Thoughts on shooting matchstick model?

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A friend at the pub has asked me to photograph his two matchstick models, one of titanic and the other of a house. From what he has told me I expect them to be about 2 feet wide on the longest edge.

The only practical place I can think of shooting them is on the pool table (he is going to bring them to the pub). I should be able to remove the green felt in photoshop but the background may be abit trickier, I was thinking of picking up some large sheets of black paper from the crafts shop as a cheap and cheerful backdrop?

I'm worried about how to light it though since I have only an in-body flash, i've seen people use home made tin-foil covered card reflectors, should I use one of these? if so, any general advice on how to get decent lighting?

Thanks, Steven.
 
If you haven't got any lighting you might want to photography it outdoors on an overcast day.

Don't shoot it on the pool table, you may be able to bodge the green baize as a background but what about the green reflected from it onto the subject? Still possible, but messy.
 
Get a super king size flat sheet from Argos, for about £9.99, white or black. Take some clothes pegs with you. Then you should be able to peg the sheet to the lighting over the table. Sit the models on the wooden edge of the table (the black or white cloth should no only do as a background, but should also cover the table to) on top of the sheet. Then you just need to worry about lighting.

Other than that, as Gary suggested try it outside. You could still use the sheet method for a backdrop, you would just need to find something suitable to peg it to.
 
white/black sheet is a good suggestion but i'm not prepared to pay for it and I don't think he will, admittedly I didn't think about shooting outside, it certainly is overcast at the moment, just a worry it might rain.

Pub garden table seems better than pool table as it's open lighting with umbrella protection from the rain, perhaps if he can bring a white bed sheet that should be enough.

Do you think I should use a tin-foil reflector?

Edit: he says 'there isn't enough room in his flat to photograph it'. make of that what you will..
Steven.
 
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