It was a beautiful day yesterday and we decided to take our camera & some swords and try something new. When new swords are coming in, taking pictures is one of the first thing we need to do here. Because selling swords without pictures…it shouldn’t work at all. Usually we shoot inside with artificial light. Now that’s a hard job because it’s really difficult to get te right light in order to make good quality pics. I’m sure a real professional can do the job very easy but they’re not cheap and they still have no idea how and from which part to take pictures of.
Personally I do think the first results are not that bad at all…so please give some comments on how you would like to see the pictures of the swords. You like the regular pictures, taken indoor OR you prefer to see the outdoor pictures ? We just set up an survey..so if we may ask you a few seconds of your valuable time…you can go over here.
The first sword we took was the forged & folded high quality katana with traditional polish of the Huanuo Forge. One of my favourites I need to say…
We took about 50 pictures from this sword, so more pictures (with a higher resolution) will be posted soon..and we also took some other swords which will be posted here within a few days..
So..what’s your opinion about these pictures ?
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I can’t see the pictures… but if I did I’d probably agree with everyone else on their quality… and Dave (Admin) if you could send me those pictures that are on the site then it’d be appreciated and I’ll leave more feedback.
Ok got it guys..will make both.in and out
How do you feel about video ?
Thxs for the feedback !
Dave
These outdoor pictures are quite good in fact. I especially like the one against the moss tree bark. Although I’ll have to agree with Dmitry on the comment that indoor pictures are usually more focused and have more detail of the blade *skin so to speak. Still, I appreciate the pictures and in order from top to bottom say that #1, #5, and #7 are quite excellent.
You have done a realy great job!The pictures are great even for amature
But I think there is no need in pics like that because indoor pics are still more detailed.
There is a lot of thing you cant see on outdoor pictures.But any way pics are great.
Hey Tom,
All of these katana are ‘standard sizes’..so the blades are between 73-77cm. Most of these tsuka measure 28-30cm. But your idea isn’t a bad one…altough it would ruin the picture a bit i believe..Were do you want us to show the difference between de indoor vs. outdoor pictures ?
Dave
Wow, really beautiful pictures. I am ashamed of the poor pictures that I sent you of the Katar.
The only thing that would be interesting to see as a neophyte with this type of sword would be something to be able to determine the length or relative size. Are they a standard length that most of the collectors would already know?
Another thought would be to also include some of the “standard” pictures which would intensify or distinguish the quality of the outdoor pictures. Hope some of that helps