***How to take better makeup pictures with your camera***

[Beautiful1]

I Love My Canon Camera And Thank You For Going Through The Different Settings. I Have The A20 And It Is Just Such A Awesome Camera!

[Mars818]

I have a Cannon SD400 and I looked it up and I don't have a manual shutter speed adjustment . That really bums me out because Canon are supposed to be the best!! My pictures definately look NOTHING like yours. You'rs come out so amazing so natural. Mine are very Flash washed adding a very Orange tint to my tan skin.....

My biggest problem is when using NO FLASH, my pictures 9 times out of 10 come out blurry. Do you know why? Or how to change it?

Any other suggestions for me?!

[MissChievous]

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Originally Posted by Mars818

I have a Cannon SD400 and I looked it up and I don't have a manual shutter speed adjustment . That really bums me out because Canon are supposed to be the best!! My pictures definately look NOTHING like yours. You'rs come out so amazing so natural. Mine are very Flash washed adding a very Orange tint to my tan skin.....

My biggest problem is when using NO FLASH, my pictures 9 times out of 10 come out blurry. Do you know why? Or how to change it?

Any other suggestions for me?!

I'm not familiar with this particular model so I don't really know what you can do. Do you have a fill-in flash feature? It makes the flash a little less bright, usually. Otherwise, maybe try holding the camera further away and using the zoom, that way the flash doesn't bounce too strongly off your face.

When you don't use flash, pictures have a tendency to be blurry when there is not enough light. So basically, if you want the image to be very crisp without flash, you need to be in a really well-lit place, for example taking the picture right by a window. Direct sunlight can be a bit harsh for taking pictures of make-up as it can create harsh shadows and wash out the colours, so maybe indirect sunlight is best. Try standing beside a window without the sunlight directly hitting your face.

You can also try fiddling with the automatic light settings, there may be different symbols for indoors, cloudy, sunny, etc. Those can be quite useful too.

Good luck!

[MissChievous]

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Originally Posted by antirazor

this helped me out a lot. thanks. also... I don't suppose you remember what red color you used on your eyes here, do you? it's lovely.

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[Stellaindahouse]

hola!!! yo tb estoy viviendo en UK y tengo q irme a españa en navidad.....creia q lo q son sombras o similares si se podia llevar en el equipaje de mano........no se puede entonces???

haciendo esto q tu dices no se rompe nada?

es muy util!

xx

[gzaalah]

what is ur camera type >> I want to pay one

[MissChievous]

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Originally Posted by Stellaindahouse

hola!!! yo tb estoy viviendo en UK y tengo q irme a españa en navidad.....creia q lo q son sombras o similares si se podia llevar en el equipaje de mano........no se puede entonces???

haciendo esto q tu dices no se rompe nada?

es muy util!

xx

no habla espanol :confused:

[MissChievous]

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Originally Posted by gzaalah

what is ur camera type >> I want to pay one

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[vanep]

wow! really helpfull!!!

[boysareliers]

the 2nd pic looks awesome! and thanks for this brilliant helpful tutorial!

[puffyamiyumifan]

this is the best tut! I really suck at taking pics and I have a nice canon powershot pro1- now I gotta go try it out again

[Dayna2986]

this was extremely helpful

[baybee-cee]

ohhhh!

wow...cool! haha
if only i came here earlier....LOL
thanx soo muchh!

[thebeautyjunkie]

thank you so much, this was an extremely helpful tutorial!

[aeni]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mars818

I have a Cannon SD400 and I looked it up and I don't have a manual shutter speed adjustment . That really bums me out because Canon are supposed to be the best!! My pictures definately look NOTHING like yours. You'rs come out so amazing so natural. Mine are very Flash washed adding a very Orange tint to my tan skin.....

My biggest problem is when using NO FLASH, my pictures 9 times out of 10 come out blurry. Do you know why? Or how to change it?

Any other suggestions for me?!

To help your flash not wash you out, put clear or satin tape over the flash. Test and layer if you need to.

[squirlymoo]

Thanks so much for this. My camera doesn't have all of the things you used, but just by adjusting the ones I do have my pictures have improved.

[trinhduck]

ok, here goes probably the dumbest question....i did a coupla FOTDs but they were thumbnails, how do i post the entire picture on the page instead of the thumbnails.

[iamheartcore]

This well help so much; I have a similar camera so this is useful. Where did you get the halogen light? Do you need a certain light stand to place a halogen light bulb in it?

[Mandy22]

This is great for people like me who are trying to do their own web-site and are taking theyre own picks!
Thanks so much!

[Beachgrl07]

I could take better pics if my camera didn't suck so bad! LOL Thanks for posting this!

[DevinGirl]

I bought myself the Canon Powershot A640 for my birthday & my last camera was a Nikon CoolPix 4600. I went up a few notches! Anyway, I knew that my camera could do more & I just wanted to thank you for this tutorial. It has made all the difference. I didn't know what the heck ISO was & shutter speed. You made it easy to understand (the manual may have been written in Cantonese for all the understanding I got from it) & I sincerely appreciate it!

[Chelseaa]

Amazing tutorial! Thank youu =]
Haha I was having the worst troubles taking pictures of my make up.

[hnich]

wow..thanks so much, the iso tip really helped me (I know nothing about cameras!) I finally got a better camera, a Kodak DC4800 that my mom didn't want any more.. it seems to be decently high-end, but it is older
my question is, my macro setting can only do pics between 20-50 cms away, but that seems to be too far to get a good picture of my eyes...with flash I get just a large white blur, and I tried taking it with light from my halogen desk lamp shining on me, but it was very blurry and soft too, I don't wear eye shadow during the day so can't take pics in natural light

any tips? really appreciate it!
thanks, and wow, great tutorial again!

[diorgrl]

This is exactly what I was looking for, thanks!! Where did you learn these skills? Photography class? Also, what camera are you using, and is it a SLR or SLR-Type camera? Thanks!! My point and shoot Sony doesn't capture my makeup well at all - I'm thinking of getting the Canon S3 which is a SLR-type cam..what do you think?

[gabi1129]

thank you so much! this was a great help!