Experiments in Coin Photography - 2008

It has been several years since I have updated my material on the photography of ancient coins so this page will offer opinions developed since my earlier pages which are linked at the bottom of this page. Opinions may differ on whether my coin photos have improved in these last few years but at least a few images have benefited from what I have learned. There is room for several opinions on the questions that face a photographer of ancient coins and we all must decide which style best renders the coin as we would like it to be seen. It should be obvious that some coins, like some people, take better pictures than others. We have to decide if we are trying to make each subject "Hollywood Handsome" or going for "Passport Photos" which show the coin with brutal honesty