Nice vibe here. Gretsch. Bigsby. Cool. Love the amount of grain/noise you're getting at a very mild ISO. Very effective, almost like Tri-X from the goodle days.
I'm in the middle of reading a book called Play It Loud, which is a fascinating history of the electric guitar. Good read if you're into music at all.
Peter Figen wrote:
Nice vibe here. Gretsch. Bigsby. Cool. Love the amount of grain/noise you're getting at a very mild ISO. Very effective, almost like Tri-X from the goodle days.
I'm in the middle of reading a book called Play It Loud, which is a fascinating history of the electric guitar. Good read if you're into music at all.
Thanks Peter.
The grain was added in post ... just kinda called to me for this one. Very atypical for the detail junkie in me. I'm starting to learn about things other than detail.
"Play it Loud" ... will look into that.
I played around with the axe back in the 70's, but I was in the wrong place, wrong time. I should have been a blues guitarist and everyone wanted to teach me lead, rhythm or folk. I didn't even know what the Blues were until I ran across a John Lee Hooker cassette in a little Army PX in the United Arab Emirates after the Gulf War (of all places). Suffice to say, I'm a more accomplished photographer (reads, I have no talent on the axe) than guitarist ... but, will always have a place in my heart for bendn' 'em ... and those who actually do have such talent(s).
In that regard, I try to keep John Lee Hooker's "Boogie Chillen" close to my heart for my photographic endeavors, too.
I heard papa tell mama let that boy boogie-woogie
It's in him and it got to come out
Whether its finding out what's in me, and lettin' it out ... or findin' what's in others, and gettin' it out (or capturing it when it gets let out), I try to keep Boogie Chillen close to me. Can't speak to how well I (don't) achieve it at times, but I try to keep it close. That said, I do like some good axe work, since I am relegated to somewhere between the vicarious and voyeuristic creation of it ... well, you get the picture.
John Webb wrote:
Sweet!!! The grain really makes the atmosphere. like the angle and perfect subject.
Thanks John.
I shot this while standing in line for a chair lift, as the line passed nearby the band. I went low to get an angle for the drummer, then the lead turned my way. I was on it. The flare just came along for the ride.
Kent - We used to go see John Lee Hooker at Clint Eastwood's Mission Ranch in Carmel, Ca. You could pretty much just walk right up to him even while he was playing, and yes, he surely played Boogie Chillin every time. I think I posted a shot from him playing there a while back.
One thing I might try with the grain which I do all the time is to make a copy of the background layer then make a simple luminosity mask and invert that. Then add noise which at this point goes primarily into the shadows and grads off into the midtones. Then, because the grain is too sharp, add anywhere between .4 and .9 pixels of Gaussian Blur, THEN invert the selection and repeat with a lower amount of noise/grain and blurring. Then, after all that, maybe take the opacity of that new layer down to somewhere between 70 and 90 percent, or whatever feels best. That will feel really film like.
Too Cool ... I seem to have missed a lot of the good stuff. I've seen Buddy Guy and Snooky Pryor a few times, though. And B.B. King, etc..
Many of the others who are gone, I'd have loved to have seen, Lightnin' Hopkins comes to mind. Too many to list, really.
I was thinking this morning that it might be a kiss harsh ... so I'm hearin' ya on finding the right place for it.
On this one, I actually applied various density masks on the grain for some pullback on the subject, but left the BG 100%. Thinking it could come down to that 70-90% range you mentioned.
Thanks again, I'll take a look at your "sauce" to see how it might taste going down the road.
