>>9206322That picture was taken using the phone camera on board my Standard Galaxy S21. I'll admit I had been contemplating getting a camera before I upgraded, but then again I always keep spending my fun money on new Figma and Dollhouse Furniture, heh. Mika here, my favorite ctg shot for now was shot with the S7.
For editing, I do it in two steps: I mess around with the in-phone photo editing app (just really to make colors pop out and messing with sliders) Sometimes even just applying autofix is good enough for me. For further photo editing, I just use a free browser-based editor called Pixlr. It has tools to take things further such as doing spot edits.
My light setup is just following the concepts that this guy laid out in his video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCPMsG3zYpM Going deeper, I have a mix of white leds and natural warm lights. Because I like using my old timey dollhouse furniture, I like using warm lights. I've been scouring many a yard sale to find solid adjustable lamps. The most useful one being a bulky overhead one with variable brightness. There's also a couple of the cheap Walmart Color LED lights, but I'm still just experimenting with them.
I could start rambling, but maybe the one thing that I think works well in Coomer Photography is taking your shots with the intention of making it look like you - the viewer - is actually there. In this case, I try to achieve that by having the suject eyes meet the yours at that upper half of the picture where you can't see their lower legs if they're standing. For me that is an extension of the concepts of "miniature photography where you can't tell if it's the real thing or just a miniature replica." Shooting at this level immediately makes the shot more intimate and draws attention.
The quality of the Figma faceplates and the quality of the overpriced dollhouse furniture with some interesting arrangement for composition helps enhance those shots I like to think.
