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Yea, I know what you mean. That is one of the hardest shots for me to get. I don't have all those fancy lights and filters to get the photos to come out that will show the cards at their best.
I hope someone has answers without the fancy set up, and yes I do use my photo editing program to help enhance the photo.
I used my black SU apron for awhile as my background. Then I started just leaving my desk stuff in the background. The most recent white card I did I ended up using a couple pieces of chipboard as my background.
i would shoot a white card on a light or white background. side lit is good if possible. The reason for the light background is the way the camera picks up the light. Against too dark a background the contrasts will be too great and will wash out the subtle white on whites.
If you're using your flash, you might want to turn it off. I also use an Ott light to the side and a gooseneck lamp over the card. And I would use a solid color background (other than white).
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my camera has different settings such as "snow", "beach", "text" and "flower" among other settings. It is just a Fugi point and shoot nothing too expensive.
Also you can take the picture, upload to pinik.com and "play" around with the picture settings.
I was going to suggest the scanner option,I find it often works better for white. It helps that you can play with the settings on your scanner before you do the proper scan, so can adjust them until your image shows well.Doesn't work so well for holographic though, I tried with a card I put on my blog this week. I think a photo would have been better in this case,lol.
try photographing it in natural light or Ott light. Don't use the flash. Try different angles to see which one picks up the details of the card better. Sometimes straight on is hard to see the details. Sometimes i turn the card and photograph it more from the side. I would also place th card on a darker background to play up the whites more.
Here's a card with a white card with a white background. Use natural light that isn't direct. Too harsh a light will wash it out. I always edit my photos after as well. You'll need to lighten the levels in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements.
When photographing with a white background it is important to only light the background and not the object so much. I would put my direct light on the white background and then put a lower power light on the object. This will blow the white background out and leave your imagine in the photo. At least this works in studio photography. You want to make sure that your object is not real close to the background also. Hope this helps.
When photographing with a white background it is important to only light the background and not the object so much. I would put my direct light on the white background and then put a lower power light on the object. This will blow the white background out and leave your imagine in the photo. At least this works in studio photography. You want to make sure that your object is not real close to the background also. Hope this helps.
I will have to give this a try the next time I try to photograph a mostly white card.
White on white is tricky! I've gotten the best results with indirect natural light (the kind you get just inside a North- or South-facing window), a reflector (a white foam core board works great), a kraft or gray background, and taking a lot of shots from different angles.
Photographing white on white
