>>6531048Read under the DSLR part and you see
>Lighting is more important anyway. A good light and a modern smartphone camera can give great results.Without fully knowing what cameras you have access to, it's going to be hard to give advice suited for you. If all you have is a webcam then the advice is buy a camera.
If you have a point and shoot or a decent phone camera just get your lighting set up first, maybe a mini tripod too.
From there you can work out what you want or need next. Maybe you find your camera suits your purpose but you want more background options, or lighting colours, or maybe you want a camera with a better macro or depth of field ability.
With a DSLR too, never think you have to go brand new top of the line. There is no shame going for one of the more entry level ones that might be 5+ years old at that point.
>>6531093I bet a lot of those are shooting in auto mode as if it was a basic point and shoot camera under the assumption of that because it's a DSLR it's going to make their photos look amazing.
There are plenty of good resources out there to learn the basic settings of a camera and cause it's digital, there is nothing to stop you sitting and just firing off 100+ photos with variations to each setting to learn how they change the outcome.
While shooting pictures of toys seems simple, it's still one of those things you will have to put some time into to get the best out of the equipment you have.
If you want to get super indepth though, you can argue shooting RAW over JPEG and editing in Lightroom to get a better outcome.
Why is there no guide anyway? I thought there used to be one.
