Thursday, November 20,2014

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This was my failed attempt at recreating the photo of the dancer. I found out that my light set up was all wrong. Instead of shooting from above I shot from an angle, which didn't light the person right. To light it right I've got to create a cone around the flash. I need black paper to block the light from the person and only shoot the light on the tutu. Therefore I've got to shoot this again and get it right. I've really learned how you can manipulate light with this photo.

Tuesday November 18,2014

AP-2.5

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ISO-100

AP-4.0

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This is the recreation of the nail polish ad from earlier. In my lighting I had two flashes and one umbrella. The one without a umbrella was facing the background to reflect the light on the left side. The second light, with the umbrella, was facing the nail polish on the right side. The first light power was set to 1/8, and the one on the right was set to 1/4. The first photo is when I was getting the background lit properly. The second was my first attempt to get the nail polish lighting correct. The third is the successful lighting of the polish.  The next two are my final products. I really wish that the nail polish was leaving a longer drop. The last photo was a quick save by a fellow photographer to save the nail polish. Overall I like the photos. I really do wish though that I could have been able to make the drips longer, to do that I really needed it to dry out a little bit longer. The aperture was the main part of the picture. I really want to do something like this again.

Thursday November 12,2014

I helped Kinzy with her photo recreation of the paper in a trashcan to look like popcorn. I helped her set up the lighting and paper for the background. I also helped her color her pieces of paper to seperate them from the background. To help with the actual picture I held a piece of white poster board over the top of a flash and angle it down to reflect the light. In helping her I learned how to bounce flash and how important lighting is. It really opened my eyes on how many different ways you can manipulate lighting. It gave me some knowledge on what to do in the future when the lighting is difficult. It helps, because I don't exactly know if and how I will do for my recreation. If I do need lighting it will probably be bounced of a white surface to get a reflection, but not a lighting from one side. Unfortunately my computer will not load the images of me dutifully doin my job. I don't know why they won't load, but I will try again later to get them up and posted, so it will help me for future reference. 

Tuesday November 11,2014

ISO-400

AP-2.8

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ISO-100

AP-2.8

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AP-2.8

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These are the pictures I got while I was in Hot Springs. The first picture is just one I was looking at the settings to see around what I needed.The second one was inspired by a picture I saw online. I know that it is overexposed, but I like it. I do plan however to go back and retry to get a properly exposed picture. The third picture was just pure accident I stumbled upon it. I took several shots to get it right, but none of them are properly exposed. I realize now looking back that I completely ignored the background, a big no no. The third was shot through a fence on the peacock pen they had. I feel that if I would have had a flash the picture would have turned out exposed better. I think that if I would have turned the ISO to 800 it might have been better. The same goes for the fourth picture. The fifth, sixth and seventh pictures are pictures of flowers, which I'm surprised are still alive. I wish I could have gotten closer to the flowers, but the focus wouldn't let me. By this point I was so cold, I was about ready to call it a day, but then the idea for the last picture hit me. I wanted to go down to the springs to try and get a creepy picture of the steam coming off the water. I wanted to do it in the cave, but the lighting didn't allow me to. I thought about it half way home that maybe if I set my ISO at 100 and used the flash on the camera, I may have had a creepier shot. I really want to go back and redo most of these shots, and make them better. Next time I know to bring a flash with me.

November 6, 2014

This is my layout plan for my ad recreation. I need the plexiglass so the nail polish wont leave into the paper. To make the nail polish that way is to leave it open until it gets semi dry so it wont run. I plan on getting square nail polish at the dollar store. I may or may not need a flash it just depends on how it looks without it.

November 4,2014

I would like to do one or both of the ads for nail polish. The first one will definitely be fun to do. A flash really won't be needed, but I want to use one to add depth to the picture. The second one woudl be more difficult because the colors mix and the whole layout. There is again no real need for the flash, but I think they might have used one to the right, angling down on the polish.I am undecided right now on which one to do. I might actually end up doing both.