this was much needed 
thnx inga and poohki to take the time to write these lovely tutorials

thnx thnx thnx 

Yay! Thank you so much for posting photography tips! I wish I'd read it before going out and taking a bunch of super-blurry pics of my pinkies.  But it's extra-useful for next time. 

  That help me a lot, thank.  I am still learning about my Camera, by playing around with the buttons.  I should read the manule.

thank you for having this tutorial!  it is extremely helpful, i am very much an amateur photographer and i learned a lot from reading your guide    it's good to keep in mind the overcast weather, i didn't really think of that before!    

Oh, great tips! I was having a hard time taking photos. Plus, my camera dies pretty easily (even with new batteries, it's wierd). But until now, I didn't know I had macro on my camera. Now I ust go play with it a bit, so I can take some good photos...

I thing I found out is you SHOULDN'T recharge you battery until it compeltely dies. (which is why I hate it.)

Hey, I wonder if anyone would mind me sharing some tips.

Tip one: Background, Background, Background.  Even though you main focus is on the pinky, your background can and will take away from the image. (note that my images were done in a "backroom" or a "Black room" I never figure out which. So these are prints I did. and they were taken by a 35mm camera.)
here my example


It looks nice, but when I took it to class, everyone was wonder what that thing in the background was. So it took away from what I wanted to be the main focus to be which is the center worry ball.   (note: in the back ground is a pen holder, I think).

Tip 2; Also as Inga had put it try different angles. I enter one of these into the school art show case book, and actually got it in  .  But It the same subject just the different angles.
 
The second one was the one I put in, I didn't even think about the first one.

Tip 3:  What you see with your eye can be missed by the "camera's eye."  the camera doesn't know what your thinking in you head. It just take the picture. So if you taking pictures don't be to quick to click the picture. If you have time, use it make sure that what your seeing and thinking is what the camera going to get. This can take your picture from a snap shot to a photograph.

Tip 4: If you think you have the shot you want and are happy with, take three more. That way you may have four pictures to choose from instead of one.

Tip 5: I always do this even before I realized it, but I love taking pictures that no one else would think of. I found this one found once in my class when My teacher took me I had an "eye" for things. Also when I went on a tour, I forget the place's name, but people were taking pictures of things the tour guide was talking about, and I had my back to the guide and was taking photo of the landscape (when we were outside) and several people kept looking at me, but I noticed that when I started walking away a few of them got down to where I was and saw why I was doing it and took a pic as well
I don't have any of those pic off hand but I have these. Enjoy


So my saying is "How many ways can I look at this?"  and then use my camera to show them.
I hope this might help.  these are my personal tips.  Oh last one tip

Tip 6: HAVE FUN, and don't be afriad to get down and drity for a shot.

Ooh, I forgot about that. Do you or anybody else have any suggestions for backgrounds? I tend to only have whatever's in my house as the background (i.e. plugs, wall, animals).

I cheat and use fabric in the back ground if I'm inside. or find a wall that's blank or non shinny paper  the best way to do it though, is just when your setting up the shot, look through the view finder, or screen. If the background is going to be out of focus, and dosen't take up too much of the pic, I say it's okay.  But there are some times when you can't do anything about your background. :psad Hope I helped a little.

  yes, thanks! I just didn't want my pics to look so... amateur (even tho that's exactly what I am)

Oh, on your post above stating the best way to charge your camera is wait till the power's all gone. My camera doesn't charge, it only takes batteries, and I've had it since I was in the 5th grade (about 7 years, more or less)

this is awsome! thank you!

I use larger size card in black and white for those simple photoshoots with seamless backgrounds. Wrapping paper is awesome too!  If you have plain coloured books or plastic files, use them to create a "corner of a room" - they make for nice, cozy sets 

i've never seen this topic before!
thank you inga!

now, i'll go to take some pictures! 

Aah, thank you  I'll try that! 

Shooting in macro is good for Pinkys but you can also try shooting in Aperture mode on your camera.  It might be "A" or "Av" mode.  I wrote a tutorial about it here:

http://www.dollicieux.com/vol1iss2/tutorial.html

This magazine is for ball-jointed dolls but I had used Pinkys as my examples for the tutorial.

   That's a great tutorial, Nikita!  I'll have to play with that on my own camera since I have a problem getting my dollies and the background in focus.