I was looking at a few of my vinyl records yesterday and had an idea about reflecting the covers onto the records. I picked my two favorite album covers, which I happen to have on vinyl, and gave it a shot. In a dark room, I laid a piece of black foam board on the ground with the record on top, blew some compressed air to get rid of the dust, and had someone hold the album cover at the 10-11 o'clock position in relation to the text in the center of the record and tilted down towards the record at about 45 degrees. Strobist: Sunpak 333 laying on the ground on the side opposite the album cover and tilted up to the 60 degrees position. Power ranged from 1/16 to 1/4. Lens was an old 35-70mm Nikon that can get pretty close and thus I like to use for macro shots (you can also attach cheap extension tubes to it).
Is This It by The Strokes
In Rainbows by Radiohead
If I did this again, I would set up the D60 on the small tripod (forgot that we have one) and position it to aim at the center of the record or however I wanted. Then I would focus it, turn off the lights, and position the album cover myself in various positions using a remote to take shots.
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