Ok, I give up…
I’m not going to be able to get any musical instruments this weekend, so I created an Imaginary Guitar and went inside to be able to look out at the playing fingers and get the real feel of the music…
Can you hear it?
Flibble wrote:
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Cool photo.
I also tried this technique - I climbed inside one side of a set of maracas and then realised it was pitch black. I didn't bother posting the photos.
Very funny Flibble, thanks for the comments. The maracas lighting would’ve been easier to setup…
Excellent photo, John! Really creative, However to my eye it looks backward. If i were inside of a classical guitar looking out, the fingers would be on the other side. One plays the fingerboard with the left hand while using the right to pluck the strings. This shot is looking at it as one might from the audience side. (I know there are a tiny handful of guitarists who for whatever bizarre personal reasons play backwards, but they don't count.) Also, one tiny thing that only I might notice: the strings on a real guitar get thicker as they get lower pitched. All your strings seem to be the same size. But I nitpick... Turn it around and you've got a really great shot!
All the best,
Endre
Strad wrote:
Excellent photo, John! Really creative, However to my eye it looks backward. If i were inside of a classical guitar looking out, the fingers would be on the other side. One plays the fingerboard with the left hand while using the right to pluck the strings. This shot is looking at it as one might from the audience side. (I know there are a tiny handful of guitarists who for whatever bizarre personal reasons play backwards, but they don't count.) Also, one tiny thing that only I might notice: the strings on a real guitar get thicker as they get lower pitched. All your strings seem to be the same size. But I nitpick... Turn it around and you've got a really great shot!
All the best,
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Endre thanks again for the very detailed comments!
Let me clarify that I’m lefty and I made sure the hand was in the right position when doing the simulation (maybe that’s why I don’t play guitar).
You are absolutely correct about the strings; I realized that I had only one size wire but didn’t have the motivation to go shopping for a heavier gauge on a Sunday afternoon, so I shot it anyway.
This was just a piece of black cardboard with a hole mounted on a wooden frame, twelve screws and a roll of wire, not quite a classical guitar but it played my music today…
Great idea. It definitely cathces the eye and starts the brain working. My first glance of the photo stopped me and my brain was saying, " how did he his camera inside". A+ for originallity. Great shot.
jban99 wrote:
Endre thanks again for the very detailed comments!
Let me clarify that I’m lefty and I made sure the hand was in the right position when doing the simulation (maybe that’s why I don’t play guitar).
You are absolutely correct about the strings; I realized that I had only one size wire but didn’t have the motivation to go shopping for a heavier gauge on a Sunday afternoon, so I shot it anyway.
This was just a piece of black cardboard with a hole mounted on a wooden frame, twelve screws and a roll of wire, not quite a classical guitar but it played my music today… ...Show more →
My dear friend, John,
Your hand position is beautiful but being a "lefty has absolutely nothing to do with anything. I know several "lefty" classical guitarists and they all play with the guitar in the right position. Rock guitarists are another matter. They are often self-taught so they pick up all sorts of bad habits out of ignorance. (Having met Paul McCartney on one occasion, I would say that ignorance and arrogance are both operant. But I digress...) Only Django Reinhardt who nearly burned his hand off really needed to play the other way. If you think about it, "lefty" or "righty" should make no difference. One still needs to develop the proper skills with each hand to accomplish whatever is needed to make the instrument sing. There are certainly as many "lefty" violinists in the world as in the general population but I'll bet you've never seen one playing the instrument backwards. I've never seen one. I don't want to seem like I'm harping on a small matter but I see lots of silly-looking advertisement photos of violinists and guitarists that are obviously flipped backwards because the ad agency people don't know any better. To my eyes, it's really quite jarring to look at your otherwise lovely photo and have it scream at me that it's backward and therefore makes no sense. All that it needs is to be flipped in PS. Maybe I'm just nuts! :worried:
Thanks for letting me get my two cents in.
Best,
Endre
Hey Strad...Paul McCartney plays left-handed guitars. It must be him....
Is he playing 'Moon River'.. it looks like a moonlight night to me. Fabulous image, John. Great use of neg space.
PS Can someone wrestle that bottle of Tequila from Flibbles??
Hello Suse, negative space was in my mind during the composition, thank you.
Now I know why Flibbles is so funny…
tynorth wrote:
Great idea. It definitely cathces the eye and starts the brain working. My first glance of the photo stopped me and my brain was saying, " how did he his camera inside". A+ for originallity. Great shot.
Tynorth
Thanks for the comment Tynorth, I’m getting one of those tiny little cameras to be ready for future assignments…
it looks like a moonlight night to me. Fabulous image, John. Great use of neg space. 
