Things You'll Need:
- Digital Camera
- Photoshop Elements
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Step 1
You don’t have to have expensive or fancy photography equipment to take the perfect picture but you do need a little know-how when using a basic digital camera.
The first tip is to go outside if it is a nice day and find some greenery as the backdrop. Indoor shooting requires some advance knowledge in lighting. This will help you get around that problem. The best time of the day to take outside shoots is late afternoon, when the sun is low in the sky. -
Step 2
The second tip is to take more than on shot. The first is not always the best. It is a draft. Move the craft around and take shots from all angles.
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Step 3
The third tip is to never lay the craft down on a table and take an overhead shoot. Instead take an angle the craft. If the craft has a glass surface, like a glass panel in a framed piece, remove the frame so you can avoid the glare from the glass.
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Step 4
The next tip is to fill up the viewfinder with as much as the craft that you can. This will allow you to show off all your great detailing.
If you are going to be holding the craft, make sure that you are not too far away and that you are happily smiling. Try practicing with the zoom feature to get the composition correct. -
Step 5
Here is another great tip on how to avoid red eye in your photo. Simply tape a small piece of white paper above the flash. This will help diffuses the flash of the light. Later you could also delete the red eye in Photoshop Elements.
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Step 6
The next tip is to use a tripod when you can to help avoid blurry photos.
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Step 7
Remember that the picture you see on the computer can be altered by putting them into Photoshop. There you can crop out stuff that you don’t want.
