Photography Props – Musical Instruments

Musical instruments can be photography props. Occasionally, your clients will request to be photographed with items that are not exactly ordinary and not something you photograph every day. For example, they may want their musical instruments, their large paintings, their collections of rifles, etc. Besides your basic photographic experience, your willingness to learn about their prize possessions or hobby will play a major role in the success of their final portraits. If the challenge is completely new to you, don’t wait until the day of the session to start doing your homework. Let the model tell you what is important about this specific item/instrument. It is important to her, and she probably knows much more about it than you do. Ask her if she has examples of similar photos, possibly from magazines, books, etc. that will help you get the ideas about how it should look. Be careful when posing with instruments as props or other devices to not position it or the model in such a way that is inaccurate.