I'm trying to take better pictures. I'm using my iPhone. I know it's nit the best camera, but if you have any suggestions, please comment.

That's good enough for me.

Wow!!!!!!!

See those vertical shadows? when looking through the camera you can actually see the waves of light moving. I'd like to eliminate those, if I can. I'm just not sure how. I'm not a camera buff, just a point and click if you know what I mean.

I used paper towels for the inside and dryer sheets for the light diffusion. I bought some tissue paper, but wife packed it up with the Christmas stuff.

ok, I turned on a setting called HDR. Not sure what that is, but the verticle shadows seem to be gone now.

HDR

HDR (High Dynamic Range) helps you get great shots, even in high-contrast situations. The best parts of three quick shots, taken at different exposures (long, normal, and short), are blended together into a single photo

I keep mine on auto

Yes as long as your close enough and have a clear shot and HD is on, you should get a good picture! I do love my camera though with the MACRO setting so you can really get very close and still get a clear pic!

These are fine though unless you want to enter them in some picture compition they don't need be better than what you have!

skip

I'm workin on a box similar to that & I've been told that once you get the lighting right (top & side), holding the camera still is vital. Having said that, I agree with Skip, your pictures are perfectly fine. As good as I've seen on here, well, except for Skip's. LOL!

Also guys if you use a camera other than phone, get one with Macro setting and also get at least one tripod. I have 2, one os tall from floor type and one is very short like putting on a table to shoot close up like that!