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09 November 2015, 17:38
poprivit
Taking gun photos
Wink (and other professionals), how 'bout a few words on how to photograph guns? Things like focus, light burn, shooting black guns against a white background, indirect lighting, composition, cluttered background, etc.
Mayhaps a quick course in how to build a cheap light box would aid and assist.
Bracketing and depth of field might be a little too deep, but I see way too many photos shot with an autofocus camera that are out of focus, and have severe burn.
09 November 2015, 20:14
Wink
It's all about the light, not the camera. But you do have to have a camera that lets you control all the parameters of a photograph: manual exposure controls, manual focusing and off-camera lighting. I have never taken the time to create a tutorial, but this one about photographing knives has good tips.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1Mkki1L3V4

Maybe someday when I've got the time I could put something together, but it probably wouldn't be any better than what you can see on a bunch of different youtubes on product photography.


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