Recent content by Benkip

Thanks chaps. Very good.

Many thanks for all the replies. Much appreciated. (I actually only separated out the request for advice on lighting out of respect for the forum categorisation—didn’t want to post things in the wrong place).

Perhaps he thought I meant "it can't be that difficult to be a successful professional photographer". That's not what I meant. I meant it can't be that difficult to take professional quality photos of my work, which is a much narrower endeavour. I stand by this claim (which in any case was a...

Many thanks for the swift replies. The camera may indeed be the least of my worries but it's a worry nonetheless. One to knock on the head at the start. I mentioned studio lighting to specify that I won't be working in the field and this thread is about the camera - I will be asking lighting...

Hello all I'm a painter (canvases not walls) and want to start photographing my paintings instead of paying someone to do it (because it can't be that difficult and the savings I make doing it myself will quickly cover the cost of the equipment). I will be using the cross polarisation method...

Hello all I'm a painter (canvases not walls) and want to start photographing my paintings instead of paying someone to do it (because it can't be that difficult and the savings I make doing it myself will quickly cover the cost of the equipment). So what camera and lenses do people recommend...