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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Old Texas Reb, post: 2946926, member: 91220&quot;]I&#039;m new to the board and am clueless about photo techniques for coins, although I&#039;ve posted a few.&nbsp; I&#039;ve had my wife do the photos for me, as she is a retired commercial artist, knows how to use our old digital camera (a Canon about 7 yrs. old) and has knowledge of how to tweak the photos using Paint Shop Pro.&nbsp; She tries to make the pics look as much like the original coins as possible but the results have been hit and miss.&nbsp; Some coins come out great, some don&#039;t.</p><p><br /></p><p>Copper coins with nice mint red or red/brown come out faded &amp; lackluster, looking nothing like the original.&nbsp; Toning on silver coins is another problem.&nbsp; A few pieces come out very close like the 1928 Peace dollar I posted on the US coin thread, others not so hot.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m thinking that lighting may be the problem.&nbsp; She takes the photos on our dining room table with the overhead lighting on.&nbsp; She mentioned something about building a &quot;light box&quot; to help but before she goes through all that work, I&#039;d like to get some ideas from the other members on how to make the photos better.</p><p><br /></p><p>We have VERY basic cell phones for emergency use, but neither one has photo capability.&nbsp; Any help would be appreciated![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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