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Originally Posted by j. Kinnaird
That is really pretty Mark. Such an organic look to all the appointments and as you say the details make such a difference when they all fit, as your certainly do.
I wish you would share some of your photo secretes. All your pics look professionally done. Do you have a dedicated photo booth? If so would you take pics of that sometime?
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Thanks John,
The trick with photography is to spend your time building guitars and minimize the time it takes to take and post pictures. Here is a look "behind the curtains" at what I do;
In a back corner of my shop I have hung a black bed sheet (from Walmart) and there are 3 LED photo lamps; a backlight, a diffusing umbrella, and a more direct light. I have an old oak table with a green towel from Bed Bath and Beyond.
My camera is already on a tripod and it has wifi. It talks to my i-phone so I can control it remotely and grab the pictures. My i-phone talks to Flickr so the pictures are there waiting for me to post.
Another thing is I always do everything on this workbench:
You will notice it has wheels. At any point while building that I wish to have a guitar in process picture I simply roll it over to the corner and shoot it quick.
I've thought of devoting a thread somewhere to this work bench.
It also is a down draft table, it has a 100lb granite machinist's block in it which helps keep it steady and is my flat reference. It holds a ton of clamps or I can pull it over to where the tool I need is without letting go of whatever it is I can't let go of. It is also small so I have to clean up after each step before I start the next (that's a big deal).
So if that sparks any better ideas let me know!
Mark