PHOTO TIPS - Photographing Busse Knives

[Lexi]

Thank you for putting that together for us. I have learned first hand how great an overcast day is for photographing first hand. :thumbup:

 

[worldwood]

Thanks for this I need it LMAO

 

[Rat Finkenstein]

to lighten up too shadowy of areas, you can make a reflector with a bit of cardboard and some aluminum foil.
You could always make a light box, and then it is hard to take bad pictures. (or at least your color will be good)
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...home-studio-tent-lightbox?highlight=light+box

 

[RobStanley]

to lighten up too shadowy of areas, you can make a reflector with a bit of cardboard and some aluminum foil.
You could always make a light box, and then it is hard to take bad pictures. (or at least your color will be good)
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...home-studio-tent-lightbox?highlight=light+box

Very cool! I think I may have to make one of them!

 

[lozdesign7]

Thanks Robbo!

 

[LEOGREG]

Rob or Rat, give it to me straight guys. I just bought my first digital camera a Nikon Coolpix S9500 and I'm flummoxed by its complexity already but I can learn. If I rig up a light box can I get the kind of detail that Rat is showing using that camera or do I have to bite the bullet and trade it in for an SLR? The Coolpix doesn't seem that much better than my IPad.
Is it just my incompetence?
Problem is I'd really hate to have to lug around an SLR but I'm getting bored that even my best pics with the iPad look like they were done using oil paints.
Thanks ,Greg

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[Andy the Aussie]

Rob, Lightboxes/tents are sooooo cheap off e-bay now I can't justify the time to make one....

 

[VANCE]

rob..sometimes you need the flash for the macro shots...

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[RobStanley]

Rob, Lightboxes/tents are sooooo cheap off e-bay now I can't justify the time to make one....

I think I'll just stick to shadows and diffused light.

 

[RobStanley]

rob..sometimes you need the flash for the macro shots...

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Here's a macro without flash. Notice the light is much more even...

 

[RobStanley]

Rob or Rat, give it to me straight guys. I just bought my first digital camera a Nikon Coolpix S9500 and I'm flummoxed by its complexity already but I can learn. If I rig up a light box can I get the kind of detail that Rat is showing using that camera or do I have to bite the bullet and trade it in for an SLR? The Coolpix doesn't seem that much better than my IPad.
Is it just my incompetence?
Problem is I'd really hate to have to lug around an SLR but I'm getting bored that even my best pics with the iPad look like they were done using oil paints.
Thanks ,Greg

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Hi mate! Put your camera on full auto and turn the flash off. The pic you show looks like it's been taken indoors with multiple light sources. Try taking a shot outside under the shade of a tree. No direct sunlight. If it's a cloudy day, even better.

 

[LEOGREG]

Thanks Rob, I'll give it a shot.

 

[Rat Finkenstein]

Don't forget to turn on the macro setting for closer than like 3 feet, it's the little flower button.

 

[LEOGREG]

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The little flower button!? I can take very satisfying pics of flowers with my iPad. It's knives I'm having trouble with and Rat, your avatar does not inspire confidence but I'll try it anyway.
Thanks,
Greg

 

[Rat Finkenstein]

I don't know if an ipad has the flower button or has macro capabilities. Any inexpensive point and shoot camera has it.