pen photography

Well, for a year or so now, I've been photographing my turned items for my Etsy store. I started out with a fairly simple setup, which improved my photos a bit. Over time, I kept refining the setup, looking for ways to improve it more and more. My setup is now fairly refined, but still rather...

My first fountain pen. To make it my pen, the acrylic blank, as unique as any blank can be. I pained the inside of the tube with acrylic paint and a que tip. White at the tip, red in the middle and black at the cap end. Not really happy with the applications, went on thick and I had to sand...

I think I may be more excited about the fact that I FINALLY figured out how to photograph these suckers than I am about the pen itself (especially with some blemishes in the finish). Granted the Walnut Burl is definitely pretty and one of the most figured woods I've turned so far. Nonetheless...

Some of you guys have probably heard of the Super Photo app. A friend of mine told me about this free app, and I thought I would experiment with one of my antler pen photos. I chose the "painting" selection and the program generated a cool looking picture I think.

A friend of mine recently told me about a free app called Super Photo. So I thought I'd play around with some of my pen photos. The modified photo I'm showing you was from my original antler pen photo. I thought this turned out kinda cool looking.