These shots show the preparatory work for miniature photography. We are testing different techniques to get the best results - adjusting the aperture of the camera, the studio lighting and the softness of the light. Due to the variety of the media, finding suitable settings to capture them all proved difficult. 

We discovered that the combination of a few sheets of tracing paper to diffuse the flash, having the lights at different heights and strengths, and focusing the camera using a smaller aperture meant we could capture the majority of the miniatures. 

Due to the success of our preparatory work, within the next few weeks these complex objects will be added to our digitisation batch lists. So watch out for more miniatures in the future!