If my camera is able to actually record video, I'm not aware of how to get it to do so. It's a Canon Digital Rebel SLR (6.3MP) ... in case anyone has that same camera and knows how to do that, I'd be very appreciative of any advice
That might not be a bad investment, to get some sort of additional camera that could take videos. Though I'd constantly find myself wanting videos over 1706x1280 resolution. I have yet to find anything that takes over 640x480, which in essence, limits you to textures only 512x256 at the largest
**edit**
okay, last update for a bit today... Lighting. I noticed I wasn't getting anywhere near the realistic lighting that I wanted when I first set out to light my scene using a lighting rig, if you will... but the epitomy of ugly lighting happened when I merged my character model into a scene a few weeks ago, and the lighting was awful. She looked like she was glowing. Then it struck me.. my lighting awfulness was due to the fact I used a styrofoam ball, and its translucency and stuff was killing my scenes.
So.. I've gone and shot a painted wood ball, and here's the comparison of lighting setups:
