Morning guys, firstly I hope I'm posting this in the right section? I've not posted on here for probably a few years and have had my camera (Nikon d50)basically hardly being used and want to get back into photography, I'm a complete novice.
The story is, my days plans have been scuppered so I have all day free and am planning to photograph some things around the house, maybe some jewellery, a bottle of beer, perfume or just any small stuff I can find and I'm going to pop out and buy a few bits to help me and just wondered if there is any advice you guys can give. I'm primarily after a few backgrounds, a base and a light but open to suggestions as to anything I might be missing.
Not after anything fancy, I'm literally talking a few bits of coloured card for backgrounds (Black, White, other?) maybe some glass or glossy card as a base (Black or Clear I assume is best?) and then a clamp lamp or cheapo light on a stand as a light source.
I've also seen people in these make-shift setup's use some form off tissue or thin paper to have the light come through to soften it.
So all in all I guess I'm asking for a cheapo make-do set up to get some basic practice of how to shoot everyday objects at home, have I got the right shopping list? Again this is an absolute bargain basement budget nothing professional, just to experiment with today.
Eddy
The story is, my days plans have been scuppered so I have all day free and am planning to photograph some things around the house, maybe some jewellery, a bottle of beer, perfume or just any small stuff I can find and I'm going to pop out and buy a few bits to help me and just wondered if there is any advice you guys can give. I'm primarily after a few backgrounds, a base and a light but open to suggestions as to anything I might be missing.
Not after anything fancy, I'm literally talking a few bits of coloured card for backgrounds (Black, White, other?) maybe some glass or glossy card as a base (Black or Clear I assume is best?) and then a clamp lamp or cheapo light on a stand as a light source.
I've also seen people in these make-shift setup's use some form off tissue or thin paper to have the light come through to soften it.
So all in all I guess I'm asking for a cheapo make-do set up to get some basic practice of how to shoot everyday objects at home, have I got the right shopping list? Again this is an absolute bargain basement budget nothing professional, just to experiment with today.
Eddy