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Advanced Techniques: Single Flash-BOUNCE!

Jeremy Zhang,8, thinks about his next move against Ed Hollander during the University of Missouri Chess Club new players tournament in Memorial Union on October 19, 2009. Zhang has been playing for over a year and competes in tournaments regularly.

This assignment was difficult difficult lemon difficult. More to come for direct flash.

Painting With Light Lab..a little late.

So, this week I am working on my actual painting with light project. I am really excited to put it all together, it's going to be great! However, thinking about the project made me realize that I didn't put up my painting with light lab photos. As a class, we went to Rock Bridge Park and learned about, you guessed it..painting with light. It's a different concept to think about light as the subject of the photo, rather than a factor that adds to the subject. Here are a few attempts from that evening:

EVE!

I'm excited to have an ounce of free time to try more painting with light!

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.

Advanced Techniques: Classmate Portrait

For the classmate portrait assignment, I worked with Colleen Lefholz. I have been eager to learn about studio lighting for awhile. I learned so much working on this project and I know there is still so much to learn. After talking to Colleen for a bit, I learned that she is a cake decorator. I love food, so I figured that this would be the perfect opportunity to not only use food during a shoot, but bring out a unique part of her life.

Multi-Light Source Select:

Colleen Lefholz licks frosting off a wooden spoon while posing for a portrait on September 28th, 2009. Colleen is a cake decorator during the summer and holidays in her hometown of St. Charles, MO. “When my friends find out that I am a cake decorator, I get a lot of requests for cake.” Colleen said during her portrait session.

Light Diagram:

I used a soft box, a gold reflector and a second light with a blue gel facing the backdrop. I used blue because it contrasted nicely with Colleen's hair color. I metered the situation using a meter connected with a sync cord. It gave me a reading of ISO200, f/13, 1/125 of a second. I bracketed in addition to that reading. Looking back, I think a second soft box on her left would have helped lighten her face and the icing on the wooden spoon.

Single Light:

Colleen Lefholz poses for a portrait on September 28th, 2009 in Lee Hills Hall studio.

Light Diagram:

For the single light portrait, I used a soft box and tried to go for the Rembrandt lighting. I metered ISO200, f/13 and 1/125 of a second. I had Colleen turn her back to me and slowly turn back around with her head directed at me. I wanted to do soft lighting to reflect the Colleen's self proclaimed soft spokeness. I bracketed, but I think I under exposed the image.

Outtakes: