Someone was commenting that nobody posts shoots here. Fair enough. Is there one of these shoots you would like to see more of?[image]1353632[/image]  [image]1365814[/image][image]1371112[/image][image]1365919[/image]

Hi Baron, Good to see you back here and hope your recovery is going well. I'd like to see more from your musical instrument series please. The thread title suggests an invitation for others to post their fine art shoots but your message only mentions your own shoots. Perhaps you could clarify if this for your shoots or all comers.

would really like to see more of the instrumental shots pls

[quote][i][b]Ace[/b] wrote:[/i] Hi Baron, Good to see you back here and hope your recovery is going well. I'd like to see more from your musical instrument series please. The thread title suggests an invitation for others to post their fine art shoots but your message only mentions your own shoots. Perhaps you could clarify if this for your shoots or all comers.[/quote] I think my brain was a bit scrambled still when I typed that!. I am quite happy for others to post here as there is not a dedicated forum for doing it in. Just keep to fine art for this thread.

OK, let's have a go at this then! Alas, the site is a bit cranky so the external image option does not work at all and this one gives no option to scale to suit! Just to set the scene this is my shoot setup at the studio. Sometimes I have a large softbox behind me to control the shadows but in this case, I did not feel the need. Instead, I tweaked in lightroom and on occasion Photoshop [image]1392197[/image]

Typically i would hire a model for half a day and do several sets. The key set would be later into the session as they relaxed. This model is EmTheresa. Alas no longer modelling. This is an early image with the horn.  [image]1392198[/image]

Fine art tends to be where I experiment a bit so the style can vary at a whim. Here I played with a moodier take. There is no change of lighting. Instead I added a texture overlay, then masked it off the main subject [image]1392201[/image]

I tried several poses before settling on the one I felt worked best. This was one of them. Incidentally, the general feel is created by dropping the vibrancy in LR, then bumping up the colour temperature. I also use lightroom to adjust the blacks and highlights. This image was edited solely in the latest LR version. There are radial masks to lighten the hand on the keys and darken the mouth of the horn.Also the background select to enable me to darken that slightly. [image]1392202[/image]

Further into the session, with my main images in the bag I start to play a bit more with ideas [image]1392199[/image]

Intentional Slow shutter *sadly did not have the R5 back then [image]1392206[/image]

Abstract. Lat post for now. Hope you enjoy [image]1392207[/image]

Thanks so much for these Baron, I really enjoyed viewing them and the notes gave a real insight. Good work and I hope it inspires others to comment and post their own shoot and notes. I used to do photoshoots for Boosey And Hawkes musical instrument retailers and know how difficult photographing metal instruments can be. I like the way you have got the brass to look "brassy" and love the last abstract shot. I guess large light sources and reflectors helped here.