I always love a good lineup pic, my problem is always, how do you ;ine them up, by size, length, manufacturer, scales?
This?
or this?
This?
or this?
Or just the straight forward Military/Police line up
If you're feelin' a little risque maybe line them up this way.
I'm just jokin' but you bring up a good point when taking photos of more than one knife, The problem becomes evident with just 2 knives. Which one do you focus on? Do you try to capture both of them equally?
Any of you folks who have tried to take a pic of 2 or more knives know what I mean and I'm willin' to bet that everyone here has tried to pair knives up for a photo op at one time or another. One knife invariably will always photograph better than the other, if you can see the gain in the bokote scales on one, the other will be too dark or too brite. Even within one knife, if you can see the scales clearly the blade looks black. Nowhere like the hobby of photography do Murphy's Laws apply more readily.
Still it's not magic and most people given the time and the curiosity would figure it out on their own. Another thing is always composition, what is your pic gonna look like as the finished product You should be cropping out the extraneous stuff in the pic as you're filling the frame. We all want nice nature shots but nature doesn't always cooperate and if you wait for it you'll miss many opportunities for otherwise great pictures because you didn't manipulate the environment to maximise your pic. Sometime moving a stick, adding a leaf is all it takes. Sometimes you're lucky and sometimes it takes a lot of manipulation to get the shot you want. Hey you should always be ready for that perfect outdoor shot but be ready and know how to exploit your camera's abilities and manipulate the environment some.
Improvise, a pizza box lid make a great selector to get rid of shadow naturally. Direct light is harsh, bounced light is soft and makes great fill lighting too. If you have a decent DSLR the pizza box makes a great makeshift gray card on the inside and the white outside for settin' white balance manually. Nothin' gets you more natural colors than using a white card to set your white balance.
Props are a necessary evil too, properly used they add to the pic and story plus they fill empty space and unless you're doin mug shots or inventory shots for insurance it's always nice to have something along with the knife. Not only does it fill empty space but it also gives perspective, reference for size, there are many other reasons, those were but a few.
Like I mentioned, props can tell a story...
Ok, I've rambled enough for one night, have a good one folk and here's a site to check out with some good basic tips for takin' pics with a smart phone which by it'self will improve the quality of your next pictures.
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My Old Man told me when I was a kid, "You can spend your entire life convincing someone how smart you are but it only takes a second to prove you're an idiot."....................You can call me Ted.
