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As of todays date I am the proud owner of 23 JK knives (one more will be added sometime next week).
Between shooting a couple of graduation (pictures) jobs and finishing up the gig for the restaurant, I decided that I should make a halfway serious attempt at photographing some of my knives. Ive posted pictures (of my knives) previously, but all of those shots were little more than quick snapshots taken at the spur of the moment. I figured this effort would be fun and hopefully educational (for me) and that some of you JK fans would enjoy looking at the pictures.
Mostly I was hoping to learn from the experience; see what works, what doesnt work, and how I can tweak the process to make my shots better with less effort.
For those interested in the equipment (etc.) used
I used my Pentax K20d camera: its my oldest digital camera and it doesnt see as much use anymore since my newer cameras are far superior in lower light situations. Still, the K20d is a fantastic camera and I certainly cannot blame my mistakes on the equipment.
I used the 100mm macro lens on the K20d. I dont have much practice with this lens, as I bought it for macro bug shots and just dont get around to shooting bugs all that much.
I also used a tripod this time, since I knew that Id be experimenting with different apertures and shutter speeds.
I did not use flash or artificial lighting of any sort, nor did I use any reflectors or diffusers. In fact I shot early in the afternoon when the lighting was really too harsh for my personal tastes.
Everything was shot in raw, so some processing was mandatory, but I kept the post processing to a minimum in most of the photographs. Most of the processing consisted of tweaking levels, curves and doing some sharpening. In some cases I also adjusted the exposure (among the many benefits of shooting in raw).
I did shoot at the edge of the woods surrounding my yard so the light was diffused somewhat by the leaves, but that causes its own set of problems since the light isnt diffused at the same rate (across the subject).
Overall I am fairly pleased with the effort: I did learn quite a bit about shooting difficult subjects (like knives) in difficult lighting. Hopefully I can do better the next time I set out to shoot pictures of my knives. I think some of the shots turned out quite well and others . Well not so much. But Ill let you guys decide which pictures are a hit and which pictures are a miss.
As always, your thoughts and comments are deeply appreciated.
Between shooting a couple of graduation (pictures) jobs and finishing up the gig for the restaurant, I decided that I should make a halfway serious attempt at photographing some of my knives. Ive posted pictures (of my knives) previously, but all of those shots were little more than quick snapshots taken at the spur of the moment. I figured this effort would be fun and hopefully educational (for me) and that some of you JK fans would enjoy looking at the pictures.
Mostly I was hoping to learn from the experience; see what works, what doesnt work, and how I can tweak the process to make my shots better with less effort.
For those interested in the equipment (etc.) used
I used my Pentax K20d camera: its my oldest digital camera and it doesnt see as much use anymore since my newer cameras are far superior in lower light situations. Still, the K20d is a fantastic camera and I certainly cannot blame my mistakes on the equipment.
I used the 100mm macro lens on the K20d. I dont have much practice with this lens, as I bought it for macro bug shots and just dont get around to shooting bugs all that much.
I also used a tripod this time, since I knew that Id be experimenting with different apertures and shutter speeds.
I did not use flash or artificial lighting of any sort, nor did I use any reflectors or diffusers. In fact I shot early in the afternoon when the lighting was really too harsh for my personal tastes.
Everything was shot in raw, so some processing was mandatory, but I kept the post processing to a minimum in most of the photographs. Most of the processing consisted of tweaking levels, curves and doing some sharpening. In some cases I also adjusted the exposure (among the many benefits of shooting in raw).
I did shoot at the edge of the woods surrounding my yard so the light was diffused somewhat by the leaves, but that causes its own set of problems since the light isnt diffused at the same rate (across the subject).
Overall I am fairly pleased with the effort: I did learn quite a bit about shooting difficult subjects (like knives) in difficult lighting. Hopefully I can do better the next time I set out to shoot pictures of my knives. I think some of the shots turned out quite well and others . Well not so much. But Ill let you guys decide which pictures are a hit and which pictures are a miss.
As always, your thoughts and comments are deeply appreciated.
, I am obviously up to late, decent, daylight loving people, will get to see them first most likely. Can't wait though
