Another guitar photo shoot

My friend Brian was looking for some photos with his new guitar, so we went out for a photo shoot on Tuesday morning before work. I'm pretty happy with the results from this one, and I'm starting to feel more and more comfortable with my off-camera lighting set-up.

Here are a few picks from the shoot:



I've got a few more shoots lined-up to do Christmas card photos for some of our friends, so I'm getting plenty of opportunities to learn more about this craft. Needless to say, I'm loving the results I'm getting with the new camera (I knew all along I was meant to be shooting Nikon!).

Photo shoot of Matt

Matt and I did a photo shoot on Monday in hopes to get a few decent shots before his show in Calgary on Thursday night. These are a few of my favourites.











If you want to hear Matt perform tomorrow evening, here are the details:

Thursday, October 23, 2008 at 9:00pm
Dog & Duck Pub
5340 2nd Ave. SW
Calgary, AB (Map)

Facebook event link

Guitar customization

You may recall my complaint about the aesthetics of my new guitar. Luckily it was an easy tweak to make the look more pleasing. I pulled off the amber knobs that came on the guitar and replaced them with some chrome ones. Here's the result:

Original amber knobs

New chrome knobs

The new knobs look great, and my repository of chords is gradually growing.

Birthday comes early

My birthday arrived a week early this year! I got the call from Note-able yesterday that my new guitar arrived. I love the colour and the look of it: an Epiphone Les Paul Standard Plus Top in translucent blue (not quite a Gibson, but close enough for me). The only complaint I have is the amber knobs. I'm going to look into replacing them with chrome ones to match the other hardware.

So far I've had about an hour to play it, and I can't wait for tomorrow to come so I can play some more.

I forgot my camera in Crossfield last weekend; better pictures to come when I get it back.