I've been thinking about this a lot lately.
a while back, I started taking shots of my old postwar Lionel stuff with my iPhone, just to try to see if i could get better at taking pictures of my models. Needless to say, the pictures sucked (the camera on the iPhone leaves much to be desired). Tonight, i fiddled with it again, both with my phone and a digital camera, with flourescent lights, halogens, and straight 60 watt bulbs (whatever you call them). They were, well, not the best.
part of the problem could just be i'm doing this at night, but it's got me wondering; I see the shots in the show your models thread and the three-hundred plus model railroaders i have (not kidding there; Grandpa has been a bit of a "collector" of the mag since the 70's...guess who's got them now) I have yet to figure out how they do it. I know, having seen a book on the subject, that some poeple will use spotlamps and other accesories to take their layout photos, but I'm starting to wonder if you need a massive O. Winston Link setup to get it right!:hehe:
I guess this is more for my own information than to serve any actual purpose...I'm trying to improve my modelling skills, and photography (so i've been led to believe) is one of those skills. I was just wondering how those of you who model railroad along with running trainz do it.
(placed here for lack of a better option...)
a while back, I started taking shots of my old postwar Lionel stuff with my iPhone, just to try to see if i could get better at taking pictures of my models. Needless to say, the pictures sucked (the camera on the iPhone leaves much to be desired). Tonight, i fiddled with it again, both with my phone and a digital camera, with flourescent lights, halogens, and straight 60 watt bulbs (whatever you call them). They were, well, not the best.
part of the problem could just be i'm doing this at night, but it's got me wondering; I see the shots in the show your models thread and the three-hundred plus model railroaders i have (not kidding there; Grandpa has been a bit of a "collector" of the mag since the 70's...guess who's got them now) I have yet to figure out how they do it. I know, having seen a book on the subject, that some poeple will use spotlamps and other accesories to take their layout photos, but I'm starting to wonder if you need a massive O. Winston Link setup to get it right!:hehe:
I guess this is more for my own information than to serve any actual purpose...I'm trying to improve my modelling skills, and photography (so i've been led to believe) is one of those skills. I was just wondering how those of you who model railroad along with running trainz do it.
(placed here for lack of a better option...)
Last edited: