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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gavin Richardson, post: 4192529, member: 83956&quot;]Even amateur photographers like me know that there is no substitute for photographing in natural light. I have talked about my iPhone photography process here: <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/macro-lens-for-iphone-coin-photography.353462/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/macro-lens-for-iphone-coin-photography.353462/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/macro-lens-for-iphone-coin-photography.353462/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I have found that sometimes when I photograph in natural light, I get shadows that can enhance features of a coin. However, I have also discovered that if I cup my hands around the coin, it creates a kind of lightbox effect that distributes light evenly across the coin and brightens it. Or maybe cupping affects the auto light setting on the iPhone I use—a literal manual adjustment. At any rate, you can see the effects below. I left one photo uncropped so you can see my cupped hands and their brightening effect.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1076263[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1076264[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1076272[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I’m divided over which method I like best. I’m not really taking art photos, so the brighter photo seems to show more detail and thus might be preferable for my cataloging and sharing purposes. But there’s something about the natural light and shadow I find attractive as well, and such photos might be truer to the coin in-hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you could select only one type of photo for your cataloging purposes—shadows or bright--which would you use and why?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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