Why do people insist on photographing knives with all the blades partially open?

T. Erdelyi

T. Erdelyi

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Why do people insist on photographing knives with all the blades partially open?

So many older knives have no snap/walk and talk left because people will open all the blades at the same time.

Don't you realize that that is knife abuse, yea I know it makes for a cool pic but it's not good for the back spring, you wouldn't keep taking your fish out of the tank just because you like to watch them flop around would you? Well maybe some of you would. :(
 
T. Erdelyi said:
Why do people insist on photographing knives with all the blades partially open?

So many older knives have no snap/walk and talk left because people will open all the blades at the same time.

Don't you realize that that is knife abuse, yea I know it makes for a cool pic but it's not good for the back spring, you wouldn't keep taking your fish out of the tank just because you like to watch them flop around would you? Well maybe some of you would. :(
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Becuase taking one photograph is alot easier then taking one for every blade. Besides, I doubt having all the blades open for a few minutes would cause any real harm.
-Kevin
 
Morgoth412 said:
Becuase taking one photograph is alot easier then taking one for every blade. Besides, I doubt having all the blades open for a few minutes would cause any real harm.
-Kevin
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Just ranting, I picked an old Queen Congress on EBay that is in beautiful shape but the back springs were weak when I emailed the seller he said that it had been on display in a case with the blades partially open for the last 10 years. :( :mad:
 
It is my opinion that photographers and marketing people that are not really involved in the knife industry fold the knives partially in photos to show that they are "folding knives" as opposed to "fixed blade knives".

"If they knew better, they'd do better"

sal
 
T. Erdelyi said:
Why do people insist on photographing knives with all the blades partially open?(
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You mean like this?
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Do you know how hard it is to open all the tools on a knife like this?

I do it because I want/need to show all the tools that the knife has in a single photo.

Showing the knife closed or just one blade or tool open does very little for me.

But I don't leave my knife open - just long enough to take the image - so hardly abuse other than exposing myself to the hazard of opening and closing all the tools.......

I plead guilty -
so what's the sentence,
your honor? :p

--
Vincent

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...And why do photos of folders rarely show the clip-side?
 
T. Erdelyi said:
you wouldn't keep taking your fish out of the tank just because you like to watch them flop around would you? Well maybe some of you would. :(
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I once had some fish that would jump out of the tank on a farily regular basis. I am talking like a 55 gal tank with closed top, ended up needing to put some paperweights to keep them in. Feeding was a whole nother stroy... :D
 
chefboy2160 said:
Bailiff,whack his pee pee? :eek:
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BWaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahahahahahaha


Man I haven't heard that in a LONG time. Funny stuff right there.

Rock on!
 
Knives are typically long, thin things. When you open a knife straight and try to photograph it, you end up with a lot of empty space in your picture.

Consider this picture

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Where it not for the unusual background, this is what I would call a "knife mug shot." It's the classic flat picture with the knife running diagonally through the frame. It's very nice. But, you know what? I hate it. I only take those pictures because they're what some people insist a knife picture must be.

Now consider this picture

rock&roll4S.jpg


Because the knife is partially folded, I can fit the knife into a smaller frame which means more detail. More of the frame is filled with knife and less with background.

And now I will totally offend the knife-photography traditionalist:

rock&roll5S.jpg


Again, more detail. Better use of the frame.

To see more offensive pictures of this Dennis Greenbaum creation, click HERE
 
Fixed blades, I take pics with them 1/2 way in the sheath. (I like the way it looks and I crop out the rest)
 
I always bend my fixed-blades in 1/2 for a value-added photo-composition experience.

Gollnick...that is an awesome, awesome bali. You may not need my word for it, but I have to say it. Just....wow.
 
It's the perfect Gollnick bali - music and bali combined into one. It indeed has that swing.
 
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