Grape Vineyard

Vineyard in Sonoma County, California. Was standing on a low spot of ground and the lines going up in the background are rows of new vines planted on a hill with the backlighting making them look like dots. Used a Nikon F4 film camera, 300mm lens, Fuji transparency film, and Nikon Coolscan 9000 scanner.

Photo © Craig Brewer

Mission San Fernando Rey de España

Detail photograph of arches and palm trees at the Mission San Fernando in Mission Hills, California. Used a Nikon D100 and 12-24mm lens and converted to sepia tone in Adobe Lightroom.

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Tom Anderson Guitar

This is a Tom Anderson Hollow Drop Top Classic guitar with a beautiful quilted top shot on a granite slab. Used a Nikon D3 and 55mm micro lens, tungsten Arri soft light with grid and several foam core reflectors.

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Tom Anderson Guitar

This is the headstock and tuning keys of a Tom Anderson guitar. Used a Nikon D3 and 55mm micro lens and one Arri softlight with grid attached and several fill cards.

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Blue Dusk

Dusk at the Redondo Beach Pier. Used a Nikon D3 camera body and 14-24mm zoom lens.

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Michael Tuttle Stratocaster

A friend of mine just had this guitar custom built for him by Michael Tuttle and wanted me to take a few pictures of it. Used a Nikon D3, 55mm micro lens, one 300 watt Arri fresnel with a blue gel on the background, a 600 watt Arri fresnel backlighting the guitar from one side, and a bunch of foam core sheets to bounce the backlight onto the front of the guitar. In other words there were no lights directly hitting the front of the guitar, only bounced light from reflectors. Thought the barn door would make an interesting background from what is normally seen in pictures of guitars. A friend in Virginia gave it to me and it is over 120 years old.

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Surfer Girl

Photograph of girl holding surfboard silhouetted by the setting sun on the beach in Ventura, California. Used a Nikon F4 film camera, Fuji transparency film, Nikon Coolscan 9000 scanner, and the “Selenium Tone” color preset in Adobe Lightroom which turned the color slide a monochromatic blue color and added a lot of  vignette darkening of the corners.

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Little Stream

This is a man made stream at the Japanese Garden in Encino, California. Used a Nikon D100 and 12-24mm lens at 12mm for the photograph.

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Gretsch Guitar

Here is a photograph of one of my guitars, a Gretsch 6119 Tennessee Special. Used a Nikon D100, 35-70mm lens, and tungsten Arri fresnel lights to light the guitar and background.

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The Well

This is a well in a back yard in the historic area of Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. I used a Widelux rotating lens panoramic camera which when used close to an object will curve it, and that is why the picket fence looks curved instead of straight. Scanned the Fuji transparency film with a Nikon Coolscan 9000.

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