Scale – in – focus

Scale in Focus

Thinking more about photographing small things

Scale in Focus is no longer posting new content and is an archive of material by Anthony Oliver and Aviagrafik.

A new blog about model railways will be along soon.

white balance

  • A journey into decoding orthochromic imagery for model makers. ‘The one where a black and white image tells lies’ After six gruelling hours in the kitchen with Julia Child and a needlessly complex Boeuf Bourgignon recipe, I retreated to the chaise to recover from the worst effects of the shallot fumes and contemplate the instruction Read more

  • Optimising the workbench as an ad-hoc photo studio for smartphone images The following post is an expanded view on the use of a smart phone for scale model photography, and is based on a chapter from the forthcoming title: The Scale Modelling Photography Manual. The inside scoop In part 1 we investigated the hows and Read more

  • BASICS: Light

    following post is an edited excerpt from the forthcoming title: The Scale Modelling Photography Manual. Before we begin to think about the practical techniques which help us take better images of our models, we need to absorb some key theories and grasp the basics of the science behind what we are doing. Mythbusting 101: Awesome Read more