Hey all- I recently received my two new b400 alien bees complete with stands, umbrella reflectors, and carrying bags thanks to my generous grandparents!! They gave me a check so I could purchase the equipment as an early Christmas gift. The two of them are some of the best people
I am toying around with making a portfolio website and I came across http://www.wix.com it is an awesome free flash website builder that is relatively user friendly. Granted this is just a first time try for me..but I thought the results were pretty neat. The only problem I came across
My lovely neighbor and even lovelier friend Tara Schlotzhauer, came a knocking at my backdoor late this evening. Her boyfriend and avid snake lover Casey Blystone had captured a wild rat snake at Pertile Springs here in Warrensburg and they were about to release it. She thought it was a
I had a few images left of Seth Clock’s Portrait shoot that I hadn’t had the time to edit. Between summer school and work I was working hard to just edit enough to turn in for class! Most days I would come home with 700-1000 images per shoot to sort
Yesterday I did a photo shoot with my co-worker Mary Williams. We shot out at an abandoned what we thought would of been strip mall sort of place. It was an interesting place to shoot…but as soon as we pulled up there was a no trespassing–trespassers would be prosecuted and
Learned how to shoot high key in the studio this past Thursday! It was a lot of fun and Anneka’s brother, Seth was kind enough to join us for the day to be our model. He had a variety of outfits so we changed things up a bit with outfits
Today we worked with lighting ratios focusing on 3:1 and messing around to see the differences of light quality in the face and hair with different lighting ratios. We also learned how to put up new backgrounds and use gels with the photogenic monolights. For some reason we were a
Today we worked on analyzing shutter speed and aperture in conjunction with ambient lighting and flash power. It was a lot of thinking and constantly adjusting–which can be frustrating but it is very important to learn. If you don’t know what to do with light, you don’t know what to
Today in the studio we worked with the photogenic monolights to produce one light images. We also worked with the beauty dish, grid spots, alien bees, and several backdrops. We learned about broad and short light and how to pose a person so the light flatters their face. It was
Summer School has begun, which means you all get some new photos to keep up with from week to week from me! This week my portrait class started with Jerry Schmidt. Two of my favorite photo gals are in the class too–Holly Hildreth and Anneka Clock. Our class consists of
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