Coin Photography Help

You might want to watch this video. It's a presentation I did at FUN in 2011. Some of it has to do with selecting inexpensive equipment, but there are techniques you should learn regardless of what you're using.

https://archive.org/details/FUN11010

 

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Of course, checking that the camera is level won't help if the slab isn't level. Or, for that matter, the table.

I like the mirror trick, although I'll admit I haven't yet used it. (And, as a result, I've taken a fair number of blurry-on-one-side photos.)

 

I would like to know how to show the obverse and reverse of the same coin in one picture. Does anyone know how to do that?

 

You can download the free software Photoscape X and use the "Combine" function to mosaic your obverse and reverse photos.

 

Thanks, I'll give that a try.

 

Thanks. But when I download Photoscape I get Photostage. Is that the same?

 

I don't know what Photostage is. If you Google "Photoscape X" up will come this link:



Click on that and then make your choice of the Windows 10 or MAC version.

 

Got it. Now I just have to fiddle with it to see how best to combine. Thanks.

 

@Publius2 I hope you don't mind looking. Attached is my first attempt. Thanks for all the help.

 

@Inspector43, I notice that you have used the original backgrounds from when you shot the photos. They are slightly different in color, to my eye. If you want to select a solid color that is guaranteed to match, then do the following:

Select the Edit mode, move your Obverse (or reverse) photo into the field, select Circular Crop, Select your background color, then crop the photo. Save this cropped photo. Do the same with the photo of the other side. Now, use the Combine function to mesh the two images.

You can also use Combine to give you a slightly larger border around the coins than you got when you did a Circular Crop. This gives you a little more space for text or whatever other inserts you have in mind.

Have fun.

 

This is great. Thanks. I really do appreciate you taking time to help. BTW, I got that coin in change back in the 50's.