BONSAI [indoor] PHOTOGRAPHS

ozzerbon

G’day all,

It took me about six months to sort this procedure out, so here goes:

BONSAI [indoor] PHOTOGRAPHS....some very fundamental pointers.

Why:
Photographs of your trees are records/messages, that enables you to keep progress reports in some kind of database, and also enables you to share your bonsai with others, and nothing more.

Equipment:
As best as you can, keep it very simple. Avoid getting clogged up with complicated lighting [etc.,] issues.

Set-up:
The equipment that I use is very economical and basic and so I shall use that for my following suggestions.

My equipment:
*Camera, HP812, permanently attached to a lightweight tripod, **BILORA 672, PROFILO-N 2, and because it is ever-ready, I keep it handy next to my computer with a kerchief thrown over to keep it dust-free and clean.

Batteries for the Camera, re-chargeable, *GP 1800 mAh, [I carefully store eight additional batteries in a plastic box as standby].
[Same batteries can be used in some other house-hold appliances.]

The re-charger machine: *GP, Rapid, Power Bank, a very good investment this, and you are sure that you are always in control and never run-out of available batteries.

To make photographs:
The two settings on the camera that prove to be most useful, are RED-EYE flash, [for complete Tree pictures] and the Magnifying button, [leaves/trunk/etc....detail].

Any available clean surface, tabletop whatever, and a simple piece of BLACK card, [from an art-material shop, buy two pieces and keep them face to face, this makes keeping them clean a very easy experience]. This is all you need for your temporary, mini-studio.

Best to select a piece of your furniture that is against a wall or something, [in my case I have a sideboard, about 100cm high [39.5 inches] that is backed by a venetian blind, on which I temporarily lean the black card] and this is all that you require, you are now in business.

*....good Computer shops.
**...some Camera shops, you’ll have to hunt for this particular brand, but there are many others on the market.
The magic of the tripod that I am suggesting, is it’s overall lightweight quality, and it’s thorough, yet simple, sound mechanical construction.

Hope you might find this of some help.

ozzerbon

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TreeBay

Thanks you for the details. I have seen your photos so I can appreciate that you have developed a method that works!

I am a little surprised by the Redeye mode, though. Usually what that does is emit a preflash to make a human subjects' pupils contract a little to prevent redeye. That happens an instant before the main flash fires. I'm not sure what that would do for tree photos, but if it works, use it!

That particular flash mode might also have a longer shutter, too. Maybe that helps produce a more natural lighting.

Regards,

Matt

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