Getting good pictures of minis

[The Gray Ghost]

I didn't know where to put this

I have a nice camera, a Nikon Coolpix L100 but I can not get any good close up pictures of My figures.
Anyone have any tips?

[necrocannibal]

First and most important for me is using a tripod. This really reduces fuzzy pictures from movement of the camera while taking a picture. Also to reduce camera movement, you could use the Self Timer to take a picture because pressing the button also causes fuzzy pictures if you're using long shutter speeds at low lighting conditions. If your camera has a macro setting, try using that to get nicely detailed pictures of your miniatures. Finally the use of a light box with daylight lamps will result with nicely lighted pictures.

[sundayhero]

Good points explained ! The light is very important. Never use your camera flash, use at least (if you don't want to make or buy a lightbox) one daylight bulb lamp (neutral lamp, around 6500k reference if I remember correctly), not too close (the colors will appear saturated) from your mini but not too far (too much shadow).

On your camera, use the macro mode, it's commonly represented by a tulip symbol.

If you camera 's got problems to focus in macromode, use a neutral background  (for example, a grey or blue mouse mat, a piece of cardboard or sheet of paper, etc...) right behind your mini, so your camera will not be disturbed by the background.

Last thing, as you're probably taking pictures for internet purpose (galleries, forums, etc...) don't forget to resize your pics. First, crop the pic to keep the model only (with some borders), and then, reduce the pic size to something between 500x300 and 800x600pixels. It 's large enough for screen displaying, and it will naturally smooth the final result.

[The Gray Ghost]

WOW Thanks Guys I just tried a couple of pics and it's a huge difference in the quality of the pics I had to put a neutral background behind the mini.

[Blue in vt]

Sounds like your off to a good start here...this thread helped me alot:

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=6052.0

Cheers,

Blue