| Author | Message | ||
| mnewman
New Username: mnewman Post Number: 5 Registered: 5-2002 |
Here is my Brown Bass which can also be seen in the construction archives.I have yet to upgrade to Series electronics but will do so in the future.   | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 1053 Registered: 6-2000 |
matt - I love the photos! Was also excited to hear about your latest acquisition, though I wasn't surprised to hear you wound up with that bass, it's just your cup of tea. | ||
| mnewman
New Username: mnewman Post Number: 6 Registered: 5-2002 |
Thanks Mica,did you check out the photo's of that bass in the Series section.It photographed really well. | ||
| palembic
Senior Member Username: palembic Post Number: 526 Registered: 9-2002 |
My congratulations for the excellent pictures! Of course I love the bass and I did follow the construction but (hup) these pictures do her honour! Paul the bad one PS: as fervent photographer myself I suggest you explain here shortly how you did it. I think it's good info every Alembic-guitar lover want to know. Well ...if you want to share those secrets! | ||
| mnewman
New Username: mnewman Post Number: 7 Registered: 5-2002 |
I used a Nikon Coolpix digital camera,a few yards of black fabric and a room with lots of natural light.There are no lights used at all in these photos.The camera did come with a disc that has a photo editing suite.This was helpful with brightness and contrast and getting the color just right.I have to give credit to Bunnybass.com which has a pretty informative section on taking pictures of basses and it really is pretty easy to get good shots using this method. | ||
| palembic
Senior Member Username: palembic Post Number: 530 Registered: 9-2002 |
What I tought! So read this a couple of times my brothers and sisters and please -plea-ea-ea-ease- NEVER use a flash! Oh yes: another hint! If you don't have a computer with a graphic suite, and you take the picture before a black or dark background (what definitely works for light/brown coloured wood) take care to measure the light ON THE WOOD. Take your camera close to the surface of the bass and measure the amount of light (with manual camera's by turning the diafragm ring, automatic camera's have mostly a "memory" button) THAN you go back a little and position your camera for the desired view on your instrument. Indeed the "Bunnybass" department is LOADED with excellent pictures of basses and really, it's just a "trick" to do. Paul the bad one Oh yeah. One other thing. There is a relation between lens "aperture" and "focus" and "type of lens" (tele - wide-angle) and "shutterspeed". In most of the cases -working before a black/dark background- a 37-70 mm lens will do great. See it this way: the higher number chosen on your diafragm (f.i. 11) the smaller the aperture of the lens is, the more the lightbeams are "forced" against each other, the more will be "in focus" on the picture. So if you want those fancy angle shots with a large aperture ... the results will be most of the time not what you like. So use a small aperture (fi 11) on a lens between 35-70mm with a long shutterspeed. Consequently: use a tripod or block you camera on something to be stable. Phew ...I talk too much | ||
| ganque
New Username: ganque Post Number: 4 Registered: 3-2003 |
paul, nice run through of photography, but if you are useing a camera where you have control of the aperture and shutter speed, larger apertures such as 2.8, 4, 5.6 around that area will give a sharper image, but more focusing is required, the depth of field is reduced, but as paul said there is a relation between aperture, focal length of the lens, film speed, "focus" and shutterspeed. also with the larger apertures you can get a faster shutter speed, making it easier to hold the camera still for the appropriate exposure time. i have so much more to say, and i'm sure paul did too. maybe there should be a photography thread somewhere in here. ~adam | ||
| jet_powers
Junior Username: jet_powers Post Number: 43 Registered: 2-2003 |
Perhaps I'm a bit off topic here but.... All the digital photos I have of my basses are 10x the allowed size to post. Can anyone tell me why this might be? How can I reduce the size to be able to post these pics? Any help would be appreciated. John | ||
| bassman10096
Junior Username: bassman10096 Post Number: 13 Registered: 7-2003 |
