mattbellphoto

20080930

a series of tubes

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

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

20080929

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.

20080927

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).