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Taking photos of rifles
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2015 9:55 am
by Les
How do you take a full length photo of a rifle without losing all the detail? Whenever I have sold a rifle in the past, I've normally had to do a 'barrel and stock' type 50-50 split photo, and it just doesn't look right. If I try for a full length job, I have to stand so far back that it looks like I'm flogging a broom handle.
So ...... what's the secret?
Re: Taking photos of rifles
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2015 10:01 am
by TattooedGun
Buy smaller guns....?
Re: Taking photos of rifles
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2015 10:05 am
by Sixshot6
TattooedGun wrote:Buy smaller guns....?
Or a bigger camera?
Or maybe he's got guns this size?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hasipuR7-as
Re: Taking photos of rifles
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2015 10:14 am
by 20series
Get an angled view might help, something like this
Re: Taking photos of rifles
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2015 10:33 am
by breacher
I just put them on floor - stand on a chair and then crop using my smartphone software. Seems to work ok.
Re: Taking photos of rifles
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2015 10:39 am
by Blackstuff
If you've got a decent enough camera (and i'm only talking 5 megapixels+), the gun is well lit and you're not shaking like a sh*tting dog when you take the picture, you should be able to see all the detail of the gun with it all shown.
I find getting it lit properly the most difficult part. Outside on a bright (but preferably cloudy) day i find works best but it may not be possible to take your gun outdoors, in which case either get next to a window or wait until night and get plenty of lights turned on.
Re: Taking photos of rifles
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2015 10:40 am
by TattooedGun
It surprises me how much my rifle is starting to look like 20series' used to.... >.<
I find trying to fill the frame as much as possible, which means putting the rifle in diagonally using the best use of the frame and being able to be as zoomed in as possible whilst keeping everything in the frame, if that makes sense?
Re: Taking photos of rifles
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2015 10:49 am
by CDM5
Re: Taking photos of rifles
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2015 11:07 am
by Browning_grrl
breacher wrote:I just put them on floor - stand on a chair and then crop using my smartphone software. Seems to work ok.
This ^^^^^.
Re: Taking photos of rifles
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2015 1:08 pm
by 20series
TattooedGun wrote:It surprises me how much my rifle is starting to look like 20series' used to.... >.<
I find trying to fill the frame as much as possible, which means putting the rifle in diagonally using the best use of the frame and being able to be as zoomed in as possible whilst keeping everything in the frame, if that makes sense?
Well they say the best for of flattery is immitation
As I've said before I so wish I'd left it alone at that
Alan
