Photography at Coin Shows – Your Experiences?

That's convenient. Are your clients there for VSS, looking for images of their varieties, or for their coins in general? Hey, I just found your video on respectable coin photography on the NNP. I know what I'll be watching at lunch.

 

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At shows I just do photos of coins. The variety stuff is done afterward, since I need more equipment for that (microscope and printer). Sometimes people drop off variety stuff for me to keep their coins out of the hands of the USPS at least once. Enjoy the video. The technology is old, but the technique is still sound.

 

As promised these two are examples of John's excellent work!!

 

That was an interesting video. Is that the general setup you use at shows? Do you have any issues with the ambient light?

 

Sort of. I have a tripod rather than a copy stand for shows, but it's a nice one where I can reverse the mast and have the camera below the legs. Quite stable. Lamps are the same ones as those I used in the video, except with LEDs rather than CFLs. The camera is attached to a focusing rail rather than directly to the tripod.

Not usually. Once in a while I'm set up under an overhead light that I have to be careful to shade or it'll show up. The color of curtains separating booths can present an issue (FUN uses orange, CSNS yellow), so I just make sure there's not a lot of light shining on them or I cover them with something else. 1100 lumen bulbs a foot away from the subject far overpower most ambient light.

 

Very nice. Were they raw or certified? Is this how John provided the images to you or did you add the text and background?

 

@Denis Richard these two are raw as most of my collection is. I have a few that are in TPG's. I'll post those pics later today.

 

@Denis Richard These two John took for me.