Sacagawea Dollar Long Sleeve T-Shirt

When I first got my macro lens for my digital cameras I wanted to photograph some coins. One of the coins I picked was the gold Sacagawea Dollar. I photographed this coin with a Nikon D90 with a Nikkor 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens. For the set-up I mounted my camera on a copy stand. The coin was setting on a sheet of glass elevated above a black background for separation. The lighting was from a single Nikon SB-600 Speedlight mounted in a 5.5"x 8" soft box with a frosted diffuser added. The soft box was placed in back of the set-up and very low and very close to give good relief on the surface of the coin. The exposure was ISO 100 at f/16 and the shutter was synched with flash at 1/200 sec. I cropped the image to a square.

Photography has been my life. I was always curious about what went on inside the camera and in the darkroom. Photography was something mysterious--a little bit of magic plus a little bit of science. It was alchemy. I ventured forth to turn silver halide crystals into gold. Like all photographers I started out as a hobbyist. From home darkrooms to industrial photo labs and in various studios and on-location as a commercial photographer. I have assisted many professional photographers, worked in various labs and studios. My education was from Hawkeye Community College in Waterloo,Iowa. There I received my associate of applied arts degree in photography. I am an alumni of the Winona School of Professional Photography, formally sponsored...