Who here does the wonderful pistol photos?

[Von Hoth]

I'm trying to find the thread where a member here explains how he does the excellent pistol photos on a lighted white table top.

I tried to search the forum but with no luck. The gentleman is from New England somwhere. (don't ask me why I can remember seeing that under his name but not his name, my memory is weird like that... selective photographic but sometimes sucky memory. LOL)

if you could just link the thread where you explained how to photo them like that so you don't have to explain it all over again, that would be fantastic.

[Ronnie Fry]

It's BostonMark!!

Here's a link to his last thread--- He does a Hell'uv a job!!

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=215611

[Jokka]

Here's one of my pics



I use a different method....

[Ronnie Fry]

Midnight Sun??

Well, Jokka, whats YOUR secret??
Is it the low angle of the midnight sun in Norway??
Help us out here with your methods.

Ronnie

[leondes]

When I take pictures of small items for my web site, I have a piece of tempered glass that I glued feet to. It elevates the glass about 2". Under the glass I have a piece of white cloth that has a slightly rough texture. Having the item on the glass eliminates shadows and makes the item appear suspended.

For lighting, outside in the shade works pretty well. If I do that, I do it in the late afternoon as the sun is going down and in the shade of the house. For indoors, I have 4 halogen light pods and 4 photographic umbrellas that I use to filter the light. The 4 are placed at the 4 corners of my table. That helps cut down on glare but taking close up pictures of highly polished guns is still a major challenge. I take the pictures at a slight angle so I don't see the reflection of the camera in the gun's finish.

I use very bright light because I hand hold my camera. The bright light allows for a very fast shutter speed so the picture will not be blurred. I move around a lot to get pictures of all the markings. If you are just wanting pictures of the gun and no particular detail, you can place the camera on a tripod and set the timer so you take the pictures with a slow shutter speed. That will give you enough light for a good picture and the picture will not be blurred.

Hope this info helps some. I know Mark uses some very expensive lighting for his setup but I did mine on a budget by using work lights and stands from Home Depot. I ordered the umbrellas from a company I found on the Internet.

Here is a link to one of my web pages. I took these pictures about a year ago:

http://lmd-militaria.com/page343.html

Regards, Leon