Thanks Snakester. I appreciate the kind words.Snakester wrote:Great pic's...Especially the Stainless Revolver with the Bullet Reflections !!! Would love to see more of that. Thanks for posting .
Thanks. I got a Nikon D3200. It just came with the kit lens so now I'm looking to upgrade the lens.OakRidgeStars wrote:Looks good! What camera did you get?
I agree with you on the AR shot. I need to figure out a good backdrop for my long guns. Any advice?SpanishInquisition wrote:Nice work! Really nice depth of field work on the hand guns. The last AR shot might benefit from a backdrop of some kind. That'll help keep the viewers eye from wandering from the subject.
Were you using the internal strobe or available light and a longer exposure time? Looking at the casings I'm guessing available light.
That's some serious gun porn! Well done!
Lost my EOS in a flood... well, not exactly. I know exactly where the flooded and dead body and lens are. *sigh*
Thank you so much. I plan on getting a dark satin sheet to use. Thank you.SpanishInquisition wrote:The great thing about a backdrop is that most any fabric will work. Even a bedsheet as long as it has either no wrinkles or so many that they become more a pattern than a distraction. Think about the "Don't make phone poles grow from out of peoples heads" rule and see what you have laying around already.
Or... Walmart often has some fabric that'll work and not break the piggybank. I'd probably look for somethin not too light or dark... maybe desert day pattern camo? You will want some contrast between subject and backdrop.
I wasn't working with weapons, my kit had a white flat sheet and a 2 yard piece of a medium blue fabric and one that was close to signal red.
Hope this is useful and makes sense. I hate posting on my tablet! lol
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Wow. Thank you very much for the step by step instructions. Those pics look awesome.programmatore wrote:I like taking pictures of my guns with a white background. Some think it looks boring but I like it. Here's what I did:
Step 1
I laid down a "bright white" poster board on the table and placed the MP5 in the middle. There was a light above the table. I also used a flash gun mounted on the Nikon D700.
Step 2
I took a shot with the camera directly above the MP5. I used a flash gun with the flash bounced off the ceiling. As you can see, the white background is not completely white. We'll need to fix this in Photoshop.
Step 3
Open the image in Photoshop. Add a "Curves" adjustment layer by clicking on the adjustment layer icon. The adjustment layer allows you to set the white point in the image.
Step 4
Click on the third eyedropper and sample a white area in the image to set the white point. Try sampling different areas until you get the desired result.
Step 5
We're almost there! The background is now pretty white. We just have to crop the image and clean it up a bit.
Step 6
After cropping and cleaning up the background -- there were some gray patches in the background -- we get this final image. Not bad at all but you may notice that the shadows behind the sling are a bit harsh. You can either try resetting the white point or re-shoot the image with more diffused lighting to avoid the harsh shadow.
Final Image
You can use the same technique and steps along with other props to make the photo a little more interesting. You just need a big enough poster board as the background.
