Loved this! Would love to see more content from you specifically showing us some of the setups you use for lighting those figures. I have an issue where I place my figures in a diorama and the pictures just look too busy. I’m assuming, it’s as you said, has too much stuff in the background
Glad you liked it! I'm not great at dioramas but my approach is usually to start with an empty room and only place objects that fit with the scene I want. You can check out a channel such as Kixkillradio Miniatures for better examples of dealing with dioramas. I'm just not very experienced with crafting or composing with them 😫
Learning about portrait lighting, and different techniques for photographing people, is also just very helpful to learn. You have to know how to cast shadows on a figure, and portrait lighting methods show you how to do that. Something that I have noticed, that often seems to be a bit of a mistake of toy photographers, is that they almost always shoot straight on. Low angles, and high angles, are sometimes far more appropriate, depending on what you are trying to emphasize. Something that I tend to do, and this isn't something you always want to do, is have a foreground, background, and "middleground" as a way of adding a sense of depth to my photos. Sometimes you may not want that depth. Sometimes it is better to have a flatter image. If you want to make it seem more like you are actually there, with the figure in the photo, then conveying a sense of depth can be important. The easiest piece of advice I could give to anyone making any kind of art, is be asymmetrical. I have really only been doing this stuff for around a couple of months, but there are so many people who never do any of these things, and they wonder why they aren't that popular.
@@MakigumoPhoto I am not about to claim people should listen to me. I will admit to being significantly worse then you are. I just think of those tips as easy places for people to improve.
My video LEDs are a pair of Aputure AL-F7s, and for flash I have some Cactus RF60s. I think Cactus has revised the RF60 since I bought them (going on 5-6 years at this point) so the exact model may not be available anymore.
You can approach it in a few ways. For example you could try shaping the light by using cards & flags to prevent it from spilling into areas that you don't want lit. You could try shooting in front of light absorbing materials like black velvet, so that only your subject is reflecting much light to the camera. Another way still is to play with the proximity of your light source to the subject and backdrop. Having a light close to your subject creates hot spots, but if you adjust your camera exposure down then you end up with a low-key look. Play around and see what happens!
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Your tips are sensational!
Loved this! Would love to see more content from you specifically showing us some of the setups you use for lighting those figures. I have an issue where I place my figures in a diorama and the pictures just look too busy. I’m assuming, it’s as you said, has too much stuff in the background
Glad you liked it! I'm not great at dioramas but my approach is usually to start with an empty room and only place objects that fit with the scene I want. You can check out a channel such as Kixkillradio Miniatures for better examples of dealing with dioramas. I'm just not very experienced with crafting or composing with them 😫
This was awesome! I have to practice a lot more!
Try it and have fun!
Learning about portrait lighting, and different techniques for photographing people, is also just very helpful to learn. You have to know how to cast shadows on a figure, and portrait lighting methods show you how to do that.
Something that I have noticed, that often seems to be a bit of a mistake of toy photographers, is that they almost always shoot straight on. Low angles, and high angles, are sometimes far more appropriate, depending on what you are trying to emphasize.
Something that I tend to do, and this isn't something you always want to do, is have a foreground, background, and "middleground" as a way of adding a sense of depth to my photos. Sometimes you may not want that depth. Sometimes it is better to have a flatter image. If you want to make it seem more like you are actually there, with the figure in the photo, then conveying a sense of depth can be important.
The easiest piece of advice I could give to anyone making any kind of art, is be asymmetrical.
I have really only been doing this stuff for around a couple of months, but there are so many people who never do any of these things, and they wonder why they aren't that popular.
Good tips, thanks for sharing! I ought to try them myself tbh
@@MakigumoPhoto I am not about to claim people should listen to me. I will admit to being significantly worse then you are. I just think of those tips as easy places for people to improve.
Hello! I want to ask what gear do you use specifically the led video light and flash
My video LEDs are a pair of Aputure AL-F7s, and for flash I have some Cactus RF60s. I think Cactus has revised the RF60 since I bought them (going on 5-6 years at this point) so the exact model may not be available anymore.
Excelentes consejos, me servirán bastante, muchas gracias por compartir tu conocimiento en fotografia
I got really knowledge from you brother
Thank you! I'm glad!!
first :) Wish there were more photographers that took images of figures like us :/ Anyways keep it up!
Thank you!
There's lots of us all over. Check me out on IG! 😉
how to do the lowkey lighting?
You can approach it in a few ways. For example you could try shaping the light by using cards & flags to prevent it from spilling into areas that you don't want lit. You could try shooting in front of light absorbing materials like black velvet, so that only your subject is reflecting much light to the camera. Another way still is to play with the proximity of your light source to the subject and backdrop. Having a light close to your subject creates hot spots, but if you adjust your camera exposure down then you end up with a low-key look. Play around and see what happens!
@@MakigumoPhoto thank you so much!!! (^_^)
What figures are these
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