Wall Street II - Copper

[jrista]

I've been reworking a number of my existing pens. Some I'm stripping a pens plus finish and replacing it with GluBoost, as it just seems to demand more respect in the pen afficionado community. Also been cleaning up, mainly with buffing, some of my resin pens. This was a copper toned Wall Street II (Sierra-type) with a copper pebble acrylic blank. It looks really good in person, the blank is flawless and scratch free as far as I can tell now. It was good before, but there were a couple areas that I felt needed improvement, and I think its about as good as it can get now.

Been trying to improve my product photography. With a lot of the pens, I've been trying to find ways to produce a more masculine atmosphere, which I think I've been making headway on. A lot of what I've been crafting lately, I think would appeal more to women, but with a lot of the pens, it seems its mostly men who show interest.

 

[Mojave Green]

Those are really good photos. I normally don't care for warm light. But I really the way you did this. The scotch matches the color of your blank. Very well done Sir.

 

[d_bondi]

Beautiful Pen.

I like the photos, but, and it is just my opinion, I want more light so I can see the pen better.

 

[jrista]

Beautiful Pen.

I like the photos, but, and it is just my opinion, I want more light so I can see the pen better.

I need better front fill light. I had a gold reflector there, but it wasn't bounding back enough.

 

[jrista]

Those are really good photos. I normally don't care for warm light. But I really the way you did this. The scotch matches the color of your blank. Very well done Sir.

Thanks! I vary the color of the light to fit the scene most of the time. In this case warm was the ticket. I have some other pens I'll be making where either more neutral (i.e. 5500K) or cooler (i.e. 6500K or so) light are probably going to be more appropriate. In this case, I was going for more of that "firelit study" sort of look and feel.

 

[sorcerertd]

I like this, and the journal as well. It would be good to get a picture in normal light to see the true color of the blank, but the amber does look nice.

 

[johncrane]

another great looking pen Jon! nice work

 

[jrista]

I like this, and the journal as well. It would be good to get a picture in normal light to see the true color of the blank, but the amber does look nice.

I'll try to do that. I can set all my lights to 5500K, which should do the trick. I'll try to make sure I get one such photo in each set from now on, even for my listings.

 

[jrista]

another great looking pen Jon! nice work

Thanks, John! I wish there were copper versions of the "Elegant Sierra" style kits. I prefer the clip and finial on that style, to the classic Sierra style here. Still, the blank is one of my favorites for pairing with copper hardware.