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Howard Emerson · #1 07-06-2020, 05:27 AM

Not quite an official portrait shot because the headstock got clipped, but it wasn't an official shoot except for the guitars involved. I was lucky to have 10 minutes in front of the camera........Photography by Rod Franklin for a future book of Monteleone Guitars.......

HE

Treenewt · #2 07-06-2020, 07:29 AM

Extremely cool shot Howard!

rmp · #3 07-06-2020, 07:46 AM

nice shot, The B&W makes it happen IMHO

Howard Emerson · #4 07-06-2020, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by rmp

nice shot, The B&W makes it happen IMHO

I agree, but the color shot is stunning. Between the guitar finish, the shirt, the hat....whew....But I need to find some rust colored felt....the green is just not quite with the program:-)

At some point I’ll post it.

HE

Guitars44me · #5 07-06-2020, 04:25 PM

Nice shot for sure! If you were not playing the blues, you should have been, from the look of things...

Carry on and stay well

Paul

iim7V7IM7 · #6 07-06-2020, 05:18 PM

Now for double coolness see if they can show the guitar in its natural red with you and the rest of the image in B&W noir...

Silly Moustache · #7 07-06-2020, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Howard Emerson

Not quite an official portrait shot because the headstock got clipped, but it wasn't an official shoot except for the guitars involved. I was lucky to have 10 minutes in front of the camera........Photography by Rod Franklin for a future book of Monteleone Guitars.......

HE

Hi, lovely gradation, beautiful tonality, and lighting, but choppong off a headstock, is like ... chopping off the player's head.

As an "ex" photographer and printer, I have long felt that black and white is more expressive, as the viewers are unconsciously involved in resolving the image, whereas colour pictures are more passively received - just my thoughts. Personally, I'd crop the detail, er, below the knee.

mercy · #8 07-07-2020, 11:17 AM

Color is real, B/W sucks the life out of a pic. I think a rust backdrop would be very good and the idea of some color is cool.

rmp · #9 07-07-2020, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Howard Emerson

I agree, but the color shot is stunning. Between the guitar finish, the shirt, the hat....whew....But I need to find some rust colored felt....the green is just not quite with the program:-)

At some point I’ll post it.

HE

love to see it Howard..

barthy303 · #10 07-25-2020, 04:21 AM

Pictures look great but one guitar I’m itching to hear from this years posts is this beauty. Any samples coming soon?

Howard Emerson · #11 07-25-2020, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by barthy303

Pictures look great but one guitar I’m itching to hear from this years posts is this beauty. Any samples coming soon?

I recorded a new piece on it a week after I picked it up.

It stood up to a pair of AKG 414's as well as anything I've ever recorded with.

I hope to have the CD done by mid September if all goes well.

Maybe I'll sit down in front of my iPhone & Shure MV88 and see what happens.

Regards,
Howard Emerson

barthy303 · #12 07-25-2020, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Howard Emerson

I recorded a new piece on it a week after I picked it up.

It stood up to a pair of AKG 414's as well as anything I've ever recorded with.

I hope to have the CD done by mid September if all goes well.

Maybe I'll sit down in front of my iPhone & Shure MV88 and see what happens.

Regards,
Howard Emerson

Thanks Howard, looking forward to the new tunes. It’s a stunning guitar