Capturing carpet shots

John Middleton

John Middleton

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As a carpet inspector, I am always taking photos of the fluffy stuff!!

If you were to start out, lets say the sky's the limit, what would you buy to use?

As a starter, I currently use a 10D with a 17-35 F2.8L lens, but fire away with any other suggestion.

I often can't use flash as most faults show under side lighting. Therefore low lighting conditions are a common issue. Currently I use a tripod on at least half the jobs to make them work.

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Usually DOT is cruical to showing the extent of a fault.

Another question I have is what settings would you go for to get the best shots? I'm not afraid of playing around with manual modes or focusing, but don't truely grasp the ins and outs of different settings.

John
 
What's the final use? Is absolute critical detail needed or is your 10D doing the job fine? If not, and I assume it's not if you're asking, what do you want to be able to do that you can't now?

Being able to trigger flash off camera may be useful for you. (Make your own side lighting).

I'd think continuing to use a tripod would be the way to go, as you say you want as deep a depth of field as possible to show the whole situation.
 
Hi James,

I'm ok with the 10D at this stage.

I do need a macro for smaller work.

I don't have off flash ability (yet) but any flash, direct or bounced just kills any variations in texture which is what I'm trying to capture with teh low/side/natural lightling.

The shots are two fold, I place them in reports and email them as pdf files for the commissioning party to see, as well so used for marketing.

John
 
John, you really need to get some light off camera. There are loads of cheap ways of doing this: ebay triggers (about 15 quid), manual flash( 40 quid), small softbox (40 quid). You don't even need a stand to get that light down low and can easily put your camera on a tripod and hold the flash.
 
John, I'll do a couple of shots for you later, if I get a chance, to show you what's possible.
 
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