Monday, October 25, 2010

Painting with light

Situation 1 - Reach for the stars

 Stars fill the room and hallway of an abandoned house at 4934 S. Crawford Road. The room, which appeared to be a child's bedroom, had stars painted on the floor and ceiling, with a banner that read "reach for the stars".

17mm
f/8
30 seconds
ISO 100

When searching through an abandoned house at 4934 S. Crawford road, I came across a child's room on the second floor. The ceiling and floor were covered with painted stars, and there was a banner that read "reach for the stars". I made a light stencil out of a cardboard box by cutting a star shape out of the front, and cutting a hole in the bottom for the strobe. I used the strobe at 1/64 power to create the stars.



Situation 2 - Orb of light



A mysterious figure (Jeff Smith) stands within an orb of light in an abandoned house at 4934 S. Crawford Road. The room was ransacked and littered with garbage.

17mm
f/8
30 seconds
ISO 100
To shoot this, I put the camera on a tripod outside of the house, shooting through a broken window. I placed one strobe outside the other side of the house at full power, zoomed to 105mm to create the shadow of the windows on the left wall. I placed another strobe to the right, outside of the frame at 1/8 power to give the room a little bit of light. I spun a flashlight on a string and walked in a circle to create the orb of light, and then aimed the flashlight at my face to burn myself into the middle of the orb.

Monday, October 11, 2010

Assignment 3 - Fashion Photography

Location:

35mm
F/9
1/100th
ISO 100

Lighting Setup:
Strobe on left to fill ceiling and background, strobe on right as main light, was raised several feet.

Additional Images:




35mm
F/9
1/100th
ISO 100

Studio:

Fashion Practice


During class on Monday Oct. 4, we got to practice fashion photography. Dan Stewart visited to show how he incorporates lights into his wedding shoots, and offered his skills when we went out to shoot on location. In the top image, Dan had told me to have the main strobe aimed at him vertically rather than horizontally, which is something I have never tried before. The light filled his whole body very nicely, I'm happy with the way the image turned out!

Monday, September 27, 2010

Assignment 2 - Location Lighting - Environmental Portrait


Environmental Portrait


Holland senior Patrick Meyer, left, Florida junior Luke King, New Lothrop junior Jesse Lorencz and Grand Haven junior Nick DeWitt, the creators of Merrill Men at Arms, show off their home-made foam weapons after a battle Friday outside of Merrill Hall
28mm
ISO 100
1/160th
F/8

Additional Image
 28mm
ISO 100
1/250th
F/9



Location:


24mm
ISO 100
1/250th
F/8

Too dark for lighting setup. One strobe half blocked by tree on the left, one strobe behind to light trees


Sunday, September 12, 2010

Studio Portrait - Assignment 1

Mid Michigan Community College freshman Scot Jenkins will be an active serviceman serving the 119th Bravo Battalion, a field artillery unit, in Kuwait starting Monday September 13. "I wanted to the money so I could go to school," he said. "I was supposed to go to Iraq, but since (President Barack) Obama ended Operation Iraqi Freedom, I will be in Kuwait." Jenkins plans to attend Central Michigan University to study criminal justice once his one year tour is completed.

Camera: Canon 50D
Lens: 50mm
ISO: 100
Aperture: F/11
Shutter: 1/200

Setup: (Not pictured: Joe Tobianski, boom box)


Additional Images

Studio Test Shots

Canon EOS 50D 50mm
f/8
250th sec.
ISO 100