Do It Yourself Studio

Posted on December 17, 2013 by HaupTheman

was seriously considering just purchasing a photo studio like most of our classmates, but wheres the fun in that? I decided to follow the guides from the links provided in our handouts. We’re design student after all, cutting away at foam board and what not. How hard could making a photo studio be.

The answer: not too bad. I could have pasted together some foam board, but having easy access to ample cardboard boxes, i ended up using that. Using drafting paper I covered the empty slots like like shown in resource we were given. Natural lighting came in handy for some photo shoots and definitely provided great lighting if you happened to be in the perfect place and angle not to give off any shadows on the subject.

Although they’re not shown in the photo, i did have one industrial style light similar to those used in construction that comes with a clamp as well as a spotlight attached to a larger lamp. When it came to making different height stands, i didn’t. I improvised using miscellaneous objects around the house so the light could clamp onto, like for example a chair or a cabinet door. Overall I think it was successful and fun to make!

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LL 2

Posted on December 17, 2013 by MatthewMunroe(Sain)

(Although i’m extremely late) the outdoor shoot at DUMBO was perhaps my favorite shoot we did because we used the natural light from the sun then used the fill lights to enhance our features. i preferably liked using the silver reflectors because it was a brighter fill. beautysublimethis is my favorite pic from the shoot because it used excellent use of the rule of thirds and just the overall composition of the photo.

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Making an Assignment

Posted on December 17, 2013 by HaupTheman

After doing some research on the Honda FCX Clarity and other cars in its class, its clear that the target audience is not your luxury consumer but rather the middle class environmentally aware consumer. Had we been assigned Tesla as a client to do a shoot for, I would have chosen to go with Tim Wallace. Wallace’s major theme in his photography appears to be high contrast as many of his automobile shoots display a black background with the subject the main focal point. He also uses shapes in some of his shots, which accentuates  the beauty of each part of the car. In addition to that, he seems to be skilled in working with the luxury brand cars which Tesla would fall right into. I believe that the Honda FCX wouldn’t be suitable for this style of photography.

I would take advantage of the simplicity of the brand of Honda and the forward thinking of the electric car class. The target audience would be young adults between the ages of 25-30. It was a tough choice deciding between Don Dixon and Clint Clemons. I decided to go with Clemons simply because of his simple approach with natural lighting. Unlike Dixon’s use of shallow depth of field, Clemons includes the car with its users in the shots. I think this would be a great strategy in selling a car like this.

 

 

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LL9-final evaluation Yishi

Posted on December 14, 2013 by Yishi Wang

The three concepts that I had learn in this class which could help me in the future，first，will be learned how to set up the studio，because its the very basic skill to step into professional photography world。Knowing how to controlling the different when we doing various studio shots。learned when to use different background and reflector to corpora ting with the shot，by learning all these skill can help out many in advance photography studio，it could be the first step for getting Professional Photography job。

Second concept that i had learned is creating many different concept for one object，like creating a commercial shots for the object that you focus on。which would inspire me to play around the object in different perspectives，the mood of each shot could be different。which for me i think it would help me to gain more skill for this type of photo shooting by knowing how to playing with the object in greater ideas，and this kind of commercial shots always need in the society。

Finally，for me the most important thing i learned was learning make corroboration  with the model，the photographer had responsibility to make a perfect shoot for the client，and the model is most important subject of the shoot。therefore，photographer need to think many idea to share with the model，in order to show off in front the camera what the photographer need。

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LL7- Direct Reflection

Posted on December 14, 2013 by BriseidaMontiell

Photographing metal has its trick but after watching the video was pretty easy to understand and follow the steps to capture a good looking grater. The key is on controlling the reflection of the grater, which is the angle of incidence equals to the angle of reflection. For that we put the light behind the camera and a second light for the background, and with a white foam board we brighten whatever we wanted to light more. The white foam board is definitely very important because with it we reflect back the light from the greater to make it more brighter. Screen Shot 2013-12-14 at 6.15.11 PM

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LL6- Contrast

Posted on December 14, 2013 by BriseidaMontiell

Contrast makes a huge difference when we are photographing a subject. The first photo was our happy childhood photo due to the low contrast that it has and the high key lighting. There is no shadows in the photo due to the low contrast which makes the photo soft and colorful. Also the pink colors of the hello kitty make a good combination with the colors of the horizon. In the other photo with the bad childhood, there is a high contrast and and low key lighting giving the photo a feeling of tension and sadness. The photo looks dark and gloomy.

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LL5- Lighting Direction

Posted on December 14, 2013 by BriseidaMontiell

These two photos were my favorite ones because the direction of the lighting makes drastic changes. Our goal was to come up with halloween photos in which some will have a scary feeling and others a playful feeling. In the first photo with the pumpkin, there is no contrast making no shadows and the high key lighting lights the colors of the pumpkin and corn candies more. On the other hand, the second photo, there is a high contrast, and a side lighting from a flashlight to  illuminate the side of the pumpkin creating a shadow of the little skeleton, giving the photo an intimidating, horrifying feeling. It was fun and interesting to learn how the position of lighting creates all different kind of feelings on a photo.

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LL9-Final Evaluation

Posted on December 10, 2013 by rmichals

Name and describe 3 concepts you learned in this class and how these might be useful to you in the future.

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LL8- Hands

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Aamir Saadullah

The image I used was to represent scared. The lighting of the silhouette of the hands made the photo look like a bat flying under the moon light. The picture to me has a feel of being scared and lost,bats being nocturnal animals are commonly associated with various dangers and fears of darkness, which can also represent chiroptophobia.

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LL6 – Contrast (Make-up learning log)

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Huseyin

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I chose a Guess watch the first photograph on the top shows low contrast because there is more light shining on the watch I tried to block some of the shadows using aluminum foil and also to make watch shiny. I took this shot at an angle but, at eye level. This photo crops in on the left side and the leash of the watch blurs out because of using shallow depth of field. The second photograph on the bottom shows more of both high and low contrasts. More to the left of the image shows a high contrast compared to the glass and the right side of the picture shows low contrast. For this photo I used the white foam core to block most of the shadows out. As well I cropped in to the right and the watch was taken at an oblique angle I kind of tilted the camera to get the emphasis and seriousness of the watch.

 

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