>>3486173>Bellows...Are there any prefered models?Cheap ones ($25-$30) will start to break apart after a fair amount of use. This usually happens where the slide's tightening knob is. Thus, you get what you pay for. Something around $100 should be a lot better. One thing to look out for is the distance from the bottom of the mounting ring of the front of the bellows and the rail it sits on. That distance will determine what size lens and ring flash you can use while the bellows is in shorter lengths.
>flashPut white paper over it. Use extra layers as needed to tone it down as much as you like. You can either use a flat piece right against it or have a loop that sticks out a ways and makes the flash's point of light much larger(paper diffuser.)
>lens is too long and catches the light. Make a paper tube from the light to where the subject will be. Like
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>>3474957 White paper will work fine.
>Malicious code I was getting that for the image I was uploading. It happens randomly due to an old bug in the website's parsing of image files. Changing the file's dimensions or saving in Paint fixes it. It is a false positive that has nothing to do with you.