First studio style shot

[Blukoo]

Okay, its very simple and not brilliant. After all, i think my camera has seen better days. There appears to be a lot more noise than there used to be.

My dad is selling this Porsche Tequipment book on Ebay, and he asked me to take a pic of it. I was bored, and i thought i'd try something a little fancier.



I used a black t-shirt over an A3 sized board as the backdrop and one of these to prop up the book.



I also had a simple halogen spotlight to cast some more light on the book.

[stigmundfreud]

what iso did you shoot at? Also halogen can highlight noise on certain colours, try doing it raw then tune the wb

[Blukoo]

Stupidly, I had the camera on auto (i know, how very amateur ), so i'm not sure what the iso was set at. Probably more than it should been.

My camera is a Cannon S2 IS, so i can't shoot in RAW (i don't think).

I would have another go in manual mode, but the item has been listed already. They're certainly good enough pics for Ebay.

[stigmundfreud]

not sure if they do auto iso but if so I'll wage at least 800 or 1600

[Blukoo]

It only has a range of 50-400 in manual setting, so i'm guessing 400 is as high as it goes.

My brother has nicked my tripod and left it at work, so once i get it back off him, i'll try again.

[SamHH]

One thought is that the colour varies quite a lot across the subject from slightly pinkish in the top right to quite blue in the bottom left. Maybe using only one sort of light would help.