Photographing hands.

[shaolin101]

Hi All,

I am currently updating my martial arts club site and aim to have pictures of someones hands doing the animal fists.

Just wondered in anyone had any tips/creative/lighting ideas (using a lamp at best!)

The site backgropund is black so do you think i should get a black background for the hands?

Thanks

[alphaomega16]

Dont blind him at the wrong time, could end badly for you.

[shaolin101]

my kung fu is better so i will be ok! Will probably be my hands so tripod and auto timer i reckon.

Should probably mention that i have a D80 but only the 18-135 lens - no other flash either.

[Steve N]

Have you considered taking the shots outside. It would eliminate most of the non natural lighting problems.
If you shot wide open (f3.5) and fairly close-up, the background would be out of focus anyway.

[shaolin101]

i was thinking of going outside - the only problem was even though the background will be out of focus i want it to fit in with the web page and not look too odd - like blurry green grass.

Suppose i might have to jsut try a few different things and see how it goes.