Razor Pictures With Point & Shoot Camera

I show how I use a point & shoot camera to get good quality pictures of a straight razor. I used a white piece of cloth over the window to diffuse the light. I used a piece of poster board for the background. One side of the poster board was white, the other side was black.

[@SugarcreekForge]

Wow, Charlie! That first razor is absolutely stunning. Thanks for the photo tips.

[@BreamRockmetteller]

Just awesome! Not only do I love your razors (I've got an old frame back) your photo and video techniques have steadily improved. Well done!

[@paulstevenson200]

Lovely piece of work - impressive and informative. Thank you.

[@lewisrazors]

You are very welcome

[@quiles007]

Thanks for the info. It makes perfect sense to me, to use a screw. I'll give it a shot. Thanks again. Q

[@denmason]

Beautiful work

[@lewisrazors]

Thank you, I have worked at making better videos. It has been a slow process. I look back at some of my earlier videos and cringe a little. Thank you, for noticing the progress.

[@a1batmang]

Thanks for the tips. The pics look great! Need I say how fantastic the razor is? Great work, as always Charlie.

[@lewisrazors]

Thank you for the good explanation of iso. I did shoot the pictures at iso100.

[@MagnusGabrielsson]

lightroom can be found free and a ok system camera can be found for around 150 bucks. but yeah if you dont have the time/money to play with advanced programs the technique you show is perfect. and Lewis i love your Razor making videos. cheers.

[@lewisrazors]

Your welcome, Thanks for the comment.

[@lewisrazors]

Thanks for the input.

[@51barnfind]

Very Nice!!

[@lewisrazors]

Lightroom and Photoshop and high end cameras that shoot in RAW are great toools. But, the point of the video was to use an inexpensive point and shoot and bracket to get good exposure, and end up with a decent picture.

[@lewisrazors]

Thank you

[@lewisrazors]

Thanks

[@NonsenseAbounds]

If you're going to use a tripod, you can probably use ISO of 100 or even 80 (lower ISO is better). ISO basically means the camera's sensitivity to light, higher ISO means a brighter picture, but at the cost of "noise" aka "grainy and poor" photos. So you want to use a low ISO to avoid grainy photos. "But, the photo will be dark :( ." NOT SO! You have a tripod, so you just have to use a longer shutter time (aka, move Exposure to the right). I guess try it and see...Anyway, thanks for your vids!

[@quiles007]

Hi, Fantastic work of art. What size screw did you use at the pivot?

[@lewisrazors]

I used an 1/8' pivot. It consist of an .125 cylinder with to small machine screws on either side.

[@MagnusGabrielsson]

you should try use Lightroom. but need to take the picture in Raw format.