It's All About The Blade!!!
Sep 26, 2017 20:59:21 #
In 2013(I think) I had just gotten my new Canon 5Dmkll and was anxious to start doing stuff with ALL those mp's!!! LoL
Anyway, after talking to a local business owner that had a cutlery store we put together an ad, he was known to sell cutlery but also had hunting knives and pocket knives as well as some wood carving stuff etc.
So I was hired to produce an image that would portray a somewhat traditional use of knives, he didn't know what.
So I came up with this one portraying a pocket knife and what seems to be traditional whittling is what came out of it and he loved it!
It was a fun and challenging shot!!!
I believe the Exif is intact
Anyway, after talking to a local business owner that had a cutlery store we put together an ad, he was known to sell cutlery but also had hunting knives and pocket knives as well as some wood carving stuff etc.
So I was hired to produce an image that would portray a somewhat traditional use of knives, he didn't know what.
So I came up with this one portraying a pocket knife and what seems to be traditional whittling is what came out of it and he loved it!
It was a fun and challenging shot!!!
I believe the Exif is intact
Sep 26, 2017 21:09:50 #
Many years ago I had a Schrade. It got lost when the whole tackle box went to the bottom of a deep Boundary Waters lake.
Sep 26, 2017 21:56:41 #
John_F wrote:
Many years ago I had a Schrade. It got lost when the whole tackle box went to the bottom of a deep Boundary Waters lake.
LoL, so John, did you get skunked that day......, or why did you throw your tackle box overboard?!?!
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Sep 27, 2017 12:07:54 #
I had hooked an unseen lunker and as things would have it the canoe overturned. All the loose stuff got lost, the lunch mostly floated but soaked. Managed to save the rod and reel. Earlier I had attended overturn & recovery training put on by one of our canoe clubs - it recommended tie ties for stuff and of course I neglected doing that. Whoadda thunk a mere fish could tip a canoe over.
Sep 27, 2017 18:06:27 #
Sep 29, 2017 11:40:32 #
Sharp Shooter.
When you are shooting highly polished metallic subjects, you are actually photographing mirror images of the light source itself. If you can provide a soft even light, bounced form a large white flat surface and light the blade of the knife with no glare or dark spots, you are off to a good start. Then you slightly angle the blade to being out more definition in the cutting edge. If you need some dark field to bring out the shape, you can hang some dark paper strips or black ribbon to reflect in the blade. If you want to brig up the lettering, etching, moldings or engravings in the blade or any similar object, dust it with black graphite powder which will become imbibed in the letters and then gently dust off and polish the surface- the graphite will remain until it is washed off. The graphite is available in small containers- it's used to lubricate locks and other mechanisms where oils are not suitable.
I am going to write up a tutorial in LIGHT AND DARK FIELD methods for shooting highly reflective objects. Stay tuned.
Y'all out there- messin' with knives, glass and razor blades- don't be cutting yourselves!
When you are shooting highly polished metallic subjects, you are actually photographing mirror images of the light source itself. If you can provide a soft even light, bounced form a large white flat surface and light the blade of the knife with no glare or dark spots, you are off to a good start. Then you slightly angle the blade to being out more definition in the cutting edge. If you need some dark field to bring out the shape, you can hang some dark paper strips or black ribbon to reflect in the blade. If you want to brig up the lettering, etching, moldings or engravings in the blade or any similar object, dust it with black graphite powder which will become imbibed in the letters and then gently dust off and polish the surface- the graphite will remain until it is washed off. The graphite is available in small containers- it's used to lubricate locks and other mechanisms where oils are not suitable.
I am going to write up a tutorial in LIGHT AND DARK FIELD methods for shooting highly reflective objects. Stay tuned.
Y'all out there- messin' with knives, glass and razor blades- don't be cutting yourselves!
Oct 7, 2017 01:44:56 #
E.L.. Shapiro wrote:
Sharp Shooter. br br When you are shooting highly... (show quote)
Ed thanks for the great critique and the pointers. Using the graphite and black paper to bring out the edge are new to me. Great ideas.
Product as you well know is the most highly technical of all genres.
Looking forward to your Light and Dark methods.
I'm gonna post a dark product shot!
Thanks Ed
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