Quote Originally Posted by tembii View Post
Oh my gosh your candy is BEAUTIFUL it makes me want o e so bad haha how did you get the photos to come out so clear whenever I try to capture Louie he moves too much and they come out blurry haha maybe he's just camera shy. All the photos are amazing xx
His personality is just as sweet as his morph!

I think my settings were: shutter speed 1/20, aperture F-10, ISO 200. I was playing around with different settings throughout the shoot and it never occurred to me to write them down. I'm kicking myself for that now! I set up a light tent and basically had to balance the three settings because the faster the shutter speed was, the image was clearer but also a lot darker. My light tent is way bigger than I'd ever need for BPs, and my lights are small and pretty weak, so it was like throwing spaghetti at a wall to see what stuck. If you have better lighting, make the shutter speed as fast as you can while still getting a bright enough picture. This guide helped me a lot.

As far as snake wrangling goes, I have a super pastel that isn't pictured because he is always on the move. He won't even give me the courtesy of sitting still for a second to get his bearings when I put him down. One trick I learned was putting a hide in the tent and letting them curl up in there. While they're settling, you can turn your camera on and set it up how you want it, then just lift the hide off and snap away. They usually retain their curled up shape for a few seconds, which helps.