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Pebbles82 · 03-03-2020, 01:29 PM

My favourite lens for photographing hamsters is a 45mm micro four thirds lens (short portrait length lens). It slightly blurs the background and you don’t have to get too close to the hamster. For Pickle’s Christmas photo I set up lighting - by using our two bedside lamps either side of the bed both pointing inwards (angle poise type lamps) but with a diffuser over them so they weren’t too bright and it softened and diffused the light evenly. The diffusers were a couple of thin vests! Hanging over them. Also had the top ceiling light on. That means no shadows and even lighting.

Normally it’s just available light and I have plenty of rubbish photos haha.

03-03-2020, 01:29 PM
Pebbles82 Hamster Antics Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 23,533	Re: Photographing hamsters My favourite lens for photographing hamsters is a 45mm micro four thirds lens (short portrait length lens). It slightly blurs the background and you don’t have to get too close to the hamster. For Pickle’s Christmas photo I set up lighting - by using our two bedside lamps either side of the bed both pointing inwards (angle poise type lamps) but with a diffuser over them so they weren’t too bright and it softened and diffused the light evenly. The diffusers were a couple of thin vests! Hanging over them. Also had the top ceiling light on. That means no shadows and even lighting. Normally it’s just available light and I have plenty of rubbish photos haha.