Photography by fabien.benoit<\/a> Source: Flickr<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n mise en valeur micro<\/p><\/blockquote>\n According to Google translate, the photo’s title means: saxophone sound recording<\/em>. That makes sense. While the text below translates to: development of micro<\/em>.<\/p>\n I am forever trying to think of ways to take artsy shots of horns. It isn’t as easy as it looks. Saxophones, while very artistic-looking in their own right, can be hard to photograph in a way that makes them look good.<\/p>\n Some saxophones, just like some people, are not very photogenic, while others look extremely pretty in photographs. Then there’s the issue of how to pose them. Just what do you do with still life, to make it interesting, fresh, and something different than the other 15 bazillion photos we’ve already seen of the same subject matter?<\/p>\n I think that’s why fabien.benoit’s photo spoke to me this morning. Not only is the shot crystal clear\u2014check out the full size image<\/a> to see what I mean\u2014but the way the sax is positioned in the frame, together with the mic, makes this photo different than the photos of saxophones we usually see.<\/p>\n If I were to try to shoot something like this, what I’d likely do, is use a vintage saxophone, and a vintage mic of roughly the same era. I’d maybe try to hunt down a Shure 55<\/a> (an old one, not the ones the make today), and pair it together with my my Zeph<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"saxophone,](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/enregistrement-saxophone-son.jpg?ssl=1\" "\\"enregistrement")
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