National Resonator Guitar In The Light
My friend, BillyZ, is a fine guitar player who has accumulated a lot of cool guitars over the years. On a recent visit with Bill, he and I decided to photograph some of his guitars as an exercise in lighting. This gorgeous National Resonator was a challenge to light because it is so reflective. Fortunately for us, a friend of his who is a professional photographer happened to drop by and suggested a different way of lighting, which is what we ended up using for all of our guitar shots. Down below in the first comments is a picture of the lighting setup that his friend had suggested. The little kicker light off to the left was our idea.
Lighting stuff: The main lights were two bare Yongnuo strobes, on either side of the guitar, bounced off the the white ceiling over the guitar. We also bounced a third light off of a piece white board at camera left to add some soft fill and highlights on that side of the guitar.. The strobes, in manual mode, were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N. We took a bunch of test shots, and adjusted the lights until we got a look that we liked.
National Resonator Guitar In The Light
My friend, BillyZ, is a fine guitar player who has accumulated a lot of cool guitars over the years. On a recent visit with Bill, he and I decided to photograph some of his guitars as an exercise in lighting. This gorgeous National Resonator was a challenge to light because it is so reflective. Fortunately for us, a friend of his who is a professional photographer happened to drop by and suggested a different way of lighting, which is what we ended up using for all of our guitar shots. Down below in the first comments is a picture of the lighting setup that his friend had suggested. The little kicker light off to the left was our idea.
Lighting stuff: The main lights were two bare Yongnuo strobes, on either side of the guitar, bounced off the the white ceiling over the guitar. We also bounced a third light off of a piece white board at camera left to add some soft fill and highlights on that side of the guitar.. The strobes, in manual mode, were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N. We took a bunch of test shots, and adjusted the lights until we got a look that we liked.