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absolutely my pleasure arlla! sounds like it will work out ideally if it goes that way! i fixed my wolf overnight and i’ll put him back up when i’m home from work ~6 pm. looks much easier on the eyes now.[img]
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[/img]No matter how much I photograph my Valetine wolf she comes out flat looking when she has a glossy finish much like this wolf of yours…I read how you photographed yours and have been trying to capture truth of my sculpts but it’s just not happening. 🙁 What kind of camera did you say you had again?
well, i asked my dad what he did and he said it has nothing to do with the camera, just about nothing. i believe he said the most important things are time- tested knowledge and experience of how photography works and your use of light and how you position it. he said a major helping point was having “broad, soft light” aka not using a regular flash alone but combined with a large reflector or umbrella on a tripod – 3 feet across is good. using the reflector makes your flash 3 feet wide instead of 3 inches or thumb size, is the way to think of it. he says that make nice even light over the whole piece, with no blow out points or flash spots. when we need help under a wing or chin, we break out a little reflector, something silly like a white paper plate or like today, when we shot the wolf, a white paper shopping bag from a gift shop! stands flat, cuz its a bag with handles and totally lit up the dim sides of the piece. he kinda thew up his hands after that, as there is so much to know and describe, he was saying it would turn into a real hands on physical lesson basically. his main eccentuation is mostly likely your camera is just fine (as i’ve taken crystal clear pics using a shoe box with him) you just need to experiment with moving your controlled light source and observe the results in relation to how you want your piece to look end result. thats it in a nutshell but i’ll try to squeeze more from him.
The wolf looks a lot better this way, I think!
"He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom."
-J R R Tolkien
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