Seattle Luthiers Group member Steve Sheriff gives a presentation on how to take great digital images of your instruments.

 

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Edwinson Guitars

Steve Sheriff http://edwinsonguitar.com

Make creative settings and background for attractive images of your product

Steve suggests using a camera with a minimum of five Megapixel resolution

to produce image files suitable for web applications and hard copy printing

Sheriff Presentation

Seamless paper hanging system provides background for clean illustrative shots

Seamless Paper

Detail shot of seamless paper hanging system

Paper hanging detail

Progress shot for client keeps them excited and interested in the process of purchasing and receiving their new hand crafted guitar

Progress Shot

Still life table detail

Still Life

With the right equipment and some practice you an create your own bootleg photo studio

Bootleg

Closeup for client approval

Closeup

Great digital images allow you the convenience of emailing product choices to clients

Woods

Malaysian blackwood colors standout with the proper background and lighting

blackwood

 

Try new fun and creative abstract compositions to market your products

abstract

Macro shot with a creative angle

Sheriff

Detail shot of bridge

Bridge

Aaron Andrews headstock detail

headstock

Aaron Andrews carving a top

Dave Wilson

Metallic posterboard for background shot of Aaron Andrews Sunburst Guitar

Aaron Andrews http://www.andrewsguitars.com

Sunburst