The biggest eureka moment for me regarding photographic lighting was the
use of TWO sources of light. That alone will do wonders for your shots.

On Fri, Mar 16, 2012, at 03:52 PM, Oli Glaser wrote:
> Thanks to all for the replies, very helpful..
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> I took a look at the Canon G10 and a few others from the Powershot range.
> A
> second hand G10 or similar might be an option, I'm sure it would be more
> than suitable for my needs.
> Bob and Joe mentioned lighting, which I think is possibly the main reason
> I'm not getting consistently decent results at the moment. I'm currently
> using an Olympus C-60, which is certainly not a great camera compared to
> some currently available models, but suitable (for me) results can be had
> with if I get everything right, which seems to be more down to luck than
> judgement at the moment...
> So I think I'll start by grabbing a couple of decent photography bulbs
> and
> umbrella and maybe either buy or throw together a small light shed and
> see
> how it goes.

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