Jrn 420: Reshoots

Painting with Light:


Clare resident Jesse Wild summons a sinister creature from the dark depths of the unknown.

Lens (mm): 45
ISO: 100
Aperture: 7.1
Shutter: 20



Still Life:


Milk and cookies are a match made in heaven that may bring back memories from late night snacks to the night before Christmas.

Lens (mm): 55
ISO: 100
Aperture: 6.3
Shutter: 1/250



Location Lighting:


Moriah Clover spins around showing off her lighter side in an attempt to warm up during a location lighting shoot at Nelson Park Saturday, November 27, 2010.

Lens (mm): 20
ISO: 100
Aperture: 4.0
Shutter: 1/40


Moriah Clover finds a quiet corner to settle down and read during a location lighting exercise at Park Library Saturday, November 27, 2010.

Jrn 420: Photo Illustration

The goal of this project was to create a photo illustration using Photoshop to convey a theme.

Caught up in toys Clare resident Matt Connor sits in the turret of a G.I Joe Battle Wagon assisting a couple Joes capture another in the Wightman lab Friday, November 19, 2010.
This photo illustration was created by first setting up the G.I Joes and taking a shot of them without Connor. Next take a shot of Connor by himself sitting in a chair at approximately the same angle as the turret is facing. Keeping the lights in the same position to try to make it look as natural as possible Then re-size him to approximately the size of a G.I Joe and using the magnetic lasso tool to get an outline of him cut him out of one photo and paste him into the photo of the G.I Joes. Erasing his lower body was necessary to make it look as if Connor was actually sitting in the turret.

Caught up in toys Clare resident Matt Connor is held captive by G.I Joe toys in the Wightman lab Friday, November 19, 2010.
This photo illustration was created by first setting up the G.I Joes and taking a shot of them without Connor. Next take a shot of Connor by himself, re-size him to approximately the size of a G.I Joe and using the magnetic lasso tool to get an outline of him cut him out of one photo and paste him into the photo of the G.I Joes. The lighting setup remained the same to try to keep everything looking similar but the main difference was that the G.I Joes were set on a table.

Light Setup:

Jrn 420: Still Life

For this assignment we were to create a still life using everyday items but trying to put an interesting, dynamic twist on them.


For my first shot I wanted to do something simple and somewhat elegant. Placing three bell peppers in a diagonal line all facing the same direction with increasing degree of color. I wanted to use the light to show off the curves of the peppers


Lens (mm): 200
ISO: 100
Aperture: 9.0
Shutter: 1/250



For my second shot I wanted to put a twist on how we see food. I was trying to create an intimacy between the bell peppers to show how some individuals feel about food, they love it!

Lens (mm): 195
ISO: 100
Aperture: 9.0
Shutter: 1/250


Lighting Setup:


For my lighting setup I used the dome diffuser as the main light above and behind the bell peppers and a side light diffused by an umbrella with Moriah Clover using a white board to bounce some