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.

Taken on: November 16, 2015

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Camera: Nikon D7100, f/9.0, 0.8 sec, 60mm (=90mm), ISO 250 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D7100
Lens:	60.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture:	f/9.0
Exposure Time:	0.8
Focal Length:	60mm (35mm equivalent: 90mm)
ISO:	250
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 (Macintosh)
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