Photo Tent attempt. *take two*

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Originally Posted by DM1975

The Fuji S5100 is a great little camera. I carried one with me to Iraq and it has been through a year in the desert in the hands of an Infantryman, plus a few canals, it fell in the lake with a drunk friend of mine and has been in a couple of thunderstorms and is still kicking. It is not my primary camera anymore, but I will never get rid of it. If I can find the manual for mine would you like a copy of it?

Your pictures look great but might I suggest underexposing by at least one stop, or bracketing to see which exposure is best. In high key photos like that the meter can get a little fooled sometimes. It is ment to read 18% grey but if you are focusing on a dark area then your white will wash out too much, vise versa metering on the white.

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Also, I beleive the White balance appears to be a little off too. I'm not sure of how Fuji's settings are but try adjusting you white balance temp range acording to the type of light you are using on the subject. Or if possible use a custom white balance setting for just this setup from the light you are using. This will help the colors to appear more natural.

Ha thanks everyone! Some of this sounds pretty foreign to me. :) I'm gonna have to do some reading!

I think that your color balance is fine myself, just bracket your shots and see what happens. Some of your pics the white looks a little muddy, but that is just exposure. Camera is reading the white as 18% grey. Top one is on the money I think.

If you look at my feeding pics you can see the color balance is half right and half wrong due to the mix of the flash and the heat lamps color temp.

Learn all your camera's settings, then learn what each one does and how it affects your photo's. Learn how to set a custom white balance so the photo's aren't so yellow. The color temp of your bulbs don't matter as long as you set the white balance correctly.

How many lights are you using? The more light you have to work with the better. It allows for smaller apertures allowing more DOF as well as faster shutter speeds which can help with some of the blur. The last photo is a nice pose but is blurry.

Practice makes perfect. :)

Lastly I'm not familiar with your fuji camera and it may not allow for any real manual settings, so what I just said may not apply.

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Originally Posted by panthercz

Learn all your camera's settings, then learn what each one does and how it affects your photo's. Learn how to set a custom white balance so the photo's aren't so yellow. The color temp of your bulbs don't matter as long as you set the white balance correctly.

How many lights are you using? The more light you have to work with the better. It allows for smaller apertures allowing more DOF as well as faster shutter speeds which can help with some of the blur. The last photo is a nice pose but is blurry.

Practice makes perfect. :)

Lastly I'm not familiar with your fuji camera and it may not allow for any real manual settings, so what I just said may not apply.

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Thanks! Yeah..some of those photos are on different settings...ie. I will push THIS button now and take a picture. :) And I did not really keep track of what setting I had the camera set on for each pic :oops: but as for lights, I am using 4...left, right, top, and front of the tent.

Also, use a tripod whenever possible. A sturdy tripod means a more in focus shot.

Great pics:)!