Digital Camera

[ronan]

(...) - SUN porch! (...)

You can't control the light, then. Sometimes it adds shadows.
As other people said, use blank cardboard on the opposite side, to light the shadows.
I use halogen lamps, turned to the ceiling.

Ooooh! Controversial!

I would add that the great way to screw up a photograph (or make it) is with greatly differing levels of light.   

Yes you're right.
But for taking photos of minis, I'd add many indirect lights. ( and for my poor eyes  )
The light boxes aren't useful while playing a wargame..

[Techno]

The light boxes aren't useful while playing a wargame..

You could drape the fabric over the whole table and pretend the battle's taking place in thick fog. 

Cheers - Phil

[d_Guy]

... Out of interest, on the shots you think are good and the ones you think poor, just compare their ISO's, that might tell its own story.

This is a great idea Norm - at first I could not find a way to get that info BUT because the pics are stored on OneDrive I could look at the file attributes with MS file explorer and there they are: f-stop, ISO, exposure time, etc. SO I'll get to work comparing - thanks.

I have now also downloaded "Camera Plus" from App Store which gives you manual control - I'll see what happens.

[LinLin]

i have a bad camera also however if you build a light box it makes the pictures 100x times better you can make it with card board and paper and just need a lamp near by