Nom Nom Nom

One of those days where there is no time to eat till dinner.

Cutest thing ever?

Had a really crummy day on Monday and then I got these guys in the mail.


Who could resist a smile after looking at them??


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Assignment 3

Here we go, assignment 3. I am not sure how I feel about the lighting setup. Honestly it was a lot to handle only three weeks into using strobes, it was hard to keep up with each light. I got incredibly lucky though to get to work with my model Zoie Moser. She is gorgeous and made my job a lot easier. So enjoy the pictures and marvel at her beauty. 

These may be my favorites. I think she looks like a rockstar at a concert the way the flairs are going crazy. This was one of the first picture using all of the lights, I hung the hair light too low which caused a lot of the flair but for once it was a happy mistake.

 I was still struggling with he hair light here so I just turned it off. I didn't miss the light. For some reason my blog rejected my b&w version of this picture.

 Same lighting setup as above.

 These were all the light but the front bare bulb. I think it was nice to take some of the blaring light off of her face/hair. I also like the shadows it makes in the middle of her hair.

I edited this one on Capture1. I changed the hues, saturation and exposure using the levels to create the different exposures and shades.

For this pose I turned off all the front lights and just used the back and side lights.  It created a very dramatic look that I really like.  The light in her looks really beautiful and is a perfect spark.

I did the almost the opposite for these pictures, I turned off the side light but I did keep the hair light on.

I love this photo!  It uses all of the lights  for it.  I think the hair light did a really good job of lighting her face from behind a bit.

I also really like this photo, it is the same lighting set up as the one above but she is facing the other side. Her dress only had one strap which can not be seen in this photo.  It definitely has a different feeling than the one above, I think that one seems a bit more glamourous while this one seems a bit more like  a makeup advertisement.

Hope you enjoyed my photos, if you didn't and had to look at them because you are in my class, well, sorry.

Weekend with people I love

This weekend I went to Indianapolis to visit some friends and family. It was such a relief to get away from school, stress and the chaos of the city. Instead I went for walks in the nearby state park, played with a kitten, ate fresh food from non chain restaurants, played board games and laughed until I cried.  It is so easy to get caught up in life that the really good and simple things just get lost in the rush. I put together some of my favorite pictures from the weekend for you to see. 

Gone

Heading out of town for the weekend to see some very dear friends and family.



I always love this view of the city, it Is exciting and makes me think of when I moved to Chicago and all the possibilities that were presenting themselves to me. I don't know if I want to live in a city when I graduate, the noise and chaos is overwhelming sometimes, but for now I will just try to embrace it.


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Location:Chicago Skyway

Quiz Time!

Today's quiz - how do you use a garbage shoot?

Answer - open the shoot door and put the garbage in.

If you said put the garbage in the garbage shoot closet in front of the shoot then you fail. If you said put it in the general area of the shoot and wait for the garbage fairy to make it disappear then you also fail. If you said one of those things then you are probably my neighbor. This is really disgusting and it smells.



Yup that is trash falling out of the garbage shoot closet because it is so full because no one puts their trash actually down the shoot. Lovely.

One of my favorite photos

There is no way I could ever pick my favorite photo but this on is one my favorites.  I took it in Nepal in a Tharu Village.It is hard to tell but the stick she is carrying on her head was probably around 8 feet long.

Best bookshelf ever

I got a new bookshelf this year and I did some organizing. I think it is safe to say this is awesome. And if you are wondering what the Frodo action figure says I will tell you! He says "I'm glad to be with you Sam, here at the end if all thing", one of the best quotes of the trilogy. I can go in to a long explanation on why I think that but I don't want to bore you. But if you ever get the urge to talk about lotr or Doctor Who let me know! And yes that is a sonic screwdriver. Be Jealous.

Strobe Lighting Assignment #2

For my project this week I decided to photograph food to help me portray emotion through light.  Some of the food needs no explanation on why I choose it to fit the emotion, others are more personal to me and may not make sense to everyone right away.

Hopeful Champagne

Thanks to my inspiration earlier in the week I choose to use champagne to represent hopeful. Well I am not 21 so actually this is more sparkling apple juice, but the idea is the same.  Champagne is used to toast newlyweds, celebrate happiness and cracked open on New Years Eve in hope of a good year to come.  I chose to light this photo with an umbrella because I wanted to to be bright but harsh.  The umbrella also helped me to minimize any strong reflections on the glass.

Indecisive Desserts 

How many times has it happened that you go to a buffet and eat a lot of food and then when you make it to the desserts you have to pick only one or two because if you eat any more than that you will burst? Trying to pick what to eat is always difficult which is why I chose a selection of desserts for indecisive. I used a medium sized soft box to light this so that I would have very even lighting on all of the desserts.  

Engrossed Bread Pudding 

To help think of good foods I looked at the definitions of the emotions and many definitions for engrossed used the word absorbed. It made me think of bread pudding and the way that the bread absorbs the sauce until it becomes soft and delicious. I used an umbrella for this one because I had to put the pudding on a plate and I did not want any light reflections on the plate. 

Powerless Quiche

This decision needs some explanation.  When my Grandma died I felt completely powerless. There was nothing I could to stop it and nothing I could do to make anything better. The only thing I could think of to do was walk to the grocery store (I couldn't even drive) and pick up dinner. I bought a quiche because I used to eat them with my Grandma when she would take us to a tea room. I wanted to emphasize the feeling of isolation that goes with powerless so I used a snoot to light the quiche.  I really like the dramatic shadows it created. 

Pessemistic Brussel sprouts

Poor brussel sprouts, they have such a terrible reputation that many people decide that they don't like them before they have even tried them. Just like any food they are good if cooked right, but most people don't even try to cook them.  For this photo I used a grid.

Frightened Meat

 

Ok, so first off this is not me trying to convert you to being vegetarian, I have no meatless agenda. But come on, raw meat that is all processed like that can look pretty frightening.  Another frightening thing about meat is that you so often do not know what the animal ate, what meds it was given and you also do not always know what part of the animal the meat is from.  I wanted to bring out the shadows so I used a snoot to direct the light.

Clever Fortune Cookies

Fortune cookies can give you some good advice! I would call them clever.  I used a soft box for this photo to keep the fortune from getting blown out and keep it readable while also lighting the cookies well.

Merry Cookies

This was a pretty obvious choice. Luckily I always have my Christmas decorations on hand. I used direct light on this photo. I wanted a lot of light because when I think about Christmas and being merry I think of all the beautiful lights.  I did try a gel out on it but I hated it.

Hope you enjoyed my project!