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I am a armature photographer wanting to buy lighting equipment and other accessories. Not wanting to spend a lot of money, but wanting something that will do the job. I was just wondering what you thought about this company and there products? Would you recommend them or not. and why?http://www.stillshot2.com/Shopping.idc?P…

I’m a semi-ameture at photography and I was wondering what I could use for a backround for still life photography, because i’ve seen many photographs with clean backrounds, and I was wondering how I can achieve the same effect.
Thanks!
I use a Nikon D40 with a 18-55 & 55-200mm VR

For a film photography project, I need to look at a famous still life (photograph, not a drawing) and copy it (this is so that we can get used to the lighting). But I am having problems finding still lifes! Can anyone direct me to some?

My mom has an extensive tea cup and saucer collection, many of which were painted by family members. I would like to take some pictures to document them.
I have a digital camera (Nikon Coolpix) and a tripod. I also have a table I can use, what sort of material would be good to sit the tea cups and saucers on? A dark fabric? Some sort of paper?
The tea cups come in a wide range of colors, but I was thinking a dark background would work best. I was thinking a piece of fabric as the background that drapes over the table and the tea cups on it? Would this be a logical choice?
I would like to not use my flash if possible, because of the glare. I took a couple of test shots and a number of them came out with a flash white spot (I am sure it has a proper name) on them. Is there a cheap lighting source that would fix this problem?
Thank you very much.

Maybe just one or two evenings a week,for sculpture or photographs, just for the experience…and beer money!
Scots Sue