Kelly - Diablo Organics

model: Kelly Hawkins

makeup: Lex Ewing

jewelry:Diablo Organics

More photos and technical info after the jump.

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Beadwork Necklace by Sara Hall

bead-smith: Sara Hall
model/stylist: Anne Marie Kirkman


Mamiya C220
Mamiya-Sekor 80mm f/2.8 lens
Kodak Portra 400NC 120 film

Canon Rebel XT
Canon EF 50mm f/2.5 compact macro lens
Vivitar 285HV flash x2
-with DIY 10"x10" softbox
-with DIY grid snoot
Cactus V2s wireless flash triggers

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

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