From The Ukulele Shed
Dec 21, 2016 19:07:07 #
This is a reprint from woodwork and luthiery sites I frequent.
Of photographic interest. More than half my photography is documenting my instruments and furniture. I've found with instruments I need a lot of depth of field, in this case f10, 1/60 sec. These have had a small amount of contrast and brightness. Under exposed? I'm thinking of going to the tripod, 1/30 sec and f10 again.
These photos are of work by the participants in a Uke building class I'm overseeing. This is a government work for the dole program. Most of the people had no prior interest in woodwork or luthiery. Some still don't. The only power tool we use is a bench grinder. Some have learned how to grind an edge and then hone it. My biggest triumph is getting them to use a bench hook to cut to length and then trim square with a plane. They just do it now as a matter of course.
These photos are decoration of kit ukes for the Salvation Army. Melissa's jigsaw pattern inspired the finger board and headstock design for one of the handmade, from scratch, real instruments. Two indigenous women, Christen and her mate, not even in the program, did the turtle uke, and Kate, the reef sunburst uke.
Last shot is of the old timer. One of the young ones said ... "Dude, that hat is gangster! Where can I get one?" lol
Manitoba Hal is my all time fav this month ... Poulet Shack - ukulele original Manitoba Hal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BecfyiCR74
Of photographic interest. More than half my photography is documenting my instruments and furniture. I've found with instruments I need a lot of depth of field, in this case f10, 1/60 sec. These have had a small amount of contrast and brightness. Under exposed? I'm thinking of going to the tripod, 1/30 sec and f10 again.
These photos are of work by the participants in a Uke building class I'm overseeing. This is a government work for the dole program. Most of the people had no prior interest in woodwork or luthiery. Some still don't. The only power tool we use is a bench grinder. Some have learned how to grind an edge and then hone it. My biggest triumph is getting them to use a bench hook to cut to length and then trim square with a plane. They just do it now as a matter of course.
These photos are decoration of kit ukes for the Salvation Army. Melissa's jigsaw pattern inspired the finger board and headstock design for one of the handmade, from scratch, real instruments. Two indigenous women, Christen and her mate, not even in the program, did the turtle uke, and Kate, the reef sunburst uke.
Last shot is of the old timer. One of the young ones said ... "Dude, that hat is gangster! Where can I get one?" lol
Manitoba Hal is my all time fav this month ... Poulet Shack - ukulele original Manitoba Hal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BecfyiCR74
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sailorsmom wrote:
Beautiful and interesting, Bill.
Thanks Sue, I'll pass it on.
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dennis2146 wrote:
Nice work and something you can be proud of. Congratulations.
Dennis
Dennis
Cheers Dennis, I was with the program for a little over a year, three days a week. Even that got to be too much for a guy already five years retired. But I did get to mix with some good people of all ages.
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