Light boxes are good - give a nice even level of light - you need to pick a size for the amount of things your are photographing. 

I'd avoid flash - it will tend to overpower due to proximity to the figures

The skateboard ramp to avoid the join between the background and table, can be easily created with a piece of paper bent at a slight angle. Also with miniatures you can put terrain behind them to hide this. 

A white background can confuse the camera's auto settings - it will tend to see too much light and therefore make the figures too dark. 

You can print out (or buy) graduated backgrounds which can be the skateboard ramp - then you get the no background join and the less harsh background colour. 

There's a guide from GW, presumably written by people who do this for a living.

Phil (Techno) used to do this as well. If he's still around he might have some insights?

The GW guide you've linked to, Martyn, is almost identical the method I used to use at home.(Over 30 years ago, now.)

Only real difference is that I used to use three lights.....One either side..one over the top...To try and cut any shadows down to virtually nothing.

The Studio's set up was basically the same.....Except that it was a lot more sophisticated.....And a LOT more expensive.
(£10ks worth...and that was back in 88/89.)

Standards affixed to poles and edged. Just finials to fix and highlight.
Cavalry making progress.
Managing 45 mins before I need to go splat at the mo...

Just need to tuft 3 units of cavalry and then photograph. Then make a list for competition entries...

18 bases of 15mm cavalry finished apart from flags, which are on order.
Pendraken painting comp decided on.
Bits ordered from many sources to finish off things. Must be payday.
28mm mounted Knight assembled from random painting pile.
6mm Saxons for Dru about to be assembled.

Oh, and I painted a barrel..
 

You must be feeling better then Will 

Overall, yes, but my throat is now killing...   
However, I hae undercoated, base coated and inked several hundren 6mm Napoleonic Saxons today, along with a unit of 10mm cavalry and another 10mm unit of Pike and Shotte era foot. Also 28mm knighty-knight is base coated and inked.
So, only a quiet day really.
Can't do any more tonight, a) ink still wet, b) bedroom light not suitable for picking up details.

Some Shermans and M10 Achilles base coated and washed tonight.

288 Saxon Infantry done, bits and pieces done on other bits...

New Vikings ready for action, and a considerable number of new Dacians nearly there.

6mm Saxons finished (phew) only 368 figures in 3 days.           
Bit of work done on 28mm and 10mm bits on the way. Quite a sizable 10mm project started & assembled for the painting competition and to keep me occupied for a long time after, I had to order 'extra paints' for this one...

Quote6mm Saxons finished (phew) only 368 figures in 3 days

Saxons?



Or Saxons?


Or Saxons?

A very good question, that man

Although 368 of the third choice seems a little excessive

Option 2-4 years! 1806 Saxons

Four Cromwells finished tonight.

Dacians are painted. I'm now upgrading my Iberians, Numidians, and Thracians.

Quite a lot of bases sanded and pva'd.
Some on finished figures, some on base coated and inked, some undercoated, some on other things...

Iberian and Thracian upgrades done, Numidians under the brush.

Basing painted and highlighted.
Some tracks basecoated and inked
Other vehicles fettled.
Flesh tones started.
Doesn't sound much for 3 hours painting...