[Volantangel] Playing Cards + Photography

volantangel · Unread post by **volantangel** » Sat May 10, 2014 6:54 am

Its from the playing arts deck, heres another shot where some of my favourite cards from the deck are pictured. To see the full deck, you can visit http://www.playingarts.com

: Playing Arts

Sat May 10, 2014 7:16 am

Nice decks, Kai! I happen to have one of the "Animal Kingdom" uncuts, and it's among my favorites as far as just plain being colorful. What deck is that one with the 'inked' ladies on it? I don't recognize it either.

Playing Arts is nice, I wish they had done a 55th artist for the tuck or maybe pick one of those 52 to do the tuck? Too darned plain for such a colorful deck. As I recall British, correct? I've got a couple and I think I remember them being a bit pricey, like $20, maybe? (looking at their website, I see $21/each)

volantangel · Unread post by **volantangel** » Sat May 10, 2014 9:16 am

Mikey its from the same playing arts deck, one of my favourites from the deck. Yea i agree its a little plain, although theres a little artwork on the back of the box. But its not expensive when you are looking at plastic cards, it became a huge factor in my pledging for this deck.

Sat May 10, 2014 11:53 am

volantangel wrote:Mikey its from the same playing arts deck, one of my favourites from the deck. Yea i agree its a little plain, although theres a little artwork on the back of the box. But its not expensive when you are looking at plastic cards, it became a huge factor in my pledging for this deck.

Oh, I agree - it's one that I picked out for my 2-decks per night for the 2014 52+Joker convention's late-night Poker & Blackjack suite. I've got my dice from Jerry's Nugget and 500 14g clay chips ready to rock!

volantangel · Unread post by **volantangel** » Sun May 11, 2014 5:52 am

Damn you really make me wish i could join you in the convention. I want in on the fun as well

volantangel · Unread post by **volantangel** » Sun May 11, 2014 9:18 pm

Ok well this is something a little different, the ghoul note by eric duan. Strangely this deck does not photograph well, it looks like i can see through the deck into the background, or is that really happening ? What in the world did eric duan put into this deck? (damn i should have left his for april fools but its a longggg way from now

)

: Ghoul Note

P.s. This isnt photoshop, its a real photo

Jock1971 · Unread post by **Jock1971** » Mon May 12, 2014 6:13 am

Fantastic photography as usual volantangel. How are you going to top that photo Extraordinary

See my collection @ Portfolio52 · Mon May 12, 2014 7:50 am

Classic double exposure - very apt! Love it

volantangel · Unread post by **volantangel** » Mon May 12, 2014 7:54 am

Jock1971 wrote:Fantastic photography as usual volantangel. How are you going to top that photo Extraordinary

Hahah i guess ill just have to wreck my brains, im running out of ideas.

But i have a couple of techniques ive yet to use, but its not easy to implement (panning anyone?)

montecarlojoe wrote:Classic double exposure - very apt! Love it

Haha pretty close, but not quite a double exposure, its done in a single exposure

Jock1971 · Unread post by **Jock1971** » Mon May 12, 2014 8:10 am

Did you photograph the packs reflection in a pane of glass?

volantangel · Unread post by **volantangel** » Mon May 12, 2014 9:28 am

@Jase Nope nothing to do with reflections ! Maybe another photo would help, but joe was v close, its basically the same idea as a double exposure but in a single shot

See my collection @ Portfolio52 · Mon May 12, 2014 9:52 am

A v long exposure with teh deck removed half way through.

(A shorter exposure might have reviealed a blur where that happened)

volantangel · Unread post by **volantangel** » Mon May 12, 2014 9:56 am

montecarlojoe wrote:A v long exposure with teh deck removed half way through.

(A shorter exposure might have reviealed a blur where that happened)

Anddd we have a winner !

Always fun to do something different to showcase different photography techniques

See my collection @ Portfolio52 · Mon May 12, 2014 11:02 am

Yeah - I was never any good with real cameras, but my sister is, and she's shown me a thing or two lol.

