honestzed, for starters you should ignore the fact that you're shooting closeup / macro, and focus attention on learning to use the exposure controls of your camera. Start with https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/camera-exposure.htm and https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/camera-met...

Just lift your levels, that helps a lot. For the rest your light meter is fooled by the white subject so your gamma is a bit off I'm sorry, I am a completely new amateur at all this. When people reference to increase or decrease ISO, shutter speed or F-Stop... I don't fully understand which way is ...

Lighting is always relative. What matters is not the absolute amount of light you use to illuminate the objects in the scene, but rather, how much light is used to illuminate each object relative to the others. Then the exposure settings in the camera dictates how the final image appears. For examp...

For years I have used Topaz Remask for such tasks. It has no been superseded by Topaz Mask AI. I have not tried the new version, as I have never felt the need to change. If I were you I would download the free trial version and give it a go. It is quite simple to use and there are good tutorials on...

I host a fansite that features pictures of painted plastic gaming miniatures. Most of these miniatures are about one-inch to two-inches high. I have tried a few different techniques and have been able to get good results but certainly not great results. I recently upgraded my camera and am still lea...