Practice gun/knife pic

[Richard]

Trying my hand at a combo pic...needs work I suppose, but fun learning.

 

[Keith Montgomery]

I am not great at photography, but there are a few things that I will recommend none the less. You need a better background and the positioning of the two pieces needs some adjustment to make it more eye catching. You also need to work on the lighting a bit as the shadow takes away detail from the gun.

I hope you take these critiques in the manner they were intended. I in no way want to insult you. It is just that I have seen your photographs in the past and know that you can do much better. With practice I am sure you will.

 

[Richard]

Keith, Im not insulted, thats the kind of honest advise I am looking for. I had a terrible time with lighting for some reason. I took about 20 shots, and unfortunately that was the best of the bunch.

I just scrounged up a few old issues of American Handgunner to study Ichiro Nagatas pics to try and learn from, and going to play with lighting set ups.

 

[Richard]

Well, that first one went over real well

Ok, here is another. I concentrated on basic lighting and figured I will work on composition after I get the basics.

 

[Keith Montgomery]

This one is much better. The background makes the knives stand out and the picture is much more interesting from a positional point of view. You catch on quickly.

 

[fracmeister]

I don't know about the second one.... he made the knife look SO much different!