Photographing Nihonto - by Darcy Brockbank

[Brian]

Around 10 years ago, Darcy released his excellent article on photographing Nihonto. Through trial and error, he came up with many great tricks on the subject, and this was evident in his superb photographs of the swords on his website.
However, after some time, and for personal reasons (among them the number of dealers using his methods for personal gain without recognition) he withdrew the article.
After his tragic passing earlier this year, I wrote to his family asking for permission to release the article for the benefit of the community. There are many great tips and tricks in it.
This was granted by the family, and so here it is. After many years, and in tribute to a great member of the community, I have uploaded the article in the download section.
Enjoy, and remember a guy who was truly a huge character and a legend in our community. Thanks Darcy, and RIP from all of us.

[O koumori]

Brian,

Thanks very much for re-posting this article.

Dan K.