Got example of the pic u took?

Hmm, from the pics, it's not like the pics are dark, but rather there's something wrong ith the lighting.
Better u ask the photography section, there got experts who can help you

dunnit lah
wait valho come here sure can diagnose for u

Hmmm from what I can see the photo lack sharpness and seems a tad noisy. what cam u using btw. you can try some of the steps below that I use when shooting figures.
to shoot something with white bg, try to increase your exposure compensation around 2/3. Also always set your camera to macro mode, shoot in manual mode with custom white balance. Also use timer when shooting, and the lowest ISO you can use.

After i read this:
http://www.riuva.com/?p=1141
Found out thay my C.C figure actually have a base. For the whole time, I thought that the blanket is the base 

umm strong light should be the main light, while the weaker light as top light, so your light should switch position. You can soften the light a bit by DIY a diffuser, tracing paper and box works great. +1 exposure should be enough, but it's strange that the photo lack sharpness, hmm, well try out the steps i given on the previous post and here and see how it goes. takes some closeup pic too

Go buy lah    

pasting it doesnt help u spread the light enough, the use of diffuser it both to soften and spread the light

Putting the tracing paper directly on the light doesn't work? Mine is quite thick. What if you place 2 layers or move the light source further away?

Btw valho, what colour temp for bulbs are best for taking pictures of figures against a white bg? I have a 6500K bulb which looks very white / abit bluish and another 4000K lamp which is a bit warmer and yellowish.

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Added on June 18, 2008, 11:10 pmAnother thing I wanted to add is that won't the pictures be grainy if you over expose them?



Like this picture here. If I want an even bg, I need to overexpose it right?
This one has a higher exposure but the hair looks a bit to bright. The colour also seems abit off since it is white-ish.

It works this way, the thicker layer the diffuse the more less light will hit the figure and the further the light also less light will hit the figure, I found it best to use 1 layer and and use a box so that the light doesn't leak out.

both the one i am using is 6500k, daylight lamp is the best but I can't find the exact color temp at shops here, i think it's below 6000k. to get perfect white bg you need to over by at least +1 EV, but this doesn't mean you'll get a perfectly balance white though, this is due to our camera always meter at 18% grey, so if it's white and you shoot without adjusting EV u get grey instead. Samething with black. What you can do is to pull the top light further from the bg, this will increase the light spread making the area that's in you frame more balance white, or get another a third lamp to light the bg.

grain appear when under expose and you try to adjust it back to the correct exposure, but usually not very visible unless you are using high ISO or the photo underexpose a lot.

both pic is slightly underexpose actually, the second have a whiter bg probably due to the light hitting that part of the bg more. The hair looks bright probably because the light is not soft enough.
for the first shot, more light is needed to light up her face, so you can tilt a white cardboard infront of her face to bounce the top light back to her.
for the second shot you should place the light to the front left of the figure.
the color is off is due to white balance, it happens even to me haha, you usually can adjust it back in photoshop

btw light placement and the amount of light u use is not fix, so play around with it, experiment until you are satisfied witht he result

feels a lil dark on the left, did u put a reflector there?

quite ok, need a reflector on the opposite side to soften shadow. Hmmm if you camera have vivid color mode then use it, might look nicer. Figure color need to pop a bit in the photo, it'll look nicer . Even Pns also can get photo like below, shot using my Ixus 850IS last time before i got my DSLR, decide to post Alter Fate photo since sai mention her

now this one looks good, but hmm slight blurry though, not using tripod and timer?
I think the color is good with this new shot. Its quite hard to get an even white background unless you use extra light to shine at the bg.

this one looks ok, maybe just soften the light a bit, otherwise its a nice shot

Alter Yagami Hayate up for PO, for a whoooping 9310yen

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and look what she comes with

Like this:

There's a risk of breakage though

haha yeah too warm, didn't try the light before buying ah

^ was in IKEA and the wheather kind of going to have tsunami coming.. so rush out without testing it lor..

hmm but Mr Dreamer did mention three companies, Alter, Good Smile and Max Factory. Hope the price will be cheaper though   if not, what's the use of that?

Waahahahha... ordered my first shining wind figure from XL shop...  Elwing.      Poisoned liao. 
Will take sum pics when she arrives...

yea i'll pray along..

Sigh... and I thought it ended.