Chris of Arabia
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Yep, that's about as good as it gets.
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Great!
now what is the secret of taking a good picture of a guitar??? I don't get it and infortunately I missed a seminar on this topic on the last Dallas guitar show..
it's not the ange, you take them from the front, slightly angled to the right and slightly angled to the left... and they all look great!!
now what is the secret of taking a good picture of a guitar??? I don't get it and infortunately I missed a seminar on this topic on the last Dallas guitar show..
it's not the ange, you take them from the front, slightly angled to the right and slightly angled to the left... and they all look great!!
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What a neck! :blob7:
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Chris of Arabia said:
Uh, gee thanks. That thread has filled my skull with all manner of expensive ideas. And I blame YOU!!!
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m4rk0 said:Great!
now what is the secret of taking a good picture of a guitar??? I don't get it and infortunately I missed a seminar on this topic on the last Dallas guitar show..
it's not the angle, you take them from the front, slightly angled to the right and slightly angled to the left... and they all look great!!
I'm not too sure there's a secret to it - certainly not when shooting outside. Probably the main things to be aware of are lighting and reflections - the latter accounting for the left/right angles, I'm trying to make sure I'm not one of the things being reflected.
All these shots were done with a Canon 350D (Rebel XT), a 17-55mm zoom lens, hand held. Other than that, the only thing I do is try and ensure that there is a reasonably neutral backdrop (not too busy) and that I use a relatively wide aperture to make sure that there is a shallow depth of field - concentrates the eye on the guitar and drops everything else out of focus. Oh and fill the frame as much as possible - cropping later only reduces the overall quality of the image.
On the post processing side of things I don't really do much at all - adjust the levels slightly to ensure I've retained highlight/shadow detail, a bit of a boost to the colour saturation, re-size for web display (800 pixels on the longest size), sharpen, drop a border on it and present it to the world.
Chris of Arabia said:m4rk0 said:Great!
now what is the secret of taking a good picture of a guitar??? I don't get it and infortunately I missed a seminar on this topic on the last Dallas guitar show..
it's not the angle, you take them from the front, slightly angled to the right and slightly angled to the left... and they all look great!!
I'm not too sure there's a secret to it - certainly not when shooting outside. Probably the main things to be aware of are lighting and reflections - the latter accounting for the left/right angles, I'm trying to make sure I'm not one of the things being reflected.
All these shots were done with a Canon 350D (Rebel XT), a 17-55mm zoom lens, hand held. Other than that, the only thing I do is try and ensure that there is a reasonably neutral backdrop (not too busy) and that I use a relatively wide aperture to make sure that there is a shallow depth of field - concentrates the eye on the guitar and drops everything else out of focus. Oh and fill the frame as much as possible - cropping later only reduces the overall quality of the image.
On the post processing side of things I don't really do much at all - adjust the levels slightly to ensure I've retained highlight/shadow detail, a bit of a boost to the colour saturation, re-size for web display (800 pixels on the longest size), sharpen, drop a border on it and present it to the world.
thanks for the tips! Inside pictures almost never work for me, outside ones usually turn out ok.. oh and I use a digital rebel as well... I think one of the first versions they made 3 or 4 years ago.
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I usually try not to either... except for that time I sold my kettle on ebay....
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Incredibly nice guitar.
GUNSNGUITARS
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That is sweet!!!!
GUNSNGUITARS
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What kind of ammunition did you install (Pickups). That Birdseye neck tops this Tele off.
Chris of Arabia
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It's the bridge from a Kinman 'Broadcaster' set and a Seymour Duncan 'Seymourised' Mini at the neck.
Still in two minds about the neck actually. It has the boatneck profile and I think it's perhaps just a little too large for me - I may order a new one at some point and replace it with something a little more manageable
Still in two minds about the neck actually. It has the boatneck profile and I think it's perhaps just a little too large for me - I may order a new one at some point and replace it with something a little more manageable
