Taking Pictures of Glow In the Dark nail polishes

Bilo da ste bloger, pa vam je potrebna lepa slika noktiju za svoj post, ili samo zelite da postavite sliku vasih noktiju na Facebook da se pohvalite svojim prijateljima, lakovi koji svetle u mraku su uvek problem. Prvi put kada sam pokusala da ih uslikam, to je potrajalo par dana posto nikako nisam mogla da napravim dobru sliku. A onda sam cackala silna podesavanja na fotoaparatu, isprobavala razlicita okruzenja i uspela. Posto je ovo doba godine kada se najvise nose ovi lakovi na noktima, podelicu sa vama kako da ovaj proces bude sto bezbolniji :).

Za pocetak, ne brinite, ja nemam nikakav poseban fotoaparat koji kosta citavo bogatstvo. Samo obican mali BenQ sa 12mp. Prvi korak nema potrebe da vam objasnjavam, jer glasi : nalakirajte nokte! Nista tesko, zar ne? :)

Either you are blogger and you need nice nail picture for your post, or you just want to share picture on your nails on Facebook to show your friends, glow in the dark polishes are always problem. First time I tried to take picture of them, it took a few days since I couldn't make good picture. And then I tried to use all those manual settings on my camera, tried different surroundings and succeeded. Since this is the time of the year when lot of us wear this kind of polishes on our nails, I will share with you how to make this process easier and quicker :).

For start, don't worry, I don't have any special camera that cost a fortune. Just a regular small BenQ with 12mp. And there is no need to explain step one, because it is : polish your nails! That isn't really hard, right? :) 

A onda je vreme da udjete unutra. Lakovi koji svetle u mraku rade tako sto se "napune" na svetlosti, a zatim se postepeno "prazne" u mraku. Osim ako planirate da ceo dan provedete na suncu, predlazem lakse resenje . Trebace vam obicna stona lampa (radi najlakse iako moze bilo koja lampa koju mozete da primaknete skroz do noktiju), i u njoj sijalica na kojoj pise Day Light (ima ih kod kineza).

Napravite potpuni mrak u sobi, i stavite nokte ispod sijalice na oko 5 minuta. Pobrinite se da vam fotoaparat bude pri ruci, jer je najbolje da uslikate cim ugasite lampu (tada ce nokti najvise da svetle). Ukoliko ste pratile dosadasnja uputstva, slike ce vam ispasti ovakve :

And then it's time to go inside. Polishes that glow in the dark work this way : they are "charging" on light, and then they gradually "empty" in the dark. If you don't plan to spend all day under the sun, I suggest easier solution. You will need desk lamp (it works easiest, but if you don't have it you can use any lamp that you can move around), and Day Light bulb in it.

Turn off everything in room, and place your nails under the lamp for about 5 minutes. Make sure that your camera is close, because best time for shooting is the minute when you turn off the lamp (nails will glow really bright in the beginning). If you followed instructions till now, your pictures will look like this : 

Izgleda poznato, zar ne? Ostalo je samo jos malo podesavanja fotoaparata (koliko sam gledala, svaki fotoaparat ima ove opcije).

*Blic podesite na "Force Off" 
*Mod slikanja podesite na "Night Scene" 
*Fokus (koji vam je obicno na Macro dok slikate nokte) stavite na Infinity 

Obuhvatiti bocicu laka rukom, stavite je na cvrstu podlogu i pritisnite dugme za slikanje. Da slika ne bi bila zamrljana, nikako ne pomerajte ruku dok vam aparat ne pokaze da je uslikao sliku (oko 30ak sekundi). Znam da to traje malo duze nego obicno fotografisanje, ali je jedini nacin (za koji ja znam). Lak ce u pocetku da svetli jako, a zatim sve slabije. Ako se umorite, upalite opet lampu i napunite jos malo svoje nokte, pa onda nastavite slikanje.

Looks familiar, right? There are just some manual camera settings left to do (I looked around, and it seems that every camera have these options).

*Flash need to be : "Force Off" 
*Shooting mode : "Night Scene" 
*Focus (usually, when you take pictures of your nails is Macro, but) set on : Infinity 

Take the bottle of nail polish in your hand, put your hand on a desk or something like that and press button to take picture. To avoid blurry pictures, don't move your hand (nails) until camera shows that it took picture (about 30 seconds). I know it is little bit longer than regular taking pictures, but it's the only way (that I know). Nail polish will glow brightly in the beginning and than it will start losing his glow. If you get tired, turn on the lamp again and recharge your nails before you continue taking pictures. 

Nadam se da vam je ovo bilo korisno. Ako imate jos neka pitanja, stojim na raspolaganju :).

I hope you will find this useful. If you have any more questions, I would be really happy to answer you :).