Hi Folks! I want to take the opportunity to thank everyone for the comments on my photos and share with you my technique.
1. Camera - It is important to have a good camera. I'm not at all impressed with the ones on phones for a variety of reasons, poor resolution being the primary dislike.I'm an old 35mm SLR guy, but I'm really liking the digital camera available today. I use a Cannon Power Shot ELPH 100 HS. This little camera yields big results...you just have to get to know it.
2. Lighting - The light has to be right. Daylight is good, but remember to turn off the flash function. I take a lot of my photos inside with room lighting and no flash. Be mindful of the position of your light source. You can achieve different effects by manipulating your light source, such as highlighting to brig out the flake scars on a piece. You can manipulate your flash function also. Use the macro function (Flower icon on most digital cameras) for good close-ups.
3. Background - Black is good. I use a cheap, foam backed black felt case liner most of the time. Black velvet works great too. The one drawback is black background materials are dust-magnets, so take care how you store it and keep it clean. Most "black" artifacts are actually not black when viewed against this back ground, but good lighting technique is imperative. You gotta play with it.
4. Take lots of photos, or at least enough to compare with one another so you can chose that just right shot.
5. Photoshop is a life-saver for me. You can really make a photo 'pop' with this software. Photoshop functions allow you to adjust lighting, sharpness and manipulate the background (especially removing that ubiquitous dust). I've included a few examples of my photos.
Hope this helps! If you have questions, message me.
Thanks, Truett
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1. Camera - It is important to have a good camera. I'm not at all impressed with the ones on phones for a variety of reasons, poor resolution being the primary dislike.I'm an old 35mm SLR guy, but I'm really liking the digital camera available today. I use a Cannon Power Shot ELPH 100 HS. This little camera yields big results...you just have to get to know it.
2. Lighting - The light has to be right. Daylight is good, but remember to turn off the flash function. I take a lot of my photos inside with room lighting and no flash. Be mindful of the position of your light source. You can achieve different effects by manipulating your light source, such as highlighting to brig out the flake scars on a piece. You can manipulate your flash function also. Use the macro function (Flower icon on most digital cameras) for good close-ups.
3. Background - Black is good. I use a cheap, foam backed black felt case liner most of the time. Black velvet works great too. The one drawback is black background materials are dust-magnets, so take care how you store it and keep it clean. Most "black" artifacts are actually not black when viewed against this back ground, but good lighting technique is imperative. You gotta play with it.
4. Take lots of photos, or at least enough to compare with one another so you can chose that just right shot.
5. Photoshop is a life-saver for me. You can really make a photo 'pop' with this software. Photoshop functions allow you to adjust lighting, sharpness and manipulate the background (especially removing that ubiquitous dust). I've included a few examples of my photos.
Hope this helps! If you have questions, message me.
Thanks, Truett
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