How do you get the finish from washing out?
This looks kinda green
My RICK-O-DELICA
Please don't, Joey!
Take more pictures of people or things you love and you'll be very good.
Jared,
It seems the on-camera flash was fired when the picture was taken. I'd suggest not use it. Using lamps of natural lights is highly recommended.
The finish of my Shadow has a little greenness too, when compared to the pure black pickguard. (BTW, does Jetglo always behave like that?) That can be emphasised by the flash too. The on-camera flash also makes the swirl marks overly evident.
Without flash, the shutter speed would be considerably longer, and the aperture wider, making the picture blurry of shallow depth of field, so a tripod is recommended. I seldom use a tripod though, as picture taking is a sponteinity thing for me. I choose to hand-hold the camera and use wide apertures, stop breathing when pressing the shutter release and hope my hands don't shake. The wide aperture will cause shallow depth of field (see how the checkered binding of my Shadow above are out of focus) which is not a good thing most of the time, unless used to good effect.
I sometimes use glare as a way to emphathise lines and shapes. I like how it worked in this shot, The white-out glare was the blue sky mirrored on the headstock and tuning keys:
Take more pictures of people or things you love and you'll be very good.
Jared,
It seems the on-camera flash was fired when the picture was taken. I'd suggest not use it. Using lamps of natural lights is highly recommended.
The finish of my Shadow has a little greenness too, when compared to the pure black pickguard. (BTW, does Jetglo always behave like that?) That can be emphasised by the flash too. The on-camera flash also makes the swirl marks overly evident.
Without flash, the shutter speed would be considerably longer, and the aperture wider, making the picture blurry of shallow depth of field, so a tripod is recommended. I seldom use a tripod though, as picture taking is a sponteinity thing for me. I choose to hand-hold the camera and use wide apertures, stop breathing when pressing the shutter release and hope my hands don't shake. The wide aperture will cause shallow depth of field (see how the checkered binding of my Shadow above are out of focus) which is not a good thing most of the time, unless used to good effect.
I sometimes use glare as a way to emphathise lines and shapes. I like how it worked in this shot, The white-out glare was the blue sky mirrored on the headstock and tuning keys:
I love those very classy pics, Paul.
As to the slight greenish tint to the Jetglo finish, yes, I believe this has always been there. Both my 1974 Jetglo 4001s have it. Also, high-gain pickups in the 70s and 80s were sprayed Jetglo, not black. A sure way to tell genuine, never-tampered-with Rickenbacker high-gain pickups from that era from copies or refinished genuine ones.
As to the slight greenish tint to the Jetglo finish, yes, I believe this has always been there. Both my 1974 Jetglo 4001s have it. Also, high-gain pickups in the 70s and 80s were sprayed Jetglo, not black. A sure way to tell genuine, never-tampered-with Rickenbacker high-gain pickups from that era from copies or refinished genuine ones.
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Paul, I wish I could take pictures even half as nice as yours.... You are a true Rickenbacker portrait artist! You should have them published in a coffee-table type of art book.... You do a great job in capturing the character and beauty of your basses.
"Once I've held and played the best, baby, I won't settle for less!"
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Before the book comes to see the light of day, here are the bigger images kindly posted by Bjorn:
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