projects and Patterns: Taking Pictures Like a Pro with my Fancy Nikon DSLR Camera

 I’m asking yourself if I am overselling myself with the title of this put up. I don’t assume so. Just after all, I have used the superior part of the last month operating on understanding fundamental photography concepts. My digital camera is in truth a extravagant Nikon DSLR. And the photos that I am using will be published in a print and on-line book about making wire wrap jewellery with beads, so they will have to be ‘like’ expert photos. Now that I have overanalyzed the title, let us get to the intent of this article…Just capturing what I’ve figured out so significantly in circumstance it allows any individual else AND so I know where by I am at at the moment as I try to increase.

Now, I own a established of 4 tabletop images lights – two sets of these LINCO Photo Table Top Studio Lighting Packages.  I’m not 100% bought on my selection to do tabletop lights, but I am earning them operate on my dining room table. It is really a massive desk and I however have challenges with the stands slipping off when I am shifting items all around. The stands are really strong, even so, and I think these are a nice excellent light-weight set up for the dollars. It would almost certainly be improved if I was not hoping to keep my photography location on a single aspect of the table and laptop workspace on the other conclude.

I’ve acquired three lights around at noon, 2:00 and 10:00, all with diffuser bonnets and the fourth light-weight on a chair at 7:00, no diffuser.  I had to up grade the bulbs that arrived with the kit given that they could not deliver sufficient light-weight. The lightbulbs I am utilizing are 100 watt, 500 kelvin, 1490  lumens.  The lumens is the brightness, kelvin is the colour of the bulbs – warm vs. interesting. 500 is a small on the great facet.  The original bulbs the lights arrived with have been 60 watt, 800 lumens and also 500k. The new kinds are significantly brighter though I feel that I could amp them up one more notch. It really is a significant room with a large ceiling and I imagine that may possibly be a element. That is why I set up a compact lightbox inside of the location to contain and mirror the mild.

The ‘lightbox’ is white poster board. A complete sheet in the center and fifty percent sheets taped on the sides so it is like a trifold.  It displays the light-weight back nicely. I also don white shirts when I get images to steer clear of absorbing light-weight – whilst that is in all probability overkill. I flip off all the other lights in the area and the east struggling with window in the photograph supplies diffuse organic gentle. I are unable to take photos in the morning simply because the light is direct from that window. 

The front two legs of the camera tripod are on the table I sit in the middle beneath the tripod on a stool from Ikea. Adore the stools as well – they double as tables and stack so I have a bunch of them. Anyway, for this I am certain there are other remedies. The 3rd leg of the tripod sits on one more taller stool guiding exactly where I sit. Appears to be precarious, and it is a minor bit – but it provides overhead shots and that is the angle I like. There is plenty of home for me to sit easily and the angle of my digital camera would not get my head, hair or human body in the photographs. I desire the image experienced integrated the digicam, but I’ll try out to get a shot following time I set up.

The desk is protected in gray paper given that that is the most well-liked track record from the publisher. I failed to like it at initially given that I have normally chosen beige, but it’s rising on me. I use Fadeless Bulletin Board Paper,  48” x 50’in Pewter. I really like this paper and have it in white, tan, pink and gray. It can be awesome and thick, great reliable color, and the rolls past a extended, prolonged time. I have constantly utilized this sort of pape
r to deal with my operate tables. 

The cat is either underneath the desk or on the desk – simply because where by else would the floof be? BTW, if you imagine she’s sweet, she’s genuinely the worst. Adorable with a wonderful purr, but hates to be cuddled. The worst mix. You can see what I mean about the early morning gentle from the east window however. 

My computer system is set up at the conclude of the table. My hottest revelation is that I can connect the laptop computer to the digicam with out transferring everything in the setup, just join the cord, down load, disconnect and go again to capturing or examining/enhancing. That has produced a enormous distinction in the way I do my do the job. Formerly I was making an attempt to get all the pics taken, then took the camera off the tripod to link and download, assessment and edit them all. Ugh. 

Working on one particular undertaking at a time is substantially a lot easier for me and leaving all the things in location to join is also so considerably much easier. The only matter that could make it better is if I could evaluation every image on the laptop observe immediately soon after I took it. Possibly there is a way and I just haven’t discovered it nevertheless.

I manufactured marks on the tripod legs for the camera and lights so I can split this down and established it up all over again without having significantly stress

Now for my digital camera configurations. I have a broad angle zoom lens which is almost certainly not best but it really is what I have to perform with. I use a focal length of 80mm. 

The publisher implies the adhering to settings: ISO in between 100-200 but can go as higher as 400 if necessary to enhance mild, F-Cease (aperture) involving F8 to F16, and shutter speed (SS) involving 1/100 and 1/200 seconds.

My actual options are ISO 250, F6.3 and SS 1/125 – from time to time larger. These are all manual configurations, so digicam is set to M, my ISO is set to 250 and you can find a fancy minor dial that will allow me to modify the aperture and shutter pace (in unison) for every single shoot.

Some other digicam settings: NEF Raw and JPG structure with Fantastic excellent, Image Dimension is Massive, White Equilibrium is Vehicle, Image command is Std, Coloration Room is Adobe RGB.

I am nonetheless owning some challenges with depth of subject and emphasis. I have much less shadows and better target when I am holding the work as opposed to flat. Will try out to determine that out – but open to strategies.

One particular other detail to add is the software I use for enhancing. It mainly arrived with the digital camera (as a disk- lol) but it is absolutely free for any person to down load.  It can be termed Capture NX-D. I discovered it quite speedy to master and does a bunch of factors that I truly want to do – like applying the very same adjustment options to a batch of pics. I haven’t identified editing software I like given that google dropped Picasa – and which is been a looong time. 

So, that’s my brain dump on “expert” picture using for now. Really feel free of charge to give your input on something. This is all new to me and I am open up to methods and beneficial feedback. 

I’ll explain to you a lot more about the reserve as I get more carried out, but it should be available before the vacations (November 2022) and the topic/title is wire wrap jewelry generating with beads for beginners. I am rather thrilled about it, but also functioning my butt off on it.