New Camera: New Knife Pictures

00ChevyScott

00ChevyScott

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Picked up a new camera, figured I could test it out on some of my knives.

I have zero photography skills/experience so I'm learning

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Hi Scott -

Nice pics - congrats on the new camera, and a nice collection of cutting tools!

best regards -

mqqn
 
Nice shots! Just a hint with knife pictures - they look great if you have proper lighting or sunlight. :) You're off to a great start! This one is the best:

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Nice angles man. Take em outside and throw them on some rocks and leafs. I love natural light photography :)
 
Always try for good depth of field with higher f-stop numbers. Daylight or a tripod helps. :thumbup:
 
Color balance seems off on some. Likely your white balance is set to automatic, which is why the orange Manix doesn't look the same from shot to shot. Put a white piece of paper down where you'll be taking pictures and manually set your white balance. Doing this should keep the colors consistent. Of course, you can always tweak things with your photo editing program after the fact, but there's less tweaking to do if you get it right before hand.
 
Thanks for the comments and suggestions guys. The camera is a Sony WX9, not bad for a compact point and shoot for under $200 huh. All those pictures were taken using the auto settings. I'll try to get some more pictures soon but I'm working 10 hours today.
 
not too bad at all for a first time user. im guessing a lighting issue, probubly not the cameras fault, have any flourescent lights near where these were taken? might want to check your 40 cal for a sticky firing pin as well. lol
 
Yes I was using a flourescent light over my desk. Is that a bad source of light for pictures? It was at night so no natural light was available.
 
00ChevyScott said:
Yes I was using a flourescent light over my desk. Is that a bad source of light for pictures? It was at night so no natural light was available.
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Flourescent lights can be bad for picture taking, but most modern cameras have settings to adjust colors correctly. The best light you have for taking pictures is natural, indirect, daylight. There are CF lightbulbs that offer artificial daylight type of light, those are what I ue for some of my pictures. So far, so good.
 
RevDevil said:
Flourescent lights can be bad for picture taking, but most modern cameras have settings to adjust colors correctly. The best light you have for taking pictures is natural, indirect, daylight. There are CF lightbulbs that offer artificial daylight type of light, those are what I ue for some of my pictures. So far, so good.
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That or use a flash indoors.
 
Would it also help to take pictures on something like white paper? Or would it be better to use a darker non-reflective surface?
 
The surface color and darkness is OK to me, but it'd be better to find something a flat (not shiny) sheen.

I recently spent about an hour at Hobby Lobby looking for interesting backgrounds. Rubber mats, decorative "scrapbook" papers, cardstock...
Natural items look good too. A rusty piece of steel, boards, rocks.
Household items can work fine but stay clear of bedspreads, sofa fabric, towels...

Back when I primarily used a scanner, I simply laid a shirt over the knife. For example:
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Those pictures seem very good to me. I do like them with the white paper background a lot, it gives more contrast to the knife, IMO.
 
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