Cue Photos

[bruin70]

,,,,or you can buy flourescent balanced bulbs with a high cri index(anything over 90). these bulbs give you the best spectrum of color.

my problem with shooting outdoors is you can't control it, and you're left with dealing with reflection.

indoor solutions.............
...solux
...ge chroma50
...sylvania designer 5000

if you get any balanced, high cri index light, you won't have to deal with manual WB, and a 40" flourescent ge or sylvania costs $5-10

but really, a manual WB is just fine. most of the time you see your cue in everything other than balanced light anyway, so you wouldn't know what was balanced even if it hit you on the head

 

[RascalDoc]

Hey all,

I would like your opinions on how good cue photos should be, currently my equipment is as follows:

Canon 300D DSLR
28-135mm, 50mm
Tripod

Will be looking to add some more equipment like a flash and a 24mm macro lens. Any other goodies to suggest?

some samples of my work are attached Please feel free to look at them and give me your honest opinions, would love to hear them. Thanks!

a pair of James Whites:

a Runde, Omen and Bluegras:

an Omen J/B:

a fancy Tad:

a Capone plain jane:

a Bender hoppe:

a Judd plain jane:

talk to Pete at JWetree, he had a post covering this, and covering it WELL, recently

 

[thingie]

talk to Pete at JWetree, he had a post covering this, and covering it WELL, recently

I can't seem to find it. Is it here on this board or somewhere out there?

 

[bruin70]

I can't seem to find it. Is it here on this board or somewhere out there?

yes. google is good at stuff like this and there's no JWetree. but you have all the info you need already.

 

[thingie]

so far I've realised all the stuff we've talked about is about shooting in a controlled environment (lighting, temp etc.) it has been covered very well and alot of it has really helped me. Thanks!

i've got to do some shoots in the next few weeks at various poolhalls and am wondering, what advice can you give me?

 

[bruin70]

i've got to do some shoots in the next few weeks at various poolhalls and am wondering, what advice can you give me?

i personally prefer black and white. it's more gritty and apt for pool rooms.

the camera is not as adaptive to the range of darks to lights as the human eye. when the eye looks at a poolroom it can see all the table lights and varying shades of darks in the background. the camera can't do this. if you expose for the table light, everything else will go black. if you expose for the room, the tables will go bleach white. that's why when you see lots of table shots, the light on top of the players' heads look like a glaring arc.

 

[thingie]

oh man, I got what I wanted to say all wrong.

I meant I'm going to shoot cues in a couple of pool rooms and wanted to get the best pictures first time around. heh..at home I can always download and try again, there its there and then!

 

[bruin70]

oh man, I got what I wanted to say all wrong.

I meant I'm going to shoot cues in a couple of pool rooms and wanted to get the best pictures first time around. heh..at home I can always download and try again, there its there and then!

1...make use of your manual wb. you will need a white sheet of paper.
2...glare is going to be a problem always. if THE ROOM is well lit, try shooting cues on a table WITHOUT turning the table lights on.

 

[thingie]

these are some I did last night, editted today. Let me know what you think? May have overprocessed them.

 

[bruin70]

good for room lighting. get some macros. it's easier to eliminate reflection when you're dealing with smaller areas, bottom pic being a good example. when you get close, show pics of every section of the cue.

 

[deadstroke32]

Hey all,

I would like your opinions on how good cue photos should be, currently my equipment is as follows:

Canon 300D DSLR
28-135mm, 50mm
Tripod

Will be looking to add some more equipment like a flash and a 24mm macro lens. Any other goodies to suggest?

some samples of my work are attached Please feel free to look at them and give me your honest opinions, would love to hear them. Thanks!

a pair of James Whites:

a Runde, Omen and Bluegras:

an Omen J/B:

a fancy Tad:

a Capone plain jane:

a Bender hoppe:

a Judd plain jane:

ru salein the omen b/j cue?????

 

[thingie]

ru salein the omen b/j cue?????

for the right price yes.

Would have appreciated if you had pm-ed me instead of posting in this thread

 

[thingie]

Some new material, enjoy!

Chris Nitti 4 Point Fancy Ebony:

Suede and Leather Jack Justis Case:

 

[bells]

Pics seem to be getting better. I wouldnt think suede would be the most durable material for a case. How does it hold up?

 

[thingie]

Pics seem to be getting better. I wouldnt think suede would be the most durable material for a case. How does it hold up?

thanks!

I am not certain. I feel myself that leather and other exotics hold up better than suede.

But for a case that is 5 years old, it was certainly in a far better condition than a one i've seen that is 3 years old.

 

[thingie]

here's some from tonight, hope i did ok

the rest of the pics are at chalk! Pics

 

[thingie]

Here's some for today! Let me know what you think!

Predator 5K Series:

Ebony Frey Sneaky Pete:

 

[thingie]

Some from last night, will post more when i'm done proccessing them stay tuned for more!

Fancy James White:

Fancy Rosewood Jim Buss:

 

[thingie]

Here's the rest from the weekend, let me know how i can improve

Its George 1x2:

Jim Buss Titlist:

Bert Schrager Titlist:

Cocobolo & Pau Ferro Olney Plain Janes:

 

[thingie]

some new ones:

WIN Handtooled case:

Skip Weston 8 Pointer: