Fireglo on fire

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 1:01 pm

Tried to take some shots of the 660/12 in the early morning sun:

It's not much of a camera and I'm surely not much of a photographer!!

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 1:05 pm

I'd call it 'fireburst'.....

longhouse · Post by **longhouse** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 3:55 pm

The six string voice of God.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 6:52 pm

I found myself squinting!

aristeas · Post by **aristeas** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 11:00 pm

I was told the secret of superior quality guitar pix some months back by an Ebayer from Adelaide (Oz) called synthstasher. The recipe goes:
- Outdoors, overcast sky
- Black background (cotton sheet is perfect) for all but black guitars
- Pale blue or similar background for Jetglo
- 5.2 megapixel digital camera with minimum 3x zoom. - also works for standard 35mil camera and scanner.
- Photoshop/Paintshop to polish up

Here''s some I took with standard 35mil/scanner method:

http://worldzone.net/music/dotcommies/jbass1.htm
http://worldzone.net/music/dotcommies/jbass2.htm
http://worldzone.net/music/dotcommies/jbass3.htm

http://worldzone.net/music/dotcommies/LPaa2.html

I'm hoping to find the right time to photograph my Rics soon.

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 4:07 am

Ya reckon I wasn't squinting when I took 'em?

I was trying to get a radiating sparkle effect (if you get my drift) rather than a blinding flash!

I'll take synthstasher's secrets on board, Lee but I'd have to sell a Ric or part thereof to afford the type of camera and software he's suggesting and that just wouldn't be on, would it??

Simple solution - stick to the basics!

BobKat · Post by **BobKat** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 4:12 am

I have gotten some great advice about using lighting in guitar pix. I know next to nothing about photography. I was told to use a couple of halgen shop lights to bounce the light off of white backgrounds...no direct light at all. A gray or light blue background. I'm going to try it.

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 4:30 am

Go for it, Bob! I'd like to see the results.

Might try moonlight next time... Oooouuuuww!!

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 6:30 am

Lee, Photoshop has a feature called "Auto Contrast" which, with one push of a button, spices up washed-out photos. Here is your scanned LP shot before and after. Just took a second.

adam_swapp · Post by **adam_swapp** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 10:36 am

Bob is one the right track. I use halogen shop lights bounced of the ceiling, with the guitar on a light blue flannel sheet. Sunshine is also good for color balance, but as Lee's source intimates, direct sunlight can cause troublesome shadows. And as Paul notes, Photoshop can do wonders for some problems.

simer4001 · Post by **simer4001** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 11:22 am

I think me mum snapped them shots!

Thats how all 'er shot come out

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 6:01 pm

My Mum's shots all have the heads missing. If she shot my guitars they'd prob have no headstocks.

bmi_guy · Post by **bmi_guy** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 5:25 am

My father-in-law leaves his video camera running while he's walking around - all you see are his feet and a lot of movement. It's great stuff - but gives us all motion sickness!!