Are my pictures any good?

[JCaswell]

Try adjusting your aperture to a higher "F-stop" -- pretty much the higher the better-- something like F22. (Even if your digital doesn't express it that way, there's still probably an manual aperture override.)

This will make it so that the whole knife is in focus, not just the center or one end or the other. This is particularly important when doing those perspective shots.

You'll probably need a tripod or other really steady support doing this or you'll get motion blur.

Notice how pretty much everything is in focus in these shots (They were all shot freehand with a rest, but a tripod would have been better) ....




Good luck!:thumbup:

 

[JTknives]

well after playing around this is what i have come up with. i submited these for the calander.

i absalutley am in love with the first picture

 

[Will52100]

Cool knives, and great pics, I realy like the bowie made from the file.

 

[pso]

Cool knives! I especially like the kukri-like one.

It is cool to see your pictures are steadily improving through just this one thread. If you want to know more about F-stop and the other stuff JCaswell is talking about, get the book "Understanding Exposure" by Bryan Peterson. A co-worker recommended it to me as being one of the best written books for a beginner. I found a used copy and will start working through it over Christmas.

Phil

 

[Allen Newberry]

Your pictures have improved. So shall your web site.

Allen

 

[Troop]

well after playing around this is what i have come up with. i submited these for the calander.

i absalutley am in love with the first picture

Ref. the first picture....you know what it is that makes it great, right? It's the "magic antler". I'm not kidding; I don't know what it is, but if you get a good antler, it shows up your knives great. :thumbup:
- Mitch

 

[JTknives]

well then i must hold on to my magic antler. and to think it onley cost me 5 bucks. let me ask every one somthing, what do you think that other thing is i used in that picture. not the pine branch, lets see how good you are

 

[Allen Newberry]

water buffalo horn

Allen

 

[koyote]

nice photos, really nice.
:thumbup:
and that exchange knife....:thumbup::thumbup:

 

[Keith Montgomery]

Your images look good although the focus is sometimes a little off. The lighting is very good.

 

[JTknives]

Your images look good although the focus is sometimes a little off. The lighting is very good.

ya im having problems with it. my camera onley goes to f8. its a sony dsc-n1 8.1mp . if any one has info on its settings that would be sweet.

 

[Luke Sheridan]

well then i must hold on to my magic antler. and to think it onley cost me 5 bucks. let me ask every one somthing, what do you think that other thing is i used in that picture. not the pine branch, lets see how good you are

I was gonna say your backgrounds could use a little work, but I don't have anything to say about your latest pictures compositions!

For lighting, it seems like you got the lights all under control, but you might try adding a single focused light inside the tent, like a little flashlight or something to get a few highlights on the metal so it isn't totally flat.

My guess is some kinda ram's horn.

 

[JTknives]

water buffalo

 

[JTknives]

Your pictures have improved. So shall your web site.

Allen

yep. i updated it tonight. check it out and let me know what you think

 

[Leu Custom]

Excellent Photos and very nice work!

 

[stefanj]

I am guessing you are using a tripod? Should be! You can adjust the exposure if so and allow the camera to take in more light. Also set the picture to dynamic which should allow you to maintian the entire area in focus and not just a specific area!
I have to go eat dinner!

 

[stefanj]

Maybe just a little more direct light, but then if you mess with the exposure/apurature it should be ok. Ever try a macro lense? These are just ideas, experimentation is the best way. The displays are very nice, but my personal preference is to be able to see the grain of the blade if there is any but then multiple pictures of a blade at different angles would fix this.
This is like most things in the eye of the beholder.

 

[JTknives]

ok i just got a new camera, my wife likes my other one so much i was afrade she was going to steel it. I got a canon power shot A640 for 170 bucks looks brand new. it has full manual settings and its 10MP. very sweet camera. i also got some more light. its a 100 watt 6500k florex flood light thats rated at putting out 1000 watts. i should have plunty of light now. keep an eye out for pictures

 

[JTknives]

well i must say that the camera can make a difference. now everything looks better and not fuzzy. man this camera has so many manual functions. it even has a color swap feture where you select the color you want to replace and then select the color you want it to be and it does it. ill show you after the knife pictures. i finley found my tripod and using the 1000 watt flood light seams to be just the perfect adition to my little light studio.

Man everything looks so sharp and crisp. i know i know i need backgrounds but i am trying to get the basics down then ill get fancy.

 

[JTknives]

o here is the color swaping i told you about. its cool because say you want to see what you car would look like red. you just point your camera at the cars paint and pust the left button. then you point the camera at the color you want and push the right button. and walla presto. you get this

befor

after

i used the blue from the tag. cool hu. o well just somthing fun to play with. it also has a function where you can select a color and the rest of the pictures is black and white.