Tag: UCM Photography

Learning to light and photograph beer

Sorry it has been a while since I posted something. I have been pretty busy, but learning lots to apply to my photography and post for all of you to see! In my Advanced Studio Techniques class we learned a few tricks and tips for food and beverage photography. One

POM Wonderful

So it seems as though I didn’t think 5 hours of photographing to create my outdoor/indoor assignment was enough for one day. When I got back home I wanted to take some pictures and make use of the 6 pomegranates I suddenly needed to eat. I thought it would be

Creating Outdoor Lighting…Indoors.

Well folks, today was the infamous day of creating my Advanced Studio Techniques Outdoor/Indoor lighting assignment. The objective of this assignment was to create an image that appears to be taken with outdoor lighting however, it is created indoors using controlled studio lighting. This is accomplished by using color correcting

A Prelude to Fall and my Future

Hello all! Today my Advanced Studio Techniques class took a field trip to Kansas City to tour the Hallmark Creative Studios. It was an awesome experience, and really eye opening. We were able to view some of their studios, including natural light studios and cove studios. We also were able

Chicken Wings: SMOTHERED IN TASTY

My husband and I love hot wings. We love them so much that we have dedicated every Thursday as “Wing Night” in our household. Wing Night consists of ordering chicken wings from pizza hut wing street. Chet prefers the 14 piece traditional mild whereas I am a boneless wing kind

Searching for Contré Jour at the Red Barn Farm

This week’s M&P theme was contré jour, which in french means against the sun. I had a lot of hopes for this assignment but I couldn’t seem to find the right moment. My last hope resided at the Weston Red Barn Farm. A fellow photographer Andrew Mather had suggested that

Experimenting with Glass

My upcoming assignment in my Advanced Studio Techniques class is dealing with creating shape and line with glass. There are two techniques that photographers use to create this–white line effect, and black line effect. Producing a white line effect will give the glass a distinct white edge around all of

M&P Refraction

This week’s M&P theme is Refraction. Now for those of you who may not be familiar with refraction and it’s application to photography here is a good explanation from Wikipedia. Refraction is the bending of a wave when it enters a medium where it’s speed is different. The refraction of

Materials & Processes: Abstraction in Geometry

One of the classes that I am taking this semester is Photographic Materials & Processes. This is a class deeply rooted in the science behind photography, and one of the more difficult classes I’ll probably experience while at UCM. Each week we are assigned a theme to which we are

Shimmerwings: Tropical Jewels of the Jungle

A few months back my mom and I visited Blue Heron Design, a small fair trade jewelry and trinkets shop owned by my neighbor, Casey Blystone’s mother. If you have not been I recommend you stop by! It is in downtown Lee Summit, really easy to get to and fun

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