[Volantangel] Playing Cards + Photography

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Re: [Volantangel] Playing Cards + Photography

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I just found this thread! Really enjoying your photos! :D
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Re: [Volantangel] Playing Cards + Photography

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Thanks Shermaine !

Ok heres a shot with one of each deck (in order of release) to end off Uusi week on a bang !
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Re: [Volantangel] Playing Cards + Photography

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Now that Uusi week is officially over, just pulling the other photos ive taken for other threads back here.

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http://unitedcardists.com/download/file.php?id=2692&t=1
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Re: [Volantangel] Playing Cards + Photography

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One for Jackson and the day !
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Nice work as always V :D .........I want those Sharks 8-)
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My Sharks arent in the best condition, its my only one as well. Wish i had more to spare.

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Loving this thread - UUSi week was fab. :mrgreen:
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montecarlojoe wrote:Loving this thread - UUSi week was fab. :mrgreen:
^seconded! Hard to imagine Kai topping it, but we will all certainly enjoy seeing him try!
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Thanks guys! Haha theres is always room fro improvement, and i can definitely do better with the right props, i love having stuff related to the cards to work with, always adds a further dimension to the pictures.

On a different note, im in imperial heaven !
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Might re-do this one in the future if given the correct scenerio, as much as i think maroon fits the deck, i can imagine this being in a more gritty maybe gravelly environment.
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volantangel wrote:On a different note, im in imperial heaven !
Nice! I think that the deck standing on end would work better if it weren't straight on, but at more of an oblique angle, like everything else in the shot.

As for props, you should spring for, say, an even dozen Faberge eggs, placed in a Styrofoam egg carton.

Of course, you might have to create a Kiskstarter campaign to fund that photo! :D
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I considered that option as well ! I think i actually have a couple of shots that i did with that deck at a very slight angle, but didnt look quite as good. Perhaps i needed to have it at a larger angle, I think i was having difficulty with the reflection at that time.

Rob would you be my first backer if i do that ? :uggrin: :uggrin:
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volantangel wrote:Rob would you be my first backer if i do that ? :uggrin: :uggrin:
Drat the luck, I promised my wife just yesterday that I would not spend any more money on playing cards for a while.
:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

...of course, we did not define how long "a while" is...

:D :D :D :D :D
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Haha I dont think your wife has to worry. My funding goal would have to be at least 50 Million to obtain the eggs, maybe after the shoot ill pluck out the jewels as backer rewards.

On a more serious note, sometimes i wish creators would include an extra little something for backers instead of just the cards so I can add a little more dimension to the photos i take.
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volantangel wrote:Haha I dont think your wife has to worry. My funding goal would have to be at least 50 Million to obtain the eggs, maybe after the shoot ill pluck out the jewels as backer rewards.
Just invite us all to an egg hunt in your back yard.
On a more serious note, sometimes i wish creators would include an extra little something for backers instead of just the cards so I can add a little more dimension to the photos i take.
Tell you what: when I get around to creating my "Celebrate!" deck, if you are one of its KS backers, I'll throw in a handful of multi-colored metallic confetti with each of your reward decks.

And maybe a party hat, if you're good.
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Re: [Volantangel] Playing Cards + Photography

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Heres one for the weekend =)
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As much as i would love to do a vintage week, I dont quite have that many vintage decks. So this is for the vintage weekend and a little.
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Something not terribly old, but definitely not a modern deck =) My collection has come a long way baby
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The oldest deck in my collection, deserves more than one photo =)
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:drool: :drool: Oooh That is gorgeous. :drool: :drool:
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volantangel wrote:Something not terribly old, but definitely not a modern deck =) My collection has come a long way baby
Nearly thirty years old (1985), IIRC...
volantangel wrote:The oldest deck in my collection, deserves more than one photo =)
The oldest deck in my collection is from the 1880s, but I have a collector friend whose oldest deck is a round German deck with flower suits (roses, carnations, etcetera) from the late 1400s!!!

Here are images from that deck, in an archive.org copy of a page from the 52 Plus Joker web site:

https://web.archive.org/web/20030226034 ... /index.htm
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Thanks guys, not totally into antique decks simply due to them being too expensive, the last pinochle deck was something i picked up along the way for a decently cheap price =)
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volantangel wrote:Thanks guys, not totally into antique decks simply due to them being too expensive, the last pinochle deck was something i picked up along the way for a decently cheap price =)
Oh, come on now!

First you balk at using a paltry fifty million dollars worth of Faberge' eggs, and now you whine about antique decks being "too expensive"" after I post a link to images of one which is only what - six hundred years old?

What are you, a pauper?

(...says the man who is waiting for his disability check to come tomorrow before he spends around $60 on a handful of modern decks)
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Well playing cards have made me a pauper XD
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volantangel wrote:Well playing cards have made me a pauper XD
Tell me about it - They've been doing that to me for around forty years now...
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My little Encarded family, just awaiting for the release of its latest member =)
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Tried something new in the afternoon, discovered shaky hands do not go well with balancing cards. My method is clear as day :lol: :lol:

Oh and the reason for these pictures are to show how far Paul has pushed the limits of the thin borders!!
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OOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! :drool: :drool: Excellent as always Volantangel,Thanks
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volantangel wrote:My little Encarded family, just awaiting for the release of its latest member =)
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Very nice, but why are they all standing in the corner - did they misbehave? :)
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Re: [Volantangel] Playing Cards + Photography

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Thanks guys ! Heres a little more for the weekend !
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