If you are looking for tattoo pictures, you go here: Tattoo Gallery or Tattoo Battles or Chopper Tattoo.Taking a good picture of your tattoo is no rocket sience, but you need to follow some guidelines to get good looking tattoo pictures. Here are a few hints and tips that will help you taking quality pics of your ink...
1. Most tattoo pictures you see online are taken right after the tattoo has been finished. I understand, you just had new ink and you want to show it to the world, but the fact is that a new tattoo doesn't look good because of the blood, swelling and ointment covering the tattoo. Wait a couple of weeks to take a pic, until your tattoo has fully healed, then you'll be able to take that cool picture of your tattoo.
2. You need someone to help you, taking good photographs of your own body is very hard and will never produce good results.
3. Use a camera, not a webcam. It's imposible to take a good tattoo picture with a webcam.
4. The flash is not your friend because you will see reflections of it on your picture. Go outside to take tattoo pictures. If you do need to use a flash (because you can't go out because it's raining for example), apply a little cosmetic powder to the tattoo, it will reduce the glare.
5. Take a good distance: too far and you won't see the details of your design, too close and the picture will be blurred (unless you have a very good camera).
6. No shaking! Don't move while taking your tattoo picture, the results will be blurry. Try to steady your arm by placing it on top of something like a table.
7. Be creative! Try different angles, different distances, ... The beauty of a digital camera is that you can make pictures as many as you want.
If you follow these simple guidelines, you will be able to produce quality tattoo pictures. Remember to post them online here: Tattoo Battles
