I am looking for a good photographer.......will pay, obviously

[KeeNoooo]

Hey all, i have a couple coins that i absolutlely CANNOT capture the true beauty of! I was hoping that someone can referre me to someone who might be able to help me.......

 

these babies are really luterous with great color and Semi PL surfaces........but i cant prove it unless its in hand!

 

Any referrences will be helpful.

If you are referring yourself, please show me an example of some work......

 

Thanks again

Nick

[123cents]

Kryptonitecomics , Shane who is a board member is one of the best!

[Coindude]

Take a look at the list of photographers in the photo contest. There are some excellent choices there. PM me and I will give you a couple of thoughts.

[yonico]

I've used both Shane's and Justin's (KryptoniteComics and Deerefan8420) imaging service and they are both excellent!

 

Very professional individuals and also very affordable service.

[KeeNoooo]

Thanks for the Info. I will contact and see who has time to schedule me in

Nick

[mrkbrown8709]

MESSYDESK(John Bougart) is an excellent photographer. He also does Van Seal amongst other things. I may have the last name misspelled. He is a Member here and ATS

[bochiman]

Here's a hint....

 

When you have coins to get photographed, make sure to be explicit about the coins when talking to the proposed photographer.

 

Some are great at silver coins, even toned, and not so much for copper. Some are great for copper but not so much toned proofs. Etc etc etc.

 

Just be upfront on what you are looking for and the coins involved and your experience will be better for it.

 

Also, take a look at some of the comparables they may have for you to see. If you have a toned morgan and they show you a pic of one they did, you can get an idea. Toned 3c piece that is super tiny? Same type of thing. Toned IHC Proof? Same thing....see something they already did that can be compared to.

[coinman_23885]

There are a lot of excellent photographers out there. Personally, I use Shane (Kryptonitecomics). With this said, I have purchased coins based on images taken by other photographers, and have never been disappointed. The other photographers whose work (and the coin I have viewed in hand) include Bob Campbell (Robec), Lance (Keigwin), Jeremy Katz (airplane nut ATS), and John Baumgart (MessyDesk), and Todd (BluVette and some numbers that I cannot remember right now). All are excellent, and I would have no problem relying on their images to buy, sell, trade, or just to display a coin of interest to me. Many of these individuals take images for coin dealers, and you may already, therefore, be familiar with their work.

[coinman_23885]

You mention coins that are PL or semi-PL, and photographing these should be very similar to photographing actual proof coins. All of the photographers above should be excellent with those. The only one, however, that I have actually had shoot PL pieces for me is Shane. Here are a few that he has done for me (with me having reduced the size of the images for viewing):

 

 

 

 

 

[physics-fan3.14]

I have Bob Campbell do all my stuff, and he takes superb photos. After my lot, he's got a lot of experience with prooflike coinage as well.

[jerseycat10]

Mark Goodman is excellent at shooting lusterous, PL stuff. Beyond excellent.

[lehigh96]

I was gonna offer my services but I am not very good at photographing prooflike coins.

[rrantique]

I have Bob Campbell do all my stuff, and he takes superb photos. After my lot, he's got a lot of experience with prooflike coinage as well.

 

I agree and highly recommend

 

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[bsshog40]

I have Bob Campbell do all my stuff, and he takes superb photos. After my lot, he's got a lot of experience with prooflike coinage as well.

 

I agree and highly recommend

 

I agree also! Bob has taken some very nice pics that have shown up here on the boards! Always a pleasure to see!

[KeeNoooo]

Thanks everyone for all the great referrals. I just got back around to looking into them all after 3 days of craziness at work. I have spoke to a couple of these people already and plan to recontact them tomorrow.

I appreciate everyone's time

 

[messydesk]

Kind of late to this thread. You snooze, you lose, I guess. Anyway, feel free to contact me if you have any questions about the work I do.