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Post by stardiamond on Aug 13, 2019 12:10:21 GMT -5
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Post by fernwood on Aug 13, 2019 13:34:12 GMT -5
Cool.
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Post by stardiamond on Aug 13, 2019 16:06:35 GMT -5
I tried a picture in sunlight with the cab in my hand.  |
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Post by miket on Aug 13, 2019 16:22:57 GMT -5
That pic is way better.
Beautiful stone and cab!
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Post by stardiamond on Aug 13, 2019 16:37:47 GMT -5
I take most pictures indoors with natural light through windows. Depending on the clouds outside and time of day I get varying results. I also have issues with keeping my hand steady holding the cab on a dop. The last 5 cabs I listed on Etsy had a picture with the cab in my hand, but the best pictures were on the dop. I'll keep playing with different lighting set ups. A picture needs to be attractive and accurate. I started out taking pictures using a cab stand because I was steadier, but those pictures made the dome look higher than it was. I take pictures for a cab on a dop, on a stand and on a wooden box. I moved the location of the box and the focus is better. I keep learning.  |
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Post by julieooly on Aug 14, 2019 10:07:29 GMT -5
Wow those are great. I also use natural light and have a big kitchen window that is super sunny for about two hours a day and the light shifts around the area so I have to keep adjusting for that. I just left you a tip in another post about changing your background to a solid light color (vs the wood table), and to maybe get a stiff solid colored piece of fabric, cut a hole in it, stick the dop stick through it and cover your hand with the fabric. This way you can still hold the cabs on the dop sticks but the picture won't have your hand in it.
Lots of sellers use artificial lighting and have AMAZING photography, you just have to be super careful with it to make sure you don't misrepresent the actual colors in the cabs. I played around with different light sources then realized if I'm gonna call the shop Sunshine's then I better use the sun!!
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Post by stardiamond on Aug 14, 2019 13:53:49 GMT -5
My lighting is likely very similar to yours and depending on color the time that I can take pictures is limited. I prefer to take pictures on a dop; best color and dome representation. Photographing a white cab on a dop is almost impossible for me. Cabs on the stand photos have bad color representation and make the dome look higher. On the dop, I have trouble holding the cab square and my hand steady.
Photoshop can only do so much. I compare the cab to the picture on my screen to the cab. Accuracy and attractiveness is very important.
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Post by julieooly on Aug 14, 2019 15:37:55 GMT -5
Everybody's screens make the cabs look different, I can view the same item on my laptop, cell phone and tablet and they all look slightly different. Also natural sunlight in my house is very orange-red in the evenings so I always stick to the same time of day, at the same window.
I use a series of pictures that shows the cab straight on, right side up and up side down, and a few angles to show the sides and domes. It ends up being a lot of work but in the end a customer should see the cab from every angle. I'm also taking some new shots of the cabs with other items for color and size reference like rulers and copper/silver wire.
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Post by stardiamond on Aug 15, 2019 12:33:07 GMT -5
Last one from the slab.  |
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Post by Pat on Aug 15, 2019 12:39:38 GMT -5
Good collection!
I think if you put an ironed piece of white fabric in front of your lens, it will cut the glare spots. The fabric is what windbreakers are made of. I think it is a nylon. Must be stretched tight.
Thanks!
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Post by stardiamond on Aug 15, 2019 14:12:15 GMT -5
It's nice to know all the tricks. My camera will take screw on filters, but I haven't bought any for it. I might try a circular polarizer. So much I need to learn about photographing cabs.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2019 14:27:10 GMT -5
I might try a circular polarizer. Polarizing filters can cut down on glare, but in my experience, they also flatten out some of the sparkle and (especially in optical phenomena stones such as sheen obsidian, opal, etc.) some of the other light return. Personally, I just got tired of using them - taking them on and off - and except for a UV filter occasionally when shooting outside I just leave them off. Even the UV filter makes it harder for my camera to capture things like fire agate and fire obsidian flashes. You may find they help you, and am only noting my own experience. |
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