2022 Proof Sovereign Charles III Portrait - QEII Commemorative Issue - First Photos

[DdraigAur]

This is about the best I can achieve with my equipment. The Chards magic axial setup is light years ahead. I’ll have to try and comprehend your photo guide a bit more. 

[LawrenceChard]

6 minutes ago, sovereignsteve said:

 

Now I've seen a shiny one, I think I prefer Chards' matt one😎

Well said!

I'll let our two photographers know their jobs are safe...

For a few more weeks at least!

😎

[Bogart]

6 minutes ago, DdraigAur said:

This is about the best I can achieve with my equipment. The Chards magic axial setup is light years ahead. I’ll have to try and comprehend your photo guide a bit more. 

Looks very nice to me.

[westminstrel]

2 minutes ago, LawrenceChard said:

Well said!

I'll let our two photographers know their jobs are safe...

For a few more weeks at least!

😎

And what if I said I preferred @GoldDiggerDave’s photography? 🙈 

With apologies to your two photographers; stellar effort on their part. 😜

[Zhorro]

48 minutes ago, GoldDiggerDave said:

@westminstrel some quick snaps for you mate 

How to make us all jealous!  I have only just sent a cheque to my supplier, so it is going to be another 2 or 3 weeks before my sovereign arrives. 

[CoinStruck]

52 minutes ago, GoldDiggerDave said:

@westminstrel some quick snaps for you mate 

Amazing photos!! Much better than Mr Chards. 

[sovereignsteve]

8 minutes ago, DdraigAur said:

This is about the best I can achieve with my equipment. The Chards magic axial setup is light years ahead. I’ll have to try and comprehend your photo guide a bit more.

Photography of proof coins is quite a topic in itself, both from a practical as well as an aesthetic viewpoint.

Sometimes I find that the black background you usually get from a vertical camera position to be glorious but sometimes it doesn't look right and an angular shot that captures the shiny proof field is better. The angular shot is by far the most difficult to achieve as you often get undesirable reflections and varying lighting across the coin. Maybe I need to get one of these new-fangled axial setups.

[LawrenceChard]

2 minutes ago, westminstrel said:

And what if I said I preferred @GoldDiggerDave’s photography? 🙈 

With apologies to your two photographers; stellar effort on their part. 😜

It take real skill to get a good quality photo with a mobile phone!

Don't worry, our two "flashers" have a sense of humour.

I will tag @SemolinaPilchard in to this, and he can let you know, when he takes a tea break.

😎

[sovereignsteve]

Just now, LawrenceChard said:

when he takes a tea break

Really, you allow him breaks?😁

[Gruff]

58 minutes ago, GoldDiggerDave said:

@westminstrel some quick snaps for you mate 

Top quality pics there Dave! 

[LawrenceChard]

5 minutes ago, sovereignsteve said:

Really, you allow him breaks?😁

Yes, whenever he wants.

He usually comes in to take the shots, then goes home to do the processing.

😎

[James32]

Is @GoldDiggerDave the new photography consultant at chards?

@LawrenceChard seems like an excellent opportunity to come out from the past?

[LawrenceChard]

13 minutes ago, James32 said:

Is @GoldDiggerDave the new photography consultant at chards?

@LawrenceChard seems like an excellent opportunity to come out from the past?

1) No!

2) What?😎, before it catches up with me?

 

[sovereignsteve]

23 minutes ago, LawrenceChard said:

Yes, whenever he wants.

He usually comes in to take the shots, then goes home to do the processing.

😎

does he need an apprentice?😁

[LawrenceChard]

23 minutes ago, sovereignsteve said:

does he need an apprentice?😁

He did have one!

😎

[Stu]

22 minutes ago, LawrenceChard said:

He did have one!

😎

That sounds ominous. 

[LawrenceChard]

4 minutes ago, Stu said:

That sounds ominous. 

Not really.

She never seemed to show any great interest, as if she was on auto-pilot. Doug is very creative, and excellent at demonstrating and explaining, so it was disappointing.

Blackpool and Fylde College (or Blackpool and Flyde College as it sometimes calls itself) is reckoned to have one of the best Photography degree courses in the UK. I can't imagine what the others are like. 

😎

[Bogart]

3 hours ago, Zhorro said:

How to make us all jealous!  I have only just sent a cheque to my supplier, so it is going to be another 2 or 3 weeks before my sovereign arrives. 

Remind me what a cheque is?😁

[Zhorro]

1 hour ago, Bogart said:

Remind me what a cheque is?😁

It is a means of delaying payment for as long as possible!

[slack]

They are fine looking coins, I look forward to receiving my own... hopefully soon eh!

[sovereignsteve]

3 hours ago, Zhorro said:

It is a means of delaying payment for as long as possible!

Especially in these times of Royal Mail strikes, "your cheque is in the post" really can delay it indefinitely now.

[LawrenceChard]

On 13/01/2023 at 12:29, sovereignsteve said:

Now I've seen a shiny one, I think I prefer Chards' matt one😎

I've heard that before!

😎