Need advice on coin photography
Josh32
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Thank you in advance for taking the time to help me out. I am a collector and college student looking to get into coin photography. I am not new to photography as I am currently in school for graphic design and have taken several photography classes. I would like to do this as a part time job to make a bit more money on the side. I have several questions. For those already doing coin photography what is the market like for this kind of work and what should I charge? What are collectors looking for and what are the current trends?
I’m fairly knowledgeable on the set ups that professional photographers are using; sturdy copy stands with good lighting set ups, macro lenses, extension tubes, bellows systems, etc. I currently have a Sony a6000 mirrorless camera that should work and is easily adaptable to use any kind of lens. I need recommendations on quality copy stands and lens set ups. Feel free to post pictures of your set ups and the images you have made with them. If anyone has equipment they are not using and want to get rid of it I may be interested.
For those who are already doing this kind of work what kind of projects are you working on? I would assume many pcgs trueview like layouts of obverses and reverses of coins, large posters and banners of sets for shows and displays and things like that. I’m familiar with many of the design softwares like photoshop and illustrator so I’ll be able to do all kinds of stuff like that. Thanks again for the help.
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Bumping this back to the top
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/801121/coin-photography-post-a-pic-of-your-lighting-setup
http://macrocoins.com https://forums.collectors.com/profile/discussions/rmpsrpms @rmpsrpms
http://www.bluccphotos.com/a/history.html @blu62vette
Thread from November:
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/990261/were-looking-for-someone-to-join-our-team-now-accepting-applications
There was a recent post started by a member here who sells different set ups. Looks like some very quality equipment. It was only a day or 2 back. Maybe page 2 or 3 now.