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Comment by Jan Carter on November 3, 2012 at 19:09

I am pretty cheap also JJ and did not have much luck using the light box that is set up at GEC last trip there either.  I think I will try the tissue idea

I am planning on watching for a lightbox to be onsale come cyber monday though

Comment by J.J. Smith III on November 1, 2012 at 23:45

Jan,

I'm too cheap for a light tent, so I almost always go outdoors and shoot in subdued light.  If I absolutely need to use flash, and want to avoid excessive flare, I cover the flash with a layer of tissue to act as a diffuser.

(Though the light tent set-up that KK uses is the BEST solution, and offers the best pics.)

Comment by KK Low on November 1, 2012 at 23:02

Dear all

as i explore this unique area of photography, here are some tips to share and some setup photos:

i use a light tent, the flexibible foldng type,and a couple of powerful photographic  tornado lights that put out 155W of consistent colour temperature of 5500K .

i prefer continuous light shooting, as i find it difficult to use strobing (flash) as i cannot predict the direction of reflection.

for the light tent, i found that i need to cover the front opening and just poke the lens into the hole of the front cloth, to prevent unwanted reflections of the image of my face onto the shiny blade.

Comment by Ron Cooper on November 1, 2012 at 17:31

Hey, gang!

This looks like a good place to learn how to take some decent pics of my knives. Just thought I'd say howdy. So, here it is...HOWDY!

Comment by Jan Carter on November 1, 2012 at 16:30

Guys I still have an issue with glare and flash back.  If I am doing an outdoor shot I just turn off the flash but I know some of you folks use Lamps to light your indoor pics.  Any suggestions?

Comment by J.J. Smith III on November 1, 2012 at 15:15

Trouble is is that now you're our the cost of a new card reader.

Comment by J.J. Smith III on November 1, 2012 at 12:15

Steve,  make sure the locking tab is not locked.

Had a problem reading mineonce and this was it.

Comment by Alexander Noot on April 18, 2012 at 2:29

A friend of mine will be with me at my table at a knifeshow this weekend. He was thinking of getting into knifephotography as a service to knifemakers (for a small charge).

He recently cobbled this picture together. Do you guys have any comments/tips for him?

Comment by Rusty R Halsey on January 14, 2012 at 12:20

I discovered how to use exposure lock and focus lock this morning.  Then, with those set, I used a colored led flashlight on the background.  I secured a piece of shower curtain over the flashlight with a rubberband to make a soft (diffused) light source!

Comment by Billy Oneale on January 8, 2012 at 21:46

It did make some interesting effects. I was going to take some pics today, but I ended up watching Denver win today instead of knife pictures.

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