I have a question relating to photographing coins. I have both gold and silver plated coins that are raised and shiny. I would like to get some comments from the forum at large on what worked best for you to get a clean and professional looking pictures. I am open to all suggests and comments...thanks.
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Use of a lighting tent is essential with very reflective objects. They diffuse the light and leave a nice even cast to the objects. Your local photostore should have various ones, or do a google search, amd you may be able to fabricate your own. -
I agree with this in 100%. Also, for silver coins it is nice to have black background.Originally posted by Mr.Jerry D
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Jerry and Robert - Thank you very much for replying to my thread with very good comments. I am posting three pictures two of which are of the photo studio lamps I am using with a screen over them (I use two studio lamps when photo shooting).
The third photo is of one of the coins on what it looks like after the photo shoot. And I am using a blue background on the coins.
So my follow up question is this. Do I still need a lighting tent? Tell me what you think...
Somebody, after all, had to make a start. What we wrote and said is also believed by many others. They just don't dare express themselves as we did. Quote - Sophie Scholl - White Rose resistance groupComment
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Picture 2.Somebody, after all, had to make a start. What we wrote and said is also believed by many others. They just don't dare express themselves as we did. Quote - Sophie Scholl - White Rose resistance groupComment
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Final picture.Somebody, after all, had to make a start. What we wrote and said is also believed by many others. They just don't dare express themselves as we did. Quote - Sophie Scholl - White Rose resistance groupComment
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Highly Reflective surfaces are the hardest to photograph. I would still try a light tent, that way you would loose that area around his head where the edge of the studio light can be seen (nice lights BTW) I would also try from a more oblique angle to help capture the relief of the image that gets lost in the straight on version. Lighting is more of an art than a science.
I also use red behind gold objects, blue behind silver. Not a big deal though either way, just a personal preference.Comment
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IMO the background plays very critical part in taking pictures process because of the light absorbency. For very bright objects (or coins) even in the light tent I’m very often using black background because it helps to fight back any unwanted light reflections (which may affect your object if you will start experimenting with different angles). Bottom line is, as Jerry said, I would still go for light tent…
Good luck!
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Jerry and Robert - Thanks for the follow up posts and comments. I am going to research about a tent and also some other ways to photograph the coins. Thanks and very much appreicate your comments.
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