Inspiration for the two photos below was a Johnny Cash cover for one of his albums (see below).
I've used the studio for these photos; more specifically, I've used flash with snoot, covered by blue jelly transparent sheet. The background was black. One of the sources of light was behind Abdul (hence the light falling on his neck and the rear part of his head). Thanks to the use of softbox, the light covers only the front part of his face, while the lateral part is in low key; both contribute to the moody effect, and so does the blue light.
The bottom shot of Abdul is excellent, the lighting is very atmospheric. I particularly like how the shoulder of the guitar is highlighted, balancing the light on the face. The blue adds another dimension. Im sot so een on te one wit te hat, the gap between te guitar and the face is a bit arge and it feels unbalanced, I also would like to see more light on the face.
ReplyDeleteYou shots of my Tele would be appreciated by anyone who plas the, you have highlighted the key design elements, the headstock shot is the strongest in my opinion.
OK, thank you very much for the comment. Can you please say a bit more about the second part of your comment. What do you mean by 'my Tele'? Also the latter part of the sentence reads '...anyone who plas the' - what does it mean? Sounds a bit like a scrabble game to me :)
ReplyDeleteSorry Agnes - it has been a long weekend - the guitar is a Telecaster, shortened to Tele. It is an iconic design, in fact the first electric guitar commercially produced. You have produced images of the design features that we, as players, like about this guitar. It shows that you have looked at the design and thought about the composition, not just seen it as a whole. Plas should read plays.
ReplyDeleteYou should do what Aaron does when my typing goes to pieces - he puts it through Google translate - English to English!