Advanced Techniques: "And the leaves that are green turned to brown"-Glass Assignment

For this assignment, we were in partners and one had to shoot metal, while the other had to take photos of a glass object. I opted for the challenge of glass. Columbia is truly putting on one beautiful show for the fall season. The trees are painted with a variety of colors and the wind blows the leaves across campus. I used 2 vases and 4 shot glasses to create tree trunks and went exploring in Peace Park for leaves. My select:

The changing colors of the leaves come inside Lee Hills Hall studio on October 11, 2009. Columbia is covered with a blanket of multi-colored leaves falling from the trees. Fall began this year on September 22, and temperatures have been dropping ever since.

I used a bright-field set up for my objects. I used the light table, a large vertical softbox, a strobe with a snoot and orange gel, a white card and a strobe used for bouncing off the white card. I had an A+B combination with C isolated on the 1250x set at -2. Irene Rojas assisted on this photo shoot.

An Outtake:

**The title comes from the song, Leaves That Are Green, by Simon and Garfunkel.