Laurence Cremetti
Well-Known Member
Thanks for letting me in. Looking forward to getting to know you all.
Good evening, (5pm Saturday)
- Thread starter Laurence Cremetti
- Start date
Hamish Gill
Tech Support (and Marketing)
Ho Laurence ...
As I said in another thread I'll say hi properly when im not at a wedding on my phone
Welcome to the forum ... Get stuck in
As I said in another thread I'll say hi properly when im not at a wedding on my phone
Welcome to the forum ... Get stuck in
Laurence Cremetti
Well-Known Member
Thanks Hamish. I have no idea how you cope with weddings!!!!
Hamish Gill
Tech Support (and Marketing)
I'm actually technically a guest today (first time in 3 years) ... But once a person who does wedding photography ... Your never really a guest again ...
Dan Cattermole
Dan Down - The Steampunk Womble
Welcome Loz !!!
Chris Dodkin
West Coast Correspondent
Welcome to the mad house Laurence!
Hamish Gill
Tech Support (and Marketing)
only the canon users are mad ... us nikon users are very sane ... just to clarify chris's comment there
heh
(please read this http://www.realphotographersforum.com/threads/1324-Bonjour-de-San-Diego)
heh
(please read this http://www.realphotographersforum.com/threads/1324-Bonjour-de-San-Diego)
Chris Dodkin
West Coast Correspondent
Ooooo you are awful....
Laurence Cremetti
Well-Known Member
Hello again folks. Thanks for the replies.
I'm an aging Canon user, specialising in product photos.
Now I'm registered I find I seem to have nothing to say! Sorry.
I'm an aging Canon user, specialising in product photos.
Now I'm registered I find I seem to have nothing to say! Sorry.
Chris Dodkin
West Coast Correspondent
A picture is worth a thousand words... sorry, couldn't resist! LOL
Post up some shots Laurence - would love to see some product photography.
Post up some shots Laurence - would love to see some product photography.
Laurence Cremetti
Well-Known Member
Laurence Cremetti
Well-Known Member
Oh dear........... I never usually do this. I'm used to uploading from my desktop, but not "sharing" in this sense. I don't use Smugmug, Flickr, or any of those, so I'll try something which probably won't work.... Here goes:
Hamish Gill
Tech Support (and Marketing)
that worked!
nice shot!
nicely exposed!
nice shot!
nicely exposed!
Laurence Cremetti
Well-Known Member
Many thanks.
Hamish Gill
Tech Support (and Marketing)
Care to talk us through how you did it?
Chris Dodkin
West Coast Correspondent
Very nice - Love the way you got the wood grain to glow without getting high points from the source of illumination.
Must be tricky to light something that big evenly?
Must be tricky to light something that big evenly?
Laurence Cremetti
Well-Known Member
How the guitar shot works.... Roughly.
Ok, this is tricky. Not because it's a particularly hard shot, but because I tend to have images in my head which I translate into pictures. This skips the logical planning part and makes my lighting hard to explain. I'll try though.
The guitar is placed on a black cloth sweep. It needs to be cloth because that absorbs the light better than paper, and it provides more grip on the point where the £3000 guitar touches it.
Now, according to my contract, I must tell you that the guitar is a VANQUISH MYSTIQUE made in Peterborough UK by Adrian Hardman. Ok, obligation covered!
The guitar is angled so that no part is covered by the cloth where it touches, and the bulk of the instrument is as far as possible from the background.
Next, the key light source has to glance off the highly reflective parts at such an angle as to be lost. This way the specularity is reduced.
Further to this, the light is diffused by a 60 inch heavy duty black-backed brolly. It's black-backed because ambient levels are low and no additional light in the surrounding studio area is wanted. A softbox would be equally good or better, btw.
The key light is a 600ws interfit strobe. I love interfit strobes! Simple and dependable.
Then, another light is placed roughly at 90 degrees to the first, and set about 2 or 3 stops lower. This is angled to fill in and provide a more 3d look.
After this, small white reflector cards bring up the headstock.
Ummmm.......... That's about it really.
Sorry.
Ok, this is tricky. Not because it's a particularly hard shot, but because I tend to have images in my head which I translate into pictures. This skips the logical planning part and makes my lighting hard to explain. I'll try though.
The guitar is placed on a black cloth sweep. It needs to be cloth because that absorbs the light better than paper, and it provides more grip on the point where the £3000 guitar touches it.
Now, according to my contract, I must tell you that the guitar is a VANQUISH MYSTIQUE made in Peterborough UK by Adrian Hardman. Ok, obligation covered!
The guitar is angled so that no part is covered by the cloth where it touches, and the bulk of the instrument is as far as possible from the background.
Next, the key light source has to glance off the highly reflective parts at such an angle as to be lost. This way the specularity is reduced.
Further to this, the light is diffused by a 60 inch heavy duty black-backed brolly. It's black-backed because ambient levels are low and no additional light in the surrounding studio area is wanted. A softbox would be equally good or better, btw.
The key light is a 600ws interfit strobe. I love interfit strobes! Simple and dependable.
Then, another light is placed roughly at 90 degrees to the first, and set about 2 or 3 stops lower. This is angled to fill in and provide a more 3d look.
After this, small white reflector cards bring up the headstock.
Ummmm.......... That's about it really.
Sorry.
Hamish Gill
Tech Support (and Marketing)
so ... ... studio photographer then?
what other sort of things do you photograph?
what other sort of things do you photograph?
Laurence Cremetti
Well-Known Member
Hello.
In terms of products, I shoot anything really. Other than that, I shoot events, exhibitions and case-studies.
I really enjoy it, but it's not glamourous and I'm not rich!
In terms of products, I shoot anything really. Other than that, I shoot events, exhibitions and case-studies.
I really enjoy it, but it's not glamourous and I'm not rich!
Hamish Gill
Tech Support (and Marketing)
Similar line of work to me ... Products and event (and weddings of course)
Saying that I'm really more a website building person now ... And part time photographer!
I agree with the lack of glamour... And money
Where are you based?
Saying that I'm really more a website building person now ... And part time photographer!
I agree with the lack of glamour... And money
Where are you based?
