Hi Stuart!
Shots are looking great - I will throw some suggestions your way as you do this, but I am assuming you are probably already on this - you have *quite* the mind - so, if anything, perhaps it could help others out there as well - I did a little better photo shoot on my last batch and one of the things I have taken advantage of is using info from the pictures I have taken - it will show up on your computer when you put it on there, meaning it will show you f-stop, exposure time iso, etc., which I am still amazed over, since I used to have a few camera setups back from the early 80's and since the price of film is so cheap these days, run through LOTS of settings with the lights set up one way - look at all photos on your computer(Remember though, colors will look different screen to screen, but you CAN do screen calibration as well these days). This is all about experimentation because evry camera is different, light setting, subject, backgrounds, etc. I am planning on getting some continuous lighting softboxes, which are great at diffusing and eliminating shadows.
The pics below used 1 light in my studio (At night, with all other lights off)
The 1st Photo was selected from about 10 photos I took - it STILL wasn't light enough on the headstock, but "passed". I also adjust things in Photoshop... I changed the backdrop from beige... here was the original shot:
I DO want to get some white background shots as well and keep us posted how they come out on your next round - thanks for posting this stuff - great chance to see your great builds as well!
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