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Hope I’m not doing this wrong, I don’t wanna join this forum and immediately act like an ass, you know?

Anyway, I’m just collector that loves to photograph my decks. Not much more to say really.

I’ll post my photos in this thread as I go. But I’ll post some older photos too. I think I’ll make a new message/post(?) in here for each deck, does that make sense?

Umbra Noir Gilded Edition by @blackinkbranded on IG
These are older photos btw.

Good lord, those are some nice photos.

Yep, that looks like professional photography for sure.

Have you edited out the support for the tuck?

Thanks y’all! Yeah I edited it out. I used to have the tucks just resting on a surface, but when one person said something like “I wonder if there is a way to avoid those shadows” I tried to figure out a solution. So I built a little lego “tower” that the tuck rests on and then I edit it out in post.

I actually did a screen recording of my whole editing process not long ago, in case you wanna see. The first part of the video is the whole process in real time, but I also included two sped up versions that you can skip to if you want:

Edit: changed the link to hopefully jump you straight to the sped up version of the editing.

Edit 2: I just realized you can cut and trim videos on youtube, so I just cut out the first long part. It was boring anyway. Much more satisfying to watch the editing in fast forward. The changes will take a little time to appear though.

The tuck looks great - much clearer than the cards IMO

Honeybee wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 11:36 pm The tuck looks great - much clearer than the cards IMO

I don’t love the art on the cards. But I like the back design and gilding.

Here is another old shoot. I like looking at these old photos again because I kinda feel like I did a better job with some of these.

Anyway this is Opera Singer, Colored Edition by King Star.

Im having an issue. Some of the photos I am trying to upload gets an error message that says "It was not possible to determine the dimensions of the image. Please verify that the URL you entered is correct". Anyone know what can cause this? The dimensions of the jpeg is in the meta data of the file. Ive exported all of them with the same settings from Lightroom and some of them work fine, but not all. This is very strange.

Maybe upload them to somewhere like imgur.com and use the BB code share link instead.

just_eirik wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 3:00 pm Im having an issue. ...

Like Timmargh said, image attachments here on the forum are less-than-stellar -- I also use imgur and then post pictures like this (no spaces):

[ img ] imgur.com / myimage.jpg [/ img ]

I think the next thing for admins to look into is seeing if there's BBcode updates for each of the plugins used on this forum and revamping them a bit. Integrating image rotation is one of many potential improvements.

Making the user experience more convenient would likely spark more engagement and we can see more beautiful pics of cards like Eirik's.

Okay I guess I’ll try Imgur.

Thing is, I’ve had issues with some of my photos not being able to be uploaded on both Reddit and Bluesky before. What happens is that I select them the normal way and then nothing happens. Normally photos upload into the message/post I’m making immediately, but nothing happens. And just like here, the photos have the same exact export settings as the ones that does work.

So this is the first time I’ve had this issue AND gotten an error message about it. I was hoping someone here knows what the error message means. I should google it.

Anyway, I’ll try Imgur for now!

“pre-edit”: That didn’t work either. This is so weird! I don’t know why some photos work but others doesn’t.

Ink Beast, Gold Edition - by Curio Playing Cards

This was my favorite deck for the longest time. The artists art is SO amazing to me.

Edit: The photo of the jokers wont upload for some reason. Sorry about that.

Pretty stellar pics indeed. Thanks for sharing them here.

Harvonsgard wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 6:31 pm Pretty stellar pics indeed. Thanks for sharing them here.

Thank you very much!

Happy to see you here eirik, great pictures as always!

manu wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 9:43 am Happy to see you here eirik, great pictures as always!

Thank you very much! Glad to be here.

Dude. Love your posts. Great photography; great decks. Thanks for sharing!

rousselle wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2024 5:35 pm Dude. Love your posts. Great photography; great decks. Thanks for sharing!

Thank you so much!

Medallions - By Theory11

Hey how do you all feel about the shallow depth of field on the photos of the tuck here? I'm talking about the blurry corners, basically. Is it annoying? Would you rather have the whole tuch sharp? There will always be a little blur with how I shoot, but there is more here in these photos than others Ive shot.

I prefer the depth of field shown in the Opera Singer tuck

Aquatic Kingdoms, Helike Edition - by Relentless Venture

Shot these today. They’re pretty nice, but the cards feel a bit stiff and doesn’t fan very well.

Sovereign, White Exquisite edition - by Jody Eklund and Black Ink Branded

Black Requiem, Counterspell Edition - by Stockholm17

This one was hard to photograph for me. It’s so hard to make the black foil on the black tuck look nice in photos. It looks amazing irl, but I’m not sure my photos do it justice.
Also the (very nice) foil on the cards is hard to photograph because the angle at which the foil shines is the same angle at which the rest of the card shines. If the rest of the card had a matte surface finish, the foil would stand out much better in photos. But I guess that might affect how smoothly the cards handle. They feel great btw!
I don’t know how y’all feel about these photos, but I’m okay with them. I didn’t use a tripod for the photos of the cards, instead I just handheld the camera and used a wide aperture, which lead to a shallow depth of field. So parts of the cards are out of focus on purpose. If I got paid to do this, I’d try harder. But I kinda like this esthetic.

You managed some very nice fans for those last two pictures as well. I have tried and it is not that easy to get all the cards that perfect after setting the cards down.

Shade wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2024 2:42 pm You managed some very nice fans for those last two pictures as well. I have tried and it is not that easy to get all the cards that perfect after setting the cards down.

Would you say you're a fan of his fans?