Photographing small objects is one of the toughest task in photography. For long time in the past, this task can only be mastered by professionals, using expensive camera and lenses. This type of photography requires a special lens, called macro-lens, which can be focused very close to the object.
But today, everything change, the massive advances in digital photography and computer assisted design, turning macro-photography become accessible by everybody. Even a small pocket digital camera, may incorporate a macro-capable lens.
Therefore any modeller will now be able to take a good picture, without the need to invest in expensive photography gadgets. But, it will still require certain skill and knowledge, so that 's the reason why I wrote this guide.

This guide was written for common people with basic knowledge on photography, it is not intended for professional photographers. Therefore all of the articles will focus on the utilisation of digital camera and simple equipments. Specialised equipments, such as studio flash, view-camera, bellows, etc., will not be covered in this guide. But again, a basic understanding of photography should be attained prior of reading this guide, at least one should understand what is 'aperture', 'shutter-speed', and 'ISO rating'.

Last but not least, this guide will not teach you on how to use your camera, nor that it will teach you how to build a good scale-model, but it will give you the idea on the techniques in photographing miniature models.

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