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    Default Easy Pen Photo Setup of the Day

    Listing some pens for sale today, I started taking some photos. The first ones were really bad. Bad focus, harsh light, reflections, just ew. I knew I could do much better:


    you can see the pen, but that is a bad photograph.

    Using what I had to hand, here's the setup I came up with for today's snaps:
    A donut box with white interior, a nice-enough looking notepad, and an LED light in a wax paper bag. I used my 5-year-old Samsung S7 to take the photos.





    The light was a freebie somebody brought to the shop one day. It's been very useful ever since.

    The results are much better. I'm no photo pro, but a little knowledge goes a long way.


    you don't need a lot of space or pro gear to get passable pen photos!

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    Default Re: Easy Pen Photo Setup of the Day

    Quote Originally Posted by manoeuver View Post
    you don't need a lot of space or pro gear to get passable pen photos!
    Wow — very creative way to get a good photographic result — thanks for sharing!

    I’m no professional either but do like to take photos of some collectibles for my own records. I wound up buying an inexpensive light box on ebay that plugs into my laptop (sample here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/20LEDs-Fold...72.m2749.l2649) — it improved my photos tremendously — and I’m just using my phone ;-)

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