Guitar Photography - How i do it

[adam]

Great! Keep it coming Alex, I'll set up a separate Main Thread for Guitar Photography so all this stuff is in one spot.

[Scott J.]

Some truly great shots there Alex! ... looks like we've found our "photo-shoot" guru! (we should make room on the "Master's Shelf" beside DB and Gavin? ) ... professional or not Alex, you've certainly got the knack!

[Gavin1393]

/<\\/p>[/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/]<\\/p>/Quote from Scott J. on September 25, 2013, 21:48
Some truly great shots there Alex! ... looks like we've found our "photo-shoot" guru! (we should make room on the "Master's Shelf" beside DB and Gavin? ) ... professional or not Alex, you've certainly got the knack!

...no room, our ego's are too big!!

Haha.....this is good stuff Alex, and great photo's always impress the judges in the GOTM. We can't hear them, so we have to look at them RIGHT!

One thing I learned (but often forget to apply) is that your shutter speed should always take into consideration the lens you are shooting with. Hence if you are shooting with a 50mm lens, you should not go slower than 1/50th second. This is called the reciprocal rule and is defined below! .

The Reciprocal Rule--perhaps the most used “rule of thumb” in photography. It is used to determine the slowest shutter speed you can safely use while hand holding your camera and still prevent camera shake. It states that when hand holding your camera, the shutter speed should not be slower than the reciprocal of the effective focal length of the lens you are using. So, if you have a 55 mm lens, then the reciprocal of that would be 1/55, which means that the slowest shutter speed you should use would be 1/55 seconds.

Examples:
200mm lens: Shutter Speed (SS) > = 1/200 sec.
100mm lens: SS > = 1/100 sec.
70mm lens: SS > = 1/70 sec.

[highace10]

I know its not guitar related but it did use the rule-of-thumb you are talking about Gav. For a while there I experimented with some smoke and water drop photography, something that yielded some surprising results. This type of photography definitely required the use of a tripod but it was also very dependant on shutter speed and aperture. Too fast and the flash wouldn't sync and fire, too slow and the photo would be all blurry.

What im trying to say is that it can be a fine line sometimes when trying for a particular type of shot. Probably about 3-4 hours of taking shots and finally came out with the ones below lol Must be a sucker for punishment.

[highace10]

A separate area for photography would be a great idea! We can then collect all the tips and tricks in one area for everyone.

If you need a help managing it, more than willing to help. That's if the big ego's would let me. lol

[Gavin1393]

The big Ego's have stepped back in awe! Now let me see if I can wave a wand....

[keloooe]

I used Paint.NET for my LP pics, I just increased the sharpness a tid bit, about 30 minutes of toying around with the fine details to get it looking decent...
And hey, look who's back! Sorry for the hiatus guys, some life problems got ahead of my PBG life... I'll be a bit more forum-active more often :P