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Help on taking a photo of plastic bauble

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ripley8
Wed 22nd Jul 2009 10:02
Hi im just got my first camera in january and my mum is starting up a business. What she does is makes little models out of this clay called fimo. She puts it in plastic baubles. The bad thing is whaterver i have done there is always a little dot of flash on it. Also without the flash is looks rubbish i have tried everything how would i get rid of the little dot of flash but still use the flash?

Please Help

Ripley8 :)
Pondy PRO
Wed 22nd Jul 2009 12:16
You need an off camera light, a desk lamp will do, but a bright one, then put the object in a tent made from white material like a bed sheet, put the light outside the tent, the cloth will diffuse the light evenly over the subject.

You might need to put your camera on a tripod or solid surface and do a longer exposure, but the result will be what you're after.

There are other cheap ways:

http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-make-a-inexpensive-light-tent
ripley8
Wed 22nd Jul 2009 12:57
thanks very much i finally got the advice i needed for ages.

thanks :)
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