Tips on taking good gear photos?

[verbotenco]

Re: Tips on taking good gear photos?

Just don't photograph a guitar that looks hideous to the general public, like that contorted Epiphone Zakk Wylde or to me personally, Dean ML and many of Dean models.

 

[Chris of Arabia]

Re: Tips on taking good gear photos?

A big juicy blonde ....

No boobies though.

I see what you did there. You flipped that guitar in photoshop so we'd think it was left-handed. You're gonna have to get up much earlier if you think you're going to catch us out with that one... :joke:

 

[SouthpawGuy]

Re: Tips on taking good gear photos?

I see what you did there. You flipped that guitar in photoshop so we'd think it was left-handed. You're gonna have to get up much earlier if you think you're going to catch us out with that one... :joke:

Ha !

I use a tripod, no flash, camera set to aperture priority with the self timer on.

And here's another ....

 

[metalmachine]

Re: Tips on taking good gear photos?

Put some boobies somewhere in there.

I agree with this

 

[crguti]

Re: Tips on taking good gear photos?

this is a great picture... and it has boobs

 

[ratherdashing]

Re: Tips on taking good gear photos?

Great thread so far!

 

[Chris of Arabia]

Re: Tips on taking good gear photos?

this is a great picture... and it has boobs

Actually, I'd say that those were an almost perfect example of what not to do. To quickly list out the problems:

1. The lighting is very harsh leading to particularly strong and sharply defined shadows - softer lighting would soften those shadows right out
2. The shadows are falling in close proximity to the guitar itself which distracts the eye from the main subject itself - We need to ensure the subject is better defined than its surroundings
3. The guitar is very close to the background which appears as sharp as the guitar itself - it needs more visual separation
4. The aperture is probably too small, leading to a larger than necessary depth of field - again, visual separation is needed
5. The background is rather distracting in its own right anyway, it's competing for attention with the guitar and leaves the overall image rather busy - again, there's a need for the guitar to gain more attention than its surroundings

Boobs it may have, but it also has bricks, lots and lots of bricks - guess which one I see first?

 

[lex666]

Re: Tips on taking good gear photos?

^^

I hope you like EMG's otherwise you'll be missing a nipple.

 

[DrNewcenstein]

Re: Tips on taking good gear photos?

Yeah, the bricks are very close in color to the fleshtones used in the artwork. This is like putting your RealTree Camo finished item out in the woods and snapping a pic, or the proverbial gloss black guitar in its black-lined case.

For this particular guitar, you'd want an attractive female to hold it upright so it appears she's showing her boobies :lol:
Or maybe get one of those put-together-yourself clothes racks and drape a sheet over it.

 

[Agileguy_101]

Re: Tips on taking good gear photos?

I'm completely amateur. I just (like to think I) have a sense of what's good and what's not.

Here are two of my favorite gear pics I've taken (Nikon D50)

 

[RoccoFunnyMan]

Re: Tips on taking good gear photos?

It took me about 10-15 different tries to get this shot. Tripod and no flash but I have no idea what the settings were. Nikon D40 was the camera

 

[yutup123458]

Re: Tips on taking good gear photos?

My guitar;

My pedalboard;