Assignment: Jewelry [reshoot]

Advertising Photography Assignment: Jewelry
-must be close-up and dazzling
-shoot medium format digital
-shoot tethered
-vertical
-crop 8.5"x9.5" @ 300ppi

my first attempt at this assignment was unforgivably bad.

Leaf Aptus 17
Mamiya 645 AFII
Mamiya 150mm f/4 macro lens

-lit by light table through extra-large grid
-excess area flagged-off
-fill card directly over subject, just out of frame

Lauren Greenfield

Speaks @ RCC
Asheboro, NC
2009-02-18

Canon Canonet QL17
-40mm f/1.7 lens
Kodak Tri-X 400 (1600 push) 35mm film
-Kodak Xtol (1:1) developer

Photoalums

@ The Lounge
Asheboro, NC
2009-02-18

Canon Canonet QL17
-40mm f/1.7 lens
Kodak Tri-X 400 (1600 push) 35mm film
-Kodak Xtol (1:1) developer

Canonet test roll

Some frame overlapping issues and I really wish the minimal-focal-distance was closer, but overall, it's a good lil' camera.

Canon Canonet QL17
-40mm f/1.7 lens
Fujicolor Superia X-tra 400 35mm film

Sunset Theater Portrait (pt.2)

model: Jorge

Graflex Pacemaker Speed Graphic
Kodak Ektar 127 f4/7 lens
Kodak Ektachrome 100 (EPP) 4x5 sheet film
Alien Bee 800 monolight

-main light: Alien Bee, barebulb @ 3:30 high
-fill/color bleed from compact florescent bulb above door

Another great reason to get an iPhone

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Sunset Theater Portraits

Mamiya C220
Mamiya 55mm f/4.5 lens
Fujicolor Pro 160s 120 film

Empty Studio

Mamiya C220
Mamiya 55mm f/4.5 lens
Fujicolor Pro 160s 120 film

11x14 Becky

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My second attempt at RC paper portraits, based on experiments by Scott Grobe.

I thought I had grossly underexposed the sheet, but it ended-up being far more on target than my previous attempts.

L.F. Deardorff & Sons 11x14 view-camera
Apochromat Artar 19inch (482.6mm) f/11 lens
Ilford 11x14 Glossy RC photo paper

Bonfire

Nikon FG-20
Nikon Series-E 50mm f/1.8 lens
(expired) ScotchChrome 100 35mm film
Nikon SB-19 Speedlite on-camera flash

Joint Project Studio Images

These are some of my raw images (before being composited into a layout) from the joint assignment between the Graphic Design and Commercial Photography concentrations.

Design kids come up with the idea and layout that's "photo heavy," then create four separate advertising pieces, and photokids do the photography.

These images will be used for a full page magazine ad layout and in-store poster layout.

Photography: me
Lighting: Christian and me
Design: Andre
Makeup: Milisa
Model: Carolyn

Nikon D200
Nikon AF 70-200mm f/2.8 lens
Kodak DCS Pro
Nikon Ai 20mm f/2.8 lens
Broncolor Powerpacks

11x14

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Scott Grobe, did some experiments recently using black and white RC photo paper as film, then inverting them in photoshop.

I decided to follow his lead and put 11x14 Ilford RC Glossy Photo Paper into my school's behemoth antique 11x14 view camera.

Our 11x14 camera is mostly for show and to demonstrate how large format cameras work. It hasn't been regularly used in years, if not decades. And we have no 11x14 film carriers, so I improvised one out of matte board and tape. Scott figured the paper's speed is around 6-12 ISO. And the camera's lens is stuck wide open at f/16. I wanted simple lighting, so I set up two Speedotron 2403x powerpacks on full, combined power with a strobe and large bowl each.

Setup:

New Members of the Family

Amazing $70 eBay find, a 1950s Graflex Pacemaker Speed Graphic with a Kodak Ektar 127mm f/4.7 lens



early 1970s Canon Canonet G-III 17 35mm rangefinder, given to me by a friend





early 1980s Minolta X-570 35mm SLR and Minolta 35-200mm f/3-5.6 lens, given to me by a friend.

Canon 5D
Canon 24-105mm f/4L lens

Assignment: Interior

Canon 40D
Canon TS 24mm f/3.5 lens
Canon 580EX II Speedlite
Canon 430EX Speedlite

Assignment: Corporate Portraits

#1

#2

#3

#4


Advertising Photography
Lighting assignment from James:
-create 4 corporate/business portraits
-use 4 different lighting setups
-3 in studio
-1 on location
-1 or multiple models

#1. model: Ryan

based on Will Crocket's "power fill" portrait lighting setup
Main light: strobe with medium square softbox @ 4:30, ~1.5' from subject
Fill light: "power fill" bare-bulb strobe directly above camera @ 6:00 high, ~7-10' from subject
Kicker light: strobe with medium square softbox @ 2:30 (just out of frame), ~2-3' from subject
Background light: strobe with bowl reflector @ 11:00 very low

Leaf Aptus 17 back - Mamiya 645 AFD II - Mamiya 150mm f/4 lens - Broncolor powerpacks

#2. model: Layne

Main light: strobe with medium square softbox @ 4:30 slightly high, ~2' from subject
Fill light: strobe with bowl reflector through medium scrim @ 7:00 high, ~6-7' from subject
Kicker light: strobe with bowl reflector and grid @ 10:00 low, ~4' from sumject
Background light: strobe with bowl reflector and blue gel @ 12:00 very low, behind subject

Leaf Aptus 17 back - Mamiya 645 AFD II - Mamiya AF 80mm f/2.8 lens - Broncolor powerpacks

#3. model: Layne

Main light: strobe with small square softbox @ 6:00 very high, nearly directly above subject, ~3-4' from subject
Fill light: strobe with medium rectangle softbox @ 6:00 slightly low, directly under lens axis, ~3-4' from subject
Hair light: bare-bulb strobe @ 12:00, directly behind subject, ~1' from subject

Leaf Aptus 17 back - Mamiya 645 AFD II - Mamiya AF 80mm f/2.8 lens - Broncolor powerpacks


#4. model: Amy

Location: 101 Cafe, downtown Raleigh, NC

Main light: bare flash bounced of ceiling @ 7:30-8:00
Fill light: ambient

Nikon D200 - Nikon Ai 20mm f/2.8 lens - Vivitar 285HV flash - Cactus V2s wireless flash triggers

"Nailed 'Em"

The arrest of NPPA photographer, Duane Kerzic, by the Amtrak police gets a bit more coverage.

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