Best way to take picture of slabbed card?

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Posted By: Joe_G.

This has been discussed before, but the discussion usually shifts to scans as opposed to straight up digital pictures. I'm trying to take some good pictures of my SGC graded cards but have the following issues:

1) My light source, camera, or both reflect off the slab. I've seen nice pics of slabbed cards that don't even show the light reflections around the outside edges. I can position the camera to the side to eliminate the camera reflection but then the card and holder are skewed.

2) My T206 white borders look more like T206 tan borders. My pictures lose the clean white look some of my cards possess.

I firmly believe my issues stem from the user (me) and not the camera as it's a fairly new high end piece. Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Joe Gonsowski