On Jan 11, 2022, at 8:15 AM, collinb@brendemuehl.net wrote:
A few years ago I did a nice violin shot in b&w. That was fun.
Recently I’ve re-started playing guitar and would like to shoot it in b&w. (classical)
Any thoughts or examples on lighting, display, and such? Much appreciated.
The big challenge is going to be reflections. It would be like photographing metal or glass in that way. Think of it as being made of a mirror and think about what you would see in a mirror of that shape. You would probably want something dark that would increase contrast with what is underneath rather than something light. Also, you will want to be very careful about how you place the lights to minimize reflections.
If you are processing with something like lightroom, it seems to me that you could gel the lights some color that isn’t that of the guitar (blue or green) and dial the blue way down in post. Not the green channel, just everything that is green.
(Also, just finished my second round of Covid. August was pretty rough. This time around, not so bad.)
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> On Jan 11, 2022, at 8:15 AM, collinb@brendemuehl.net wrote:
>
> A few years ago I did a nice violin shot in b&w. That was fun.
>
> Recently I’ve re-started playing guitar and would like to shoot it in b&w. (classical)
>
> Any thoughts or examples on lighting, display, and such? Much appreciated.
The big challenge is going to be reflections. It would be like photographing metal or glass in that way. Think of it as being made of a mirror and think about what you would see in a mirror of that shape. You would probably want something dark that would increase contrast with what is underneath rather than something light. Also, you will want to be very careful about how you place the lights to minimize reflections.
If you are processing with something like lightroom, it seems to me that you could gel the lights some color that isn’t that of the guitar (blue or green) and dial the blue way down in post. Not the green channel, just everything that is green.
>
> (Also, just finished my second round of Covid. August was pretty rough. This time around, not so bad.)
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