Nice light Britt. Did you create that background yourself or is it available from someone? I've been looking for just those tones for a particular annual report portrait.
If a tree falls in the forest and there's no one there to hear it, does it make a noise. I guess the answer in this case would be yes, a beautiful one.
JW, this is a background I found online and it is quite nice. I will find the URL and post it later.
Andrew, This is my personal guitar and I have several others that I will be shooting just for fun. I am actually trying to get some gigs with a few guitar companies to shoot their entire lineup.
VERY nice, Britt. The lighting and background complement the guitar beautifully. I own two Taylors myself. Love em like my kids. Well, you know what I mean. The Taylor manufacturing plant is a block from my office. If you love guitars, their afternoon tours are not to be missed.
Fantastic shot of your guitar: I hope to create something like that with mine (not a Taylor - a Garrison G30CE). It makes me think of the elec guitar catalog that I'd got PRS to send to me (to Sydney no less) more than 10 years ago.
If I could just nit-pick a little:
- the strings look worn.. at least it seems that way to me: I'm used to seeing them cos I'm too lazy to change my strings
- the tuning pegs are all facing different directions
- the bottom half of the body in the back view looks too dim, and ends up directing your attention to just the neck/headstock.
I am by no means a pro, but thought these might be the kinds of things guitar companies look for in your work (hopefully of their gear good luck!)
Daniel... the strings probably need to be changed... the pegs would look better in the same direction but it would sure sound like crap... I have fixed the back since this post, perhaps I will re-post it.
For these simple "front & back" pictures, you might try just hanging the guitar by a piece of monofilament fishline. It will save a bunch of PS later.
As for the tuning pegs, the guitar doesn't have to be in tune for the picture, does it? Retune the guitar after the shoot.
If you look at the ads in some of the luthiery magazines, you'll see that while some makers use front & back shots, many don't, preferring to focus on a single distinctive element of their instrument. I'm working on learning to capture the distinctiveness of the instrument.
I got it from Studio Dynamics. Nice people to work with and resonable prices. The canvas nackdrops are hand painted to order and delivery was under a week. This pattern is Wyndham and is a great all purpose grey that I highly recommend.
