Time to invite anyone who has some know how, and those who don't to participate in a photography thread. We all take pics of our gear, and we also play out and would like shots of our bands and such. Both types of photography need to be approached differently for the best results.
With the modern digital cameras we all have access to, life is full of quick and inexpensive experiments! In my day, we had to shoot, send the film off, and actually WAIT for the results . Learning curves were slow, and wrought with forgetfulness.
Now, we have some instant gratification with the LCDs and histograms available to us , so with a little care, many of us can get our skill sets refined and up to speed.
A little about me, I have recorded ( audio ) and shot bands in the past and have been shooting photos since I was 8, back in 1968.
Now days, I shoot digital, but have thousands of images from the previous decades to scan and place in my web galleries. At present I have around 100 web galleries with images, many low key family shots, and many shots I've been paid to do.
My grand father began shooting photos in the 1890s, them my dad, then myself. We have tintypes from my great grandfather as well from the 1850's and later. So we have a lot of images floating around our family albums.
Anyway, I shoot digital now, and like to control most of the aspects of the image, from inception to print.
I know some of the other members here have mentioned they do photography either as a profession or advanced amature , so there are some of us who know how to get images we want.
Many times we just snap away with the little cameras and the flash does its job, but the colors look flat, or the flash reflects poorly, etc. There are ways around this.
Heck, I was lazy the other day and shot a cluster of guitars on a leather chair. The guitars were all on top one another, but I hid microfiber cloths between each one so they would not hit. Then I got an aperture I thought would allow me to get most of the pile in focus, this meant I had to raise the ISO ( film speed in old world speak ), it also affected the shutter speed. I did the shot just goofing around, no tripod, canvas background, etc, since it was just for this forum.
I shot with three windows open and some lights on for added color warmth.
Nothing special, I could have really done something special but it's OK ,and without the use of flash= no hot spots.
Photoguy , another member has some better ones he shot in his studio. They are in the post you guitar photos thread.
I do panoramas, and infared shots at events, in for landscapes in genral. Lots of fun possibilities these days in photography.
Here's a photo montage I did for tommy Emmanuel:
A sixteen minute shot of Boston Light:
An infared pano of Cohassett Mass:
Ok, an infared pic of my R4 BB:
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Each style of picture was taken in a different way with a pretty decent camera, for sure, but even all of our small digicams have some of this ability within them, albeit , with constraints.
Anyway, I hope other's post and the thread can serve some greater good, other than me grandstanding and posting picture. I can do that all day long
