Hobo Nickels Photo Studio

Hi, making good photos of Hobo Nickels is very Hard,surfing in the web i have find some very good Info and i want to share it with my forum's folks.

Build it is very simple we need ony very poor materials and a common camera to have a very good photos,i use an inexpensive compact camera Nikon S8000



in this tutorial and i'm very happy with the final result!

Materials:

-Black foam sheet
-Frame Glass
-Needles
-Cutter
-45 degree set square




these are the steps to mount it:



The only rule tofollow is to set the glass about 45 degrees





For the light i have used a common led light

light must come horizontally to the glass so that it reflects light down on the coin, very important is to create a wall a little higher tthan the plane where whe have the coin so that the light does not shine directly on the surface of the nickel,now you only need take pectures with the macro and the camera perpendicular respect to the coin, I usually use a very low exposure for greater contrast.



But you can use a sheet of tracing paper to diffuse the light and get better results




And this are examples of the photo that i have made with this simple photo studio and a cheap camera

with tracing paper diffuser light








without tracing paper :



with tracing paper :



..................you can see the difference depending on the effect we can be better either option



I hopewill helpfull for you too, personally always i had problems when taking pictures of my nickels, but I think this small study are achieved good results rather than a very economical price.

I hope you serve

Great info, Paolo. The time spent on perfecting photos can be one of an engraver's best investments. It's working great for you...your photos are well lit and very clear and sharp.

I will put this in the Tips Archive

Thank You Paolo

I love when i get to see your work, but most of the time i only see the little box with red X. Feeling like im really missing out on this one.

this is great ! perfect for those wanting a low cost, yet effective setup.

Thanks
Simplicity is the mother of all invention a excellent low cost with high tech result
Ray

Thank you for this tutorial.
Have you tried taking pictures of jewelry with this setup?
I always have problems taking pictures of my things with all the shiny surfaces.

Eddi

No i haven't try yet, this evening i will try it, but for jewellery maybe is better a soft light box

Gracias Paolo, voy a probarlo en las próximas fotos, porque la verdad nunca estoy conforme con la calidad de las mías, siempre siento que mis fotos no muestran ni el 50 % del trabajo, quizá el problema sea el grabador y no el fotógrafo ja ja ja....