Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Studio Portrait Assignment



select portrait shot at ISO 100, f5.6 @ 100 with one light (soft box) and a reflector with the lens at 105mm. following are some other outtakes i really like as well...




Wednesday, February 6, 2008

cmt (copy and metering test, not country music television)


these two images were originally shot by the wonderful and amazing william albert allard. in another life i may have been a cowgirl. they were both shot using a copy stand in the studio with a light on either side at a 45 degree angle to the image, with the camera directly above (and level, thank you for the tool box, dad!). the first one caught a bit of glare on the left cowboy's stomach despite our efforts to prevent such occurrences.

the first image is for mood lighting, and the second is the stump the chump (and it also shows a lot of mood through lighting as well). although it doesnt look like he used a lot of lighting tricks in the second one, i am more curious as to how someone would go about shooting in that kind of light in order to create this layered effect with soft lighting in the foreground and such high contrast in the background, but with everything exposed properly. Even the doorframe in front of the two children who are almost in silhouette is exposed clearly, but then only a little bit further back the children are almost completely in shadow.