Here it is. Five year old Canon Powershot, off-camera Vivitar 285H Flash with Wein slave (Makes the second flash go off from the light of the on-camera (little) flash:






Hope you like 'em. I will keep trying :-)

Bart

Very nice!

Wonderful. Wish I could take pictures like this.

Andy W.

Love the texture on the nib shot!

Yeap, the nib shot is amazing!. Powershots are awesome little cameras.

Wow, fantastic pics!

Well done!

Wonderful pictures, beautiful pen...

Fantastic.

- Mark

Tremendous photos. Is the background simply a sheet of paper or is there a light box? I notice the metal reflections are beautiful and free of reflections.

FPN-ers,

Thank you al for the positive comments. While these images improve on the cellphone look, I want to do better :-)

You can make a tremendous improvement with minimal investment (for the cost of a "nice FP"):

Here's a quick pic of my mini studio attempt:

1. Light stand ($24 eBay)
2. 43" Umbrella ($19 B&H)
3. Vivitar 285HV Flash ($89.95 B&H)
4. Wein slave (plugged in flash) ($19.95 B$H)
5. Poster Board (WallMart -sorry- $1.25). This is the seamless piece of paper on top of a shipping carton (free) with two thumb tacks to the wall...

Total $154.15 Makes beautiful pics of your wife/children/dog etc...may help you justify the cost :-)



Thanks for looking!

Bart

Nice setup.

It works! Fer sure!

Nice shots. You should be able to take some great photos with that setup.

Wonderful pics! Nice pen too!
PMS