Rubbish pictures!

[paul.creedy]

One day . . . I will get round to a) painting my pedals in a more polished fashion and b) taking some decent pictures of my stuff 

Until then here are a couple of photos inside and out of my recent completed builds

First up the Clari(not)





. . . and the Rattle Crow

[paul.creedy]

I should point out that the picture of the front of the Rattle Crow is already out of date because I thought the labeling of the pots was too messy, so I've re-done it with a single letter, but not yet taken a (rubbish) photo of the update.

[davent]

You have a unique style, run with it, embrace it, it's yours.

First step to better pictures is always, turn off the camera flash.
dave

[bluebunny]

"Rubbish" must mean something different in Northampton!    These look cool.  They ought to be in the main Pictures thread.   

[ElectricDruid]

Yeah, I like the style too, and I agree with Davent - it's original and yours, and that's not easy to find!

For the photos, I find plenty of natural light is the way to go (and I'm lucky living where I do that we have lots of that), since I don't have artificial light of sufficient quality. Also you'd be surprised at the difference a tripod makes. I've taken pictures that I thought were fine and not blurry, but then done one from a tripod and it comes out much sharper and crisper. Made me realise that the other ones have a little tiny blur from however much I wobbled in 1/1000th of a second!

[stallik]

You probably didn’t move in 1/1000 sec. flash lasts maybe 1/1000 - 1/10000 sec. the trick for a camera of any kind is to sync the shutter with this flash and the easiest way is to keep the sitter open longer. It used to be 1/60 on old cameras.you end up with a brief flash exposure then the ambient light takes over and you get blur

Totally agree about tripods. That’s always better, just harder to accomplish if you’re using a phone

[Kipper4]

I sometimes use a desktop tripod with the bit that holds your phone from a selfie stick screwed into the top of the tripod. especialy if its a bluetooth selfie stick too, then its just a case of pressing the button on the dongle. no fussing around the on phone exposure button.
leaves a free hand for extra lighting. (more later)

Try to find a generic (coloured to make the pedal pop) coloured back ground.
Depending on your style. Sometimes an industrial background can serve well too.
Mossy old stones, rusty steel, alu treadplate, grass in the garden, stained concrete, old leather.

Pedals without the cables look neater.
Sometimes its worth shining a small light on the box. To get the colour balance better.

Framing and composition not so much of an issue as long as the main focus is the pedal and the background doesnt become more intresting than it.

I'm no expert have fun.

[deadastronaut]

poundshop tripod rich^?

i got one of those, very handy, set a 2 second timer on phone...done. clear pics...

[Kipper4]

They're not rubbish by the way
Heres what i use for pics and videos, minus the phone of course.

[Kipper4]

Not quite Rob had this for over 30yrs, I'm sure pound shop tripod or a bean bag would do nicely though.

[willienillie]

Heres what i use for pics and videos,

Yeah but how did you take THAT picture?

[Kipper4]

I used the mobile phone but hand held. The same one I put in the tripod. Except when taking a pic of the tripod.   

[bluebunny]

I used the mobile phone but hand held. The same one I put in the tripod. Except when taking a pic of the tripod.   

Nice picture, mate.  Sell the tripod.  You clearly don't need it.   

[Kipper4]

Haha I defo need the tripod. Only got one good arm now and can hardly play for long.

[bluebunny]

Only got one good arm now and can hardly play for long.

Bummer.