FINAL PROJECT

Multiple Flash

Vivitar 283 camera left as key

Vivitar 285 high above camera for fill (1/4 power).

Santa!

Fill flash!

Bonus points if you can guess how this would look without fill.



Still need suggestions on portfolio (see last post). Any help would be awesome.

Thanks!

Painting with Light

Here's our group's (Matt, Claire, Erin and me) painting with light shot.

In the Diner

Caption: Grill cook Raydell Wright makes hamburgers during the lunch hour at Broadway Diner on Wednesday. Wright has been working at the diner for two and a half years.

Single flash, part 2: Direct

This is direct flash! I had a much, much easier time metering for this.



John Clark, a night custodian at Hickman High School mops the main entranceway on Wednesday night, long after students had left. “I love my job,” Clark said. “Love it, love it, love it. Simple as that.”

Single flash, first take

Well, I took around 50 shots, and this is basically the only good one I had. Near the end, I was getting the exposure more accurate, but moments are hard to come by when you have to wait for your flash to recharge to full power.

Cutline: Stephens College sophomore Caitlin Harris burns a bra to encourage breast cancer awareness on Wednesday, Oct. 15 on Stephens College campus. Harris’ said she was attending the event due to the death of one of her favorite teachers from breast cancer.

Metal/glass

Metal and glass! (Technically, I had glass... the metal's just for fun)

Lit on a light table, one light under the table bounced off the ground to diffuse it, and a softbox behind the table.

Classmate portrait!

I decided to go with my original image for the select... I just liked the tones on it a bit better than my retakes.



Valerie Mosley holds a locally-grown green pepper to her face. Mosley, described as a "food nerd" by her younger brother, worked at Wild Oats, a natural food store in Tulsa, Okla, for five years before attending the University of Missouri to study photojournalism.

Welcome to Advanced Techniques

For all of you who read this that aren't MU Photo-J kids, I'm in a class this semester which focuses largely on lighting. It's called Advanced Techniques in Photojournalism, and posting images on my blog is requirement for the class. Which means, you're going to be seeing a lot more of this sort of thing.

Mood lighting

Credit: Dorothea Lange

Stump-the-chump

Credit: National Geographic (photographer not listed).

We decided that the lighting on the second one was likely a single strobe with some surgery lights, accounting for the blown-out hand and directional shadows.

Expect a post with more of my work soon. Adios!