Knife Photography. Thanks SharpbyCoop!!

[just-a-hunter]

Is a pain in the butt!!!

I have always tried to take good photos of my knives but a friend recently sent me pictures he took of one of my knives and when comparing it to my photos, it was a slap in the face at how bad I suck at taking pictures of them.

My photo...

Compared to his...

After seeing some of your great professional photos, I have developed a strong desire to learn how to step it up a bit. I'm finding its an art in its own right and I have learned to greatly appreciate guys like Royer and SharpbyCoop and want to thank them for their willingness to help so often.

It was SharpbyCoop that went out of his way and made an awesome thread on how to make a photo booth for photographing your knives.

Well I made one and learned that it takes just as much effort to learn how to professionally shoot a knife as it does to build one. And then there's that BASTAGE child "Photoshop" and the frustrations there.

Just like with my knives, I am not even close to the same league as the real pros with photographs but I hope to learn. Experience is the best teacher.

Here are the two un-edited pictures I used to create the Photoshop image.

And then the Photoshop image..

Everything is a bit yellow still.. I have so much to learn about my camera and Photoshop as well as broadening my craft but man what a fun journey.

I know its been covered here very well but if you have any photographing discussion/tips you would like to share, I am all ears!

Todd

 

[Ebbtide]

Try the photography sub forum. Lots of tips, tricks, how to's and help there.
For your yellowed photos, look up white balance and how to set it on your camera.
In photoshop you can use "Levels" to fix it.
Command + L to get the window.
Command + shift + L to do "auto levels"

 

[Jonathan Best]

Looks great!