Yop One morning i felt like playing guitar and i saw my camera just next to it. So i had the idea of taking pictures of it as a casual object. I didn't have any idea of the result i could get but i was finally pleased by what i got. Here is the one i prefer. Be critical... PS: I'm very interested in casual objects pictures, if u have any idea about objects that could look great photographed with a certain angle etc...

hey well, thanks for saying it's good, i'm just a beginner at photography and by the way, english is not my mother language so it's gonna be difficult for me to talk about technics. I was expecting that kind of result, a very small depth of field (macro) that i got with my Minolta Reflex X700 (set to a programmed mode) + Tokina Skylight 50-250mm lens + B&W 400 Iso film... But i couldn't know the body of the guitar would be so soft compared to the mechanics. On the real picture, the difference of sharpness is definitly more choking than on the scanned one. Moreover, i'm not used to using this kind of film, i usually 'work' with 3200 Iso film so as to be able to shoot sport scenes with no blur. (see above)

He is in the air? How does he do that? Good picture by the way. I once tried 1600 film. But I thought it was too grainy. Does 3200 process well? Bsteph

But I thought then the processing will have to be longer. OR it won't function as well. I keep hearing to stir and shake well before using. So... I didn't know you could do that. I figured that if I do that with the suggested time it will be under developed. Thanks for the tip! Sincerely, Bsteph

I use also 2 X-700 and like them a lot... But one question why are you using so sensitive films! One tripod and no speed below 1/125 of sec and for sunny day a 100 asa whould do fine...or a 200 for outside. You may use a flash for filling event during the day...Blur are from you moving or the subject you try to catch is to fast for the shutter speed selected. One more thing Fstop may give you a little more help if the ligthing append to change during your picture session. Here a pic to show...picture worth a thousand word...

OMG, here we go, starting on that dreaded f-stop again!!! I really will have to dig out my SLR and look at what this thing really is, otherwise you guys are gonna keep losing me!!!! - Great pics, btw! (",)

Nice shots. Damn nice shots. "Beginner", now stop it! And about that language thing, dont worry, these guys tought I was in US-based, with this english of mine, so they gonna buy anything. (Vacuum-cleaner, would somebody buy a wacuum-cleaner. Cheap prize, only today, only for you!) And I agree you about casual objects. Almost every object is beautiful and unseen, if you just can find the rigt angle. Go in to your kitchen and plough trough the carage, the more useful object, more beautiful it is. .n

stephbois, i had to use that kind of film because i was making a photographic presentation of paris and the goal was to get photos that look old but are not. I thought the grain would give a romantic aspect to the pictures and it did for most of them. The man jumping has been taken with the same film. And as i couldn't take the picture on any other angle, a front directed blur would not have been impressive enough as it would not have described the move of the roller skater (who is a friend of mine by the way).