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Published: 2005-05-28 20:21:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 591; Favourites: 7; Downloads: 77
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This is one of the mics that is in our studio. It isn't the best, in my opinion anyway, although I did use it on a recent project to record some female vocals and they turned out pretty well. It is a Shure SM 58 if anybody was wondering. It is the preferred vocal mic for people like Steven Tyler of Aerosmith who like their vocals a little less crisp I guess I will say... I thought it looked nice with the lighting (wanted to go for the spotlight look, hence the title), let me know what you think...As usual, comments, critiques, and
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Awesome photograph. I've never throught much about taking photos of the mics i work with - i think people would look at me funny, though i do have some photos laying around of lights in the drive rack and some of the eq when the light was hitting it and making nice shadows, from a show i happened to have a camera around for because i was lighting designer.
anyway, as far as i know, shure sm 58 is standard for most vocals and shows up in a lot of riders - then there are the beta 58s which have a different pattern of pickup, which causes the monitors to feed back when they're placed right in front of the singer.
anyway, great photo.
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Nice use of lighting, the microphone almost represents a persons personality, one side being cold and grey, and the other being warm a coloured
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I don't like the B&W version that much 
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hmmm... i like the b&w of this one especially. i am a little more on the fence with the plug me in one, that is why i left the color one on as well. do you think i should do the same for this shot, give an option?
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I would most surly do that! I've removed he fav from this one, as I don't like it that much, but would give it the coloured version again....
Maybe you could try to modify the brightnes/contrast/intensiti of the background separatly (in a different layer) for the coloured version, to get rid of the "too blah" background...
My real problem is, that these images are like materials for adds... you see... commercial photographs. I don't think it is a good idea to go BW with a commercial image, although I admit that sometimes it can be a good idea, but very rearly. With artistic images the case is different, that's what I was talking about in the comment for "plug me in" bw version...
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the original image is back for now... i might see what i can do about the background though. time to play in PS!
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alright... will do. thanks for the input
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Great shot here as well. The lighting on the mike is just about perfect, maybe a little bright right at the top, but still great nonethe less.
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i think u were too up close with this one... if it wasnt for the title i wouldnt even think its under a spotlight... maybe just some random ambient light..
if u were to take a step or two back and get some darkness in the shot i think it would have amplified the fact that it was under that spotlight cuz of the contrast it could create
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oh god.. i started sweating after looking at this for a moment. it's very intense^_^
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oh this looks exactly like the photo on the cover of an apoptygma berzerk album i own!
good lighting
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I love music, anything that deals with music. You've tackled the intimacy of music here. The emotion of the show at hand...just from one little spotlight on a mic.
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thanks 
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Oh thats awesome, I've been wanting to do a music shot just blah blah but I will...anyways I can't wait I love music almost as much as photography, and both together :faints: can't wait
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thanks very much for the kind comment. i have a few other music related shots as well. also, there is a group that i am in that we are trying to get moving called audiofiles that has a focus on musical related gear. you might want to check it out
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awesome, do you have a link or somthing for it?
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the lighting in this picture it wonderful. Its not just a mic, It look more like a tool for gods. nice work.
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Samller looks very nice. In full view.. a little bit too bright white color afterall nice shot.
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cool shot...experiment with different lighting, and varying the effects with the camera. might also try black and white...stuff like that. play with it.
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I like this photo, it has a very crisp professional look, you could almost use it for an advertisement. Not only that, but it kinda makes me think of all the band practices I spend with my boyfriend, good memories.. Soo, when I see this, it makes me happy. -Kia Lola
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A very classic photo, but very nicely done. Great lighting as well.
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SM58's are the music standard for most professionals nowadays, I hear. My vocalist uses one, at least! I always thought it had a warmer, deeper sound to it... grittier? Either way, nice pic!
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compared to the other mics we have in our studio... we have a Neumann TLM 103 and a AKG C 3000 that have a bit of a nicer quality to them (but are a hell of a lot more expensive) at least in my short experimentation with them...
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I love the angle and the way the light picks out alll the small details, it amkesit seem kinda surreal, but also kind of hyper-real, do you know what I mean?
It makes me think of the moment of silence before someone stars singing into it, of all the possibilities and power that it holds.
Ye gads, sorry for the lameness 
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thanks for the comment. i know what you mean about singing. i would like to sing in a band or something, or at least try it out at some point, but i am sticking to the production side right now
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That's fair enough
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It's a very minimalistic shot and with the lightning it looks just great!
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my dad has like 20 mics like that, he also has a ton of other mics, my dad uses that kind for vocals instead of micing amps. he does like sound equipment for concerts and stuff. its cool
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Aerosmith = FN AWESOME 
Very nice pic...little too much light, but the lighting isn't too bad. I like
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awww....the precious microphone. good shot...but i wouldn't use so much light as to what you have now...you know what i mean. mmk! nice job though
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yeah, i am gonna be in the studio tonight and i might reshoot this one. i wanted to go for the "spotlight" look though, that is why i had the light on it this way... thanks for the input
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ahh no problem...anything for friend!!
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