Next - tilt shift!

volantangel · Unread post by **volantangel** » Mon May 12, 2014 11:10 am

montecarlojoe wrote:Yeah - I was never any good with real cameras, but my sister is, and she's shown me a thing or two lol.

Next - tilt shift!

No lens no lens no lens !!! Well if i didnt bust so much on cards, id probably already have one. Imagine, real decks made to look like miniature decks.

volantangel · Unread post by **volantangel** » Tue May 13, 2014 5:59 am

Heres a photo of all the Ornate decks, featuring the awesome brick and half brick boxes from randy. I really wish i had the complete set

: Ornate Collection

Unread post by **Sher** » Tue May 13, 2014 7:46 am

I just spent several minutes looking at this thread. I really enjoy your photos. My favorite is the picture showing the backs of each of the Encarded decks.

The one of the ghoul deck is really cool, too. I never would have figured out how you did that.

volantangel · Unread post by **volantangel** » Tue May 13, 2014 8:01 am

Sher wrote:I just spent several minutes looking at this thread. I really enjoy your photos. My favorite is the picture showing the backs of each of the Encarded decks. The one of the ghoul deck is really cool, too. I never would have figured out how you did that.

Thanks Sher ! Glad to see others enjoy this thread as much as I like to challenge myself =)

Did i mention how long i took to balance the cards ? Never going to do that again

volantangel · Unread post by **volantangel** » Wed May 14, 2014 10:21 am

I never understood the name of the deck, can someone enlighten me?

: English Laundry

Unread post by **badpete69** » Wed May 14, 2014 10:25 am

English Laundry is a men clothing fashion brand name. Like other fashion company that have had decks in the past (Bathing ape etc etc)

volantangel · Unread post by **volantangel** » Wed May 14, 2014 10:52 am

badpete69 wrote:English Laundry is a men clothing fashion brand name. Like other fashion company that have had decks in the past (Bathing ape etc etc)

Ah now it makes sense, this deck was just before i started collecting i think. Thanks Pierre, didnt expect to see you down this rabbit hole

RSLancastr · Unread post by **RSLancastr** » Wed May 14, 2014 11:01 am

volantangel wrote:I never understood the name of the deck, can someone enlighten me?

Google is your friend:

http://shop.nordstrom.com/c/english-lau ... fgod-FwAtw

Unread post by **badpete69** » Wed May 14, 2014 11:02 am

I got lost. Now cannot find my way back to new decks hehehe

volantangel · Unread post by **volantangel** » Wed May 14, 2014 11:03 am

badpete69 wrote:I got lost. Now cannot find my way back to new decks hehehe

Hahah you are welcome to stay for tea

RSLancastr wrote:
volantangel wrote:I never understood the name of the deck, can someone enlighten me?

Google is your friend:

http://shop.nordstrom.com/c/english-lau ... fgod-FwAtw

Haha they made sense as words, i thought it might have been some obscure British meaning that i might have missed out.

darkfinale1 · Unread post by **darkfinale1** » Thu May 15, 2014 11:14 am

I love your photos, the decks are really pretty

volantangel · Unread post by **volantangel** » Fri May 16, 2014 7:12 am

These might be going off to a new owner soon, so ive decided to snap a photo of them before they leave for a better home

: Black & Gold Crowns

volantangel · Unread post by **volantangel** » Sun May 18, 2014 11:00 pm

Recently ive gotten a prototype plugged nickel deck from Matt of Vixentor Games

Jock1971 · Unread post by **Jock1971** » Mon May 19, 2014 1:13 am

Very Nice, I actually backed this deck,was a bit disappointed when it didn`t fund

volantangel · Unread post by **volantangel** » Wed May 21, 2014 9:23 pm

Finally Zenith !

nECr0MaNCeD · Unread post by **nECr0MaNCeD** » Wed May 21, 2014 11:27 pm

volantangel wrote:Finally Zenith !

Soooo jealous of the photo skills Volt.

PS... Did I mention I had a surprise.... or two for your box o' cards? I didn't?

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