Inspiration for Final

I have spent way too much time this weekend looking at food photography from all over the web.  From people on workbook to blogs.  I have posted the pics that inspire me the most on pintrest.com if you want to take a look.

Assignment 7

 So this week we had to do a shoot based on fear.  This was an extremely frusterating assignment for me this week.  I could not find inspiration anywhere and really just wanted to do anything but fear.  I need to be in a bad mood to do fear and I wasn't.  Maybe if I had more time to plan out a shoot I could have done more but this week was crazy and like I said I had no inspiration at all. So I ended up doing a kind of quiet photo set up with odd twists. Like raw meet, fake blood in the wine glass and try to spot the bug in the salad.

The fear part is definitely subtle but hopefully it came across a bit.  I used a bounced light for these because it did not make many bright flares on the glass and dish.  I did do some other lighting on some test shots of other ideas but they did not work for this set up.

Time flies

My roommate freshmen year was just starting her fashion design classes when we lived together now her gorgeous dress is in the window on the MI ave fashion building. It is really crazy how
quickly time flies and how much we have both grown and changed since we met.



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Beautiful Brunch!

After that delicious dessert I went to brunch the next morning at Sprout. The chef was on top chef and all of the food was based on simple sort of foods then made fancy! This is a fancy take on a poptart, yummy!


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Location:W Harrison St,Chicago,United States

Delicious dessert!

I found a delicious restaurant down the street from me. The dessert special was a poached pear. So delicious it will blow your mind. Go eat at Giocco!


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Favorite Photographers

Ruud Baan

I like this photo mostly because of the cool bird thing and two moons.  I love any sort of fantasy elements in photographs and it is cool to see it used in an athletic sort of ad.

Raymond Hom

I really like the way the photographer photographs food it is simple but as delicious as I am sure those cookies and ice cream are. I am actually considering doing food for my final after looking at this work.   

Delphine Chanet

Delphine Chanet does a lovely job at photographing children and capturing their innocence and quiet emotions. Many photos of kids are over the top in excitement and color but I like her use of soft light, muted colors and simple composition. 

Jamie Isaia

Like the first photograph I like this photo because of the feeling of fantasy.  Unlike the first photograph this fantasy is more subtle.  It is more of an overall feeling than CGI moons and birds.  The blurriness  makes it seem as if you only get a small glimpse of the women in the woods before she disappears.  

Rainbow

The glass siding on the bus stop created a beautiful rainbow line that went all the way out into the street. I think that must be a sign of a good day to come.



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Assignment 6

This was a fun assignment.  I really liked working with a group because we were all able to help each other out.  Everyone in the group got along well and took turns shooting and holding the reflectors.   To light these photo we lit the white wall with two lights bounced off of cards.  We lit the front with one umbrella.  All of the models were lovely to work with! 

Knife Sharpening Cart

Found this knife sharpening peddlers cart at the Hull House Museum.  Does not seem safe...

new books

When did my bedtime reading get so heavy?

Trees!

I had to go to the suburbs this weekend for a conference, it was a bit mind blowing to see so many trees. I feel like it has been way too long since I have seen real nature.

I'm a big kid now

My grown up desk at my internship!

Sunset

I beautiful sunset followed a ugly day last week, hoping the same thing will happen tonight.

Best veggie dog ever

Pear, brie and Dijon mustard. Sooo good. 

Playing some more

In my child growth and development class this week we played with these cool green and white plastic things. Thought they looked nice with the green shovel.



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Assignment 5

 For this assignment I decided to use masks. For the lights I used two bounced lights for the back and then a ring flash in the front.  I also switched in a bare bulb light for the flash and sometimes combined them.

I love the shape of this mask. I wanted to highlight it's shape and contours. 

The white mask took  on a quieter feeling, much softer than the black masks.

This photos gives a off more powerful feeling but the white mask still makes it feel a bit soft and more defensive than offensive.

Compared to the white masks the black mask that has the same shape seems more adventures and daring. It probably has to do with the cultural connection that we have with the masked heros like Zorro and Wesley from Princess Bride.

My favorite show has recently had a plot line where people had to wear eyepatches.  When I saw this eyepatch at the store I couldn't resist using it.  To me it feels mysterious. 

I really like the shadows on her face and neck in this photo.  She seems very strong and powerful. 

I thought this was a very creepy mask and enjoyed the lack of emotion and depth.

This was my favorite. It was something I had planned to do since I got the idea to use masks.  It is not quite how I visioned it but it still came out pretty well.

A good crop

Sometimes with the right cropping you can almost forget that you are in the city.



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New internship

Have you ever had one of those moments when you think "this can't be my life, it is way too cool to be my life" that was exactly how I felt this morning as I started my internship at the Children's museum. I thought there must have been a mistake and they meant to give the job to someone else. I don't think it really sunk in until I got my own set of keys and ID. Sometimes life is just sweet.

Memorial

There is a beautiful memorial for Steve Jobs at the apple store downtown. Thanks to him I can photograph it and post it on my blog all on one device before the light turns to cross the street.




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Location:N Michigan Ave,Chicago,United States

Assignment 4

Beauty dish on top, light under the table

Two umbrellas, light under the table

One umbrella, light under the table

This was when I got bored with the table shots. Thinking about gloves reminds me of the beautiful gloves women used to wear daily. Even though they are rubber gloves I wanted to give it the same sort of glamor. One softbox.

Two umbrellas.  I filled the glove with water and tried to make it look like I was holding hands with it.

I found some knifes in the kitchen of the studio, they inspired the rest of the photos.  I think I may have watched too many episodes of Bones...  One light with a snoot.

After I found the knifes I found some ketchup, who could resist? One light with a Grid

One light no gird

 One light no grid

Beauty Dish with a grid.  Also the hole in the board I used was already there, I didn't damage anything.

Happy early Halloween? This shoot somehow became something from horror movie.

Flowers form the Sky

My friend and I were laying on the deck of our apartment building yesterday when all of a sudden I see some flowers fall down on to the deck. I looked up and saw some guys on the very top of the deck waving down. They then proceeded to throw down notes weighted down by pennies and bottle caps.

Blue Skies All Week

I am determined to soak up as much sun as possible before we lose the sun for winter.

Oktoberfest

Me and my friend stumbled upon the Oktoberfest party going on at Navy Pier. There was a hilarious amount of old men in traditional German costume.