Recent content by Chris D

Hi All, just a line to say thanks to everyone for the suggestions. I had a trial and error session which was very interesting and worthwhile. In the end the set up that gave me the best results was with the coin placed on a sheet of white tissue paper which in turn was laid on a piece of glass...

Wow, thank you guys for all the replies. Yes it was the shadow on the card background I was trying to get rid of as opposed to any on the coin itself. I did try all sorts of angles and combinations of my limited light sources but found the lighting angles that gave the best detail seemed to...

Hello All. I am trying to photograph some coins and medals. The images are to be used as part of the catalogue of a small museum and may at some stage be used on the museum website. I am laying the items on white card and photographing from directly above. The problem is all the images come out...