a series of tubes

Nikon F2
Nikon Non-Ai 50mm f/1.4
Ilford Delta 400 (800 push)

The Warehouse on film (pt.2)

Mansions
Life Like This

@ The Warehouse / Krankie's Coffee
Winston-Salem, NC
2008-09-19

Nikon F2
Nikon Ai 20mm f/2.8 lens
Nikon Non-Ai 50mm f/1.4 lens
Fujifilm Superia 800 35mm film
Ilford HP5 400 35mm film (800 push)
Vivitar 285HV flash x2
Cactus V2s wireless flash triggers

Jewelry

Commercial photography group assignment #4: Jewelry
-split into groups of 3 0r 4
-pick a wrist watch
-decide on a basic composition
-light well
-each member turn-ins separate image

I'm not 100% keen on this image. I was going for something a little different from the rest of my group. I went more straight-on, going for a more direct geometric composition. But I ended up with much flatter lighting with a lot less depth and dimension compared to the rest of my group.

Canon 30D
Canon 24-105mm f/4L lens
Broncolor Opus powerpack
Adobe Photoshop CS3

Lighting:
-strobe-head with standard bowl reflector at 8:30 slightly above, through cloth scrim
-strobe-head with standard bowl reflector at 3:00 slightly above, through semi-translucent, textured plexi/plastic
-white reflectors below and above subject
-glass watch face flagged off with small black gobo/flag
-Photoshop:
---separate contrast adjustment layer masking for overall image, watch face, and ring around watch face
---iridescent areas brought-out through masked Hue/Saturation adjustment layer

Model Composite

Photography Illustration assignment
Client #5: Model Composite

-create 10 portraits for a "model"
-show variety in location, dress, posing, expression, composition, etc

I wasn't able to reserve proper equipment to shoot this to my liking. While I'm happy with the images I turned-in, I wanted more than just on-location/outdoor images, at least a few studio-esque shots using strobes with softboxes/umbrellas. Plus, my poor little-ol' Rebel XT is not quite up-to-task for the kind of quality and clarity I'd like. I will (re)shoot this again soon.

Canon Rebel XT
F-to-EOS adapter
Nikon Non-Ai 50mm f/1.4 lens
Adobe Lightroom
Adobe Photoshop CS3

Studio Fire

studio setup(ish)-shots
[f/1.4]

Canon Rebel XT
F-to-EOS adapter
Nikon Non-Ai 50mm f/1.4 lens
Adobe Lightroom

Selective Focus Firedrill

[f/1.4]

Canon Rebel XT
F-to-EOS adapter
Nikon Non-Ai 50mm f/1.4 lens
Adobe Lightroom

I need to get my eyes checked.
It's getting harder and harder to manual focus.

The Warehouse on film (pt.1)

Waughtown Heroes
Nugget

@ The Warehouse / Krankie's Coffee
Winston-Salem, NC
2008-09-19

Nikon F2
Nikon Non-Ai 50mm f/1.4 lens
Nikon Ai 20mm f/2.8 lens
Ilford XP5 Super 400 35mm film
Vivitar 285HV flash x2
Cactus V2s wireless flash triggers

Yearling, Mansions, and Life Like This (pt.2) coming soon (whenever I get a chance to scan it all).

Photokids in High Point

Nikon F2
17mm f/3.5 lens
Kodak 400 Max 35mm film

Top 10 Wired Portrait Photo

http://www.wired.com/culture/art/multimedia/2008/09/gallery_faves_portraits?slide=9&slideView=2

awesome!

www.flickr.com/photos/mattbell/2283519398/

Recent Interesting Blogs

Assistants - Should You Use Their Photos Under Your Name?
- or from our (RCC photokids seeking internships) point-of-view, maybe it should be titled "Assistants - Can You Take Credit For Your Photos?." A very interesting article, especially for Photojourn students and other 2nd-Years who are interning or seeking jobs as photo assistants.

Something Very Interesting Is Coming, Both To This Blog And To Our Industry
- Another article wetting our collective apatites for the soon-to-be-released Canon 5D Mark II. This post is the first in-depth (p)review of the 5D Mark II's incredible High-Definition video capabilities. Videos and behind-the-scenes will be posted soon.

Both of these links are from Vincent Laforet's blog, an internationally known, and well respected commercial and editorial photographer, and gearhead whom has been published in the likes of PDN, NY Times, NatGeo, SI, Time, Newsweek, among many others.

Maggie

Nikon F2
Nikon Nikkor Non-Ai 50mm f/1.4 lens
Kodak 400 Max 35mm film

The Warehouse 2008-09-19

Life Like This
Mansions (acoustic)
Yearling (acoustic)
Nugget
Waughtown Heroes

The Warehouse / Krankie's Coffee
Winston-Salem, NC
2008-09-19

Nikon D200
Nikon 20mm f/2.8 lens
Nikon 50mm Non-Ai 50mm f/1.4 lens
Nikon 135mm f/2.8 lens
Vivitar 285HV flash x2
Cactus V2s wireless flash triggers

Post-processing and B&W conversion in Adobe Lightroom

Film photos coming soon.

This Is What Happens When I Zone-Out In Class

Photo-Doodles