[soreshoulder]

need some help here, I can never seem to get decent gun pics, can anyone offer an "idiots guide" version?

 

[Lunchbox]

Lighting... soft but a lot of light

this is 2 off camera flashes fired through white umbrellas, but the same can be achieved with drop lights or bright lamps etc... and put a peice of construction paper in front or white pillow case...something to diffuse the light

 

[WNC Seabee]

Take them outside on an overcast day. Use a tripod. That alone makes a huge difference.

 

[John Connor]

Good camera with an expensive lens plus a tripod. I can't take picture worth a crap otherwise.

 

[Lunchbox]

its really all about lighting and composition, if the gun is just sitting on a counter top then no matter how good the pic is, it will look like a gun on a kitchen counter...lol

and most cameras are capable of taking damn good pics as long as the Light is good.

took this messing around with my lil canon pocket camera and a lamp shining on it in my barn.

 

[Mampi]

Great pictures Lunchbox!

 

[NCm4]

I needed these tips. I see all these really nice looking photos and have a damn good camera, but my pictures end up looking like a 5th grader took them. On second thought, I've seen some kids that take better pictures than me. So natural light is one of the secrets.

 

[soreshoulder]

thanks, will do some practice shots

 

[RugerWes]

need some help here, I can never seem to get decent gun pics, can anyone offer an "idiots guide" version?

This is EASY ....

Call Dorton .

 

[NCm4]

This is EASY ....

Call Dorton .

Yeah, the pictures I've seen him post look like they came from gun magazines.

 

[Sp00ks]

It is all about the light as the previous posters have stated. Defused light is best. Google product photography and you can find pics of the photogs. setup. It doesn't have to be expensive.

You do have to have a decent camera but not expensive. 20 megapixel will do nothing a 8 mp won't except let you make a billboard out of it.

Styrofoam plates make decent defusers. As does plain white printer paper.

 

[029]

Also use the macro function of your camera....the wrist strap is a good distance to use along with the macro setting.....

 

[Charles]

Where's Cocked & Locked? He should be in here giving advice.

 

[WarSport]

You can also cheat like I do and use Adobe CS5, Adobe LightRoom and Bridge. Software can do amazing things for poor picture takers like myself.

 

[mgcook]

Have a friend who knows how to take pictures

 

[bigfelipe]

Get a girlfriend who's a photographer like I did and ask her

 

[WarSport]

Not sure if this link will work or not.

http://https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=236081596470582&set=a.226818407396901.58056.100002062309436&type=3&permPage=1

 

[rburgoyne]

I am not a photographer, and have not taken any quality gun pictures, but I have taken some really good pictures of pool cues. I use a 8mp camera on a tripod, and only do it outside on a sunny day but not in direct sunlight. My house conveniently blocks the sun in the late afternoon from my back deck, which makes a great place to take pics from.

 

[GSRswapandslow]

Have a friend who knows how to take pictures

i actually suck, quite bad still.....but i'm working. the range just sucks for lighting because, while it looks very bright under the roof, the lighting is completely screwed up and much dimmer than the eye thinks

 

[RichardCranium]

There is a ton more to shooting good pics of anything......besides having good equipment. You can buy a DSLR camera and a $1000 lens, and still take crappy pictures. Just go look at the photography forums online.....you'll find plenty of examples. Lunchbox covered most of the keys.....you need good lighting, and a good general background/scene for the gun itself. There are plenty of things to make your gun pictures standout....many different ways to shoot a picture. Its going to be more on your own taste and preferences though. Here are a couple pictures of my guns, to show what I prefer......

Sometimes firearms in action make for great photos too. This is my Mosin Nagant M44, being shot around 5pm in the summertime.....still tons of light left out.

I actually took this with my cell phone.....

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