John: I just figured out yesterday how to reduce the file size to make my digital pix pictures postable. If you have photostudio software on your PC there should be an edit function having to do with image size. To me, the techno-fool, I thought that was talking about physical size (8x10, etc.). Not so. By adjusting the "size", I was reducing the file size - down to the magic number of 150 (max downloadable to this site). If you want to see the pictures, they are in Showcase/Spoilers/Spoiler in Vector body. Hope this helps. If not, Email me and I'll walk through the exact steps on one of my 2 (I was surprised to find I have two) photostudio software packages. Bill | ||
| groovelines
Member Username: groovelines Post Number: 85 Registered: 4-2003 |
John - You should capure your images as high as you can anyway, but for posting here...at first, I had the same problem. I do have the benefit of using Photoshop and it made it esay to set the quality level (1-12) when saving a JPeg file. Experiment, while the final file size is significantly smaller, even setting it as low as 6 or 7 ("medium") didn't effect the image quality as much as I thought. I would imagine that even the most basic programs have some sort of control for "quality" or optimization for the web. I don't recall exactly where I saw it, maybe the HELP area, there are tips for posting photos/images to the club. Now, the trick is getting them to look as nice as the ones in this thread, yowza! this bb looks great. Mike | ||
| groovelines
Member Username: groovelines Post Number: 86 Registered: 4-2003 |
Bill, you beat to it! John take Bill up on his offer, let's see your bass! | ||
| groovelines
Member Username: groovelines Post Number: 87 Registered: 4-2003 |
Bill - you beat me to it John - take Bill up on his offer, let's see your bass! | ||
| bassman10096
Junior Username: bassman10096 Post Number: 14 Registered: 7-2003 |
Mike: Thanks for your info. I really had no idea what I was trying to do when I fixed my images - just got lucky. That was after several very embarrassing failed attempts to post. You know: "Here's my bass... (no picture)". People were beginning to make fun of me on the thread. Bill | ||
| janriviere
Member Username: janriviere Post Number: 58 Registered: 5-2002 |
There is a very good freeware tool on the net called irfanview for those who don't have the more expensive tools like photoshop. With Irfanview you can easily resize, rotate, and save your images in a lower jpeg compression, so that picures reduce in size. It is easy to do in batch for a series of pictures. You can download it for free on http://www.irfanview.com I have both, photoshop and irfanview. But I really recommend irfanview for those "small" jobs. Cheers Jan | ||
| jet_powers
Junior Username: jet_powers Post Number: 44 Registered: 2-2003 |
Hi all.. Thanks for your help. I suspected that there would be some utility in the imaging program. I guess I was just too impatient to look around for it. Hopefully I'll be posting some pics soon. John | ||
| jrbrown
Junior Username: jrbrown Post Number: 23 Registered: 6-2002 |
palembic wrote, "So read this a couple of times my brothers and sisters and please -plea-ea-ea-ease- NEVER use a flash!" I disagree in part. It depends on the bass color/finish and photo environment. This pic was taken with a flash. The picture quality was limited to fit on this board. The real problem is that a lot of people don't know how to use a flash. I'm thinking about getting a "Brown Bass" real soon.  (Message edited by jrbrown on November 02, 2003) | ||
| palembic
Senior Member Username: palembic Post Number: 702 Registered: 9-2002 |
I completely agree with you! My "Plea-ea-ease" was for those most occuring cases that the flash is incorporated into the body of the camera. You can partly correct it by using what u do: tipping the bass to one side and tilting back. So the reflection of the flash is in one corner of the instrument so is the case with your absolutely beautiful instrument. Most of the time however is when you take a picture on a dark surface, measuring exposure on the surface of the bass, working under a high clouded sky at noon. Of course you can do this with a professional "flash-ceiling" or work in a "flah-tent" but than we are on a professional road. Paul the bad one BTW: by taking the pictures of Bonnie I did wrong taking them in fall-afternoon sun: the light is too warm | ||
| yahyabb
Junior Username: yahyabb Post Number: 12 Registered: 8-2002 |
Paul TBO, if you just sort of sneak up on the bass with flash you will be ok. However, the quality of the light and size of the flash is important. Keep the setup simple. I use a single 3' x 4' box with consistant results. Yahya |
