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you guys make me sick with your photographic skills. i usually take 5 pics to even get one that you can tell is a knife. my work has picked up so i ca'nt take a class but soon i will find a pro i can trade my services for in exchange for a lesson. blues is particularily offensive when he denigrates his pics as being so poor.
dennis
 
I have an Olympus Camedia with a little tripod.It's only 2 megapixels.I put it on macro and use the timer with no flash. Outside and overcast like Elliot says is good. Believe me, I shoot alot of bad ones to get a good few sometimes.
 
DennisStrickland said:
you guys make me sick with your photographic skills. i usually take 5 pics to even get one that you can tell is a knife. my work has picked up so i ca'nt take a class but soon i will find a pro i can trade my services for in exchange for a lesson. blues is particularily offensive when he denigrates his pics as being so poor.
dennis
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Dennis, the key to photography is lighting! The shots I took of my Queens was taken in indirect window lighting ... that's it. You don't want direct lighting or flash because it will burn out the highlights of the blades. You may find that a tripod will help because the lower light levels will result in a slower shutter speed (most people cannot handhold slower than 1/60 shutter speed).

A lot of people will use light tents or domes, but unless you have a fairly large one, you'll be limited in the amount of stuff you can photograph at one time. If you don't mind taking photos outdoors you can use a white bed sheet or white translucent umbrella to diffuse the light. Or ... you could make a simple PVC pipe frame, drape the white bed sheet over it, put some lights around it and shoot indoors. Here's a link that shows how to make one cheap and you can modify the size to suit you needs http://www.pbase.com/wlhuber/light_box_light_tent

I've got several thousand dollars worth of lighting equipment (was a photographer for years) but rarely dig it out because it takes so much time to set up. By using some of the methods listed above I find that I can take some decent photos with minimal effort.
 
gregfl thanks for the tips , i do have an interior lightbox but notice black mamba & blues get great pics in diffused lighting outside. of course in tex. a cloudy day is a blessing, however i bookmarked your advice & will see about outside pics using the sheet. i do'nt think i have ever worked at something so hard to achive such dismal results. thanks
dennis
 
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