Just plain ol fun

This shows how mature we grad students are.

Choptober shoot

At the end of the shoot, we took images for the Choptober poster. This was our most interesting lighting setup, which you can see in the shot above. We had a strobe fitted with a snoot high and to the left of the subject, with the light raking across the side of the subject's face. I held a fill card in front of the subject to bounce some light back into the subject's face. A third light with a grid is behind the subject pointed towards the camera to provide a rim of light distinguishing the subject's profile. More of these shots will be posted later.

Broad Lighting

For this set of images we used broad lighting where we shot from the lit side of the subject. The key light with a softbox is placed to the side and a little in front of the subject for a more "rounded" feel. Jason's image is actually closer to split lighting, where the light is directly to the side of the subject. Once again we used a strobe with a grid spot to light the background and exposed with an aperture of f11 at 1/60. If you look closely at the second image of Dave, you can see a single tear running down his cheek, no special effects needed.

Short Light. To short?

For these shots we used a "short light" in which the shadow side of the subject is facing the camera and the key light is placed to the side and a little behind the subject. We used the dry erase board as a reflector so we could get some detail in the shadows. The setup shot is above. This provides a more dramatic feel and a slimming effect. Once again we exposed with an aperture of F11 at 1/60.

Studio Portraits! Glamour/butterfly light

Here are a few of the shots we took using a glamour lighting setup. This style is generally very pleasing, very soft and free of harsh shadows. The only strong shadow is beneath the chin to provide some contour on the face. We had a small softbox above the camera as a key light. We also had a light behind the subject with a grid spot to light the background. A hair light with a grid spot is also used on Jason's shot. We exposed with an aperture of F11 at 1/60.

shots from shoot 4

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Video from shoot 4

most complicated metering ever.
All in all the shoot went good.

Video from Shoot 3

Words of wisdom and guidance from the glass master Rich Meade.

Chrome from Shoot 2

This was the chrome from shoot #2. I would have put it up earlier but I had to turn it in last week. The initial meter reading was 1/25 sec f/11.5. With the addition of a stop and a half exposure we arrived at 2sec at f/11.5.
Can you dig it?

Chromes From Studio shoot 3

The first image is the same as the second with plus 1.5 stops of exposure. The reason for this was to make the image "higher key" or brighter.

The second image is of our normal exposure with belows extension factored in, the settings were 1sec at f/11.5. Before the belows extension our meter reading was 1/25 sec at f/11. We added two stops due to the large distance light would need to travel from lens to film.

Shots from Studio shoot 3

Here are some shots of all of us working on our third shoot.

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Roids Studio Shoot 3

So glass master Richard hit the ball out of the park with our latest shoot. Rich framed and composed where I did the grunt work. Above are the Polaroids from our shoot. There are minor adjustments between the three, mainly dealing with negative space issues and controlling the reflections from the rear bottles. All in all the shoot went good. Rich dropped of the film and we'll see how they come out tomorrow.

Beer Glass Study

To better understand how comercial photographers shoot glass I did some reseach online. Like I mentioned in a previous post looking at the beverage photos at restraunts is my favorite way to pass the time while waiting for my food. Finding the images were a lot easier than finding hammer shots. Richard is experienced in shooting beer bottles so I can't wait to learn from his previous experiences.

To see images I found online check out this link.

Video from Shoot 2

Working shots from Shoot 2

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Polaroid From Studio Shoot 2

Above is our Polaroid for our second shoot. The light was from above through a diffusion scrim at a 45 degree agle. We also added a key light from the images right to help create some of the highlights.
f/16.3 1/2 sec.