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I have come a long way from grainy blurry pictures from the for sale forum..I am rather enjoying photographing my blades as part of the "welcoming ritual into the collection...take a look.."
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Some more knife photography from Ren...I think I am improving..
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Nice shots, love the the Nealy Ren, what's it called?
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I commend you on your improvements and your eye. You are starting to 'see' the knives and the lighting--and your compositions show that.
No apologies any longer. Those are great shots! :thumbup:
Coop
No apologies any longer. Those are great shots! :thumbup:
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Ren, you heard it from the man himself, I have a long way to go before I can even step in the same room with you guys, (and I've always considered my self to be a decent photographer).
You got a skill to be proud of.:thumbup:
Ren, you heard it from the man himself, I have a long way to go before I can even step in the same room with you guys, (and I've always considered my self to be a decent photographer).
You got a skill to be proud of.:thumbup:
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Ren, I would say that your led with your best, most of the rest are okay. Then we get to Photo #4 where you cut off the tip of the knife, and a couple of others where you cut off the handle for no apparent reason. I don't know how bad your pics were before this, but I'm glad you feel you're improving.
My suggestion would be to watch your cropping.
My suggestion would be to watch your cropping.
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The Knife tip cut off shot and the handle cut off shot were because I was actually photographing the Lanyard for a friend who tied them.. so the knife was not the object of the photo..but I do like the pic though..
my favorite is the Krien with the Veggies..
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If the object was the lanyard, you did a lot better on Photo #5 with the orange lanyard. Even that one could have been cropped better, it might work as a vertical.
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You've got some good shots there. Some shots still had some fuzziness (gotta get those marco or a portrait lens) but the composition is pretty good.
Your next step is going to have to be a good photography setup with some filler lights. You're going to hate this but the better you get the more fault you find with your own work . . .
Your next step is going to have to be a good photography setup with some filler lights. You're going to hate this but the better you get the more fault you find with your own work . . .
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(Note to self: Gottagetananso!)
That orange lanyard with the skulls is something else! You might need a CCW just for the lanyard!
That orange lanyard with the skulls is something else! You might need a CCW just for the lanyard!
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I don't have any basis for comparison, but I think you are doing quite well.
Photography can also get to be an expensive hobby, so for now I wouldn't get too wrapped up in the equipment end of it. Probably one of the most important things you can get is a solid tripod that gives you flexibility in positioning for table top work. The tripod will give you the ability to use slower shutter speed, smaller aperture exposures that will give you more depth of field. It will also make it more convenient to experiment with lighting. For shots outside its amazing what a couple of pieces of foam core can do. Indoors the digital camera has made lighting so much less expensive than when I started out. A couple of matching fluorescent bulbs (at least the 100 watt equivalents) in a couple of those Home Depot clip on reflector lights work amazingly well. As long as you have lights that have the same color temperature, most digital cameras will let you calibrate the white balance quite well. A diffuser panel of some sort will also be helpful. the smooth diffusers from a dropped ceiling work alright, but suck up a lot of light, so a roll of the real stuff from a photo supply might be better. In any case, once you have the composition you want, and the camera in a fixed position, you can tweak the lighting and really see the difference it makes. Of course having said that, you don't want to stop experimenting with camera position.
Keep up the good work!
Photography can also get to be an expensive hobby, so for now I wouldn't get too wrapped up in the equipment end of it. Probably one of the most important things you can get is a solid tripod that gives you flexibility in positioning for table top work. The tripod will give you the ability to use slower shutter speed, smaller aperture exposures that will give you more depth of field. It will also make it more convenient to experiment with lighting. For shots outside its amazing what a couple of pieces of foam core can do. Indoors the digital camera has made lighting so much less expensive than when I started out. A couple of matching fluorescent bulbs (at least the 100 watt equivalents) in a couple of those Home Depot clip on reflector lights work amazingly well. As long as you have lights that have the same color temperature, most digital cameras will let you calibrate the white balance quite well. A diffuser panel of some sort will also be helpful. the smooth diffusers from a dropped ceiling work alright, but suck up a lot of light, so a roll of the real stuff from a photo supply might be better. In any case, once you have the composition you want, and the camera in a fixed position, you can tweak the lighting and really see the difference it makes. Of course having said that, you don't want to stop experimenting with camera position.
Keep up the good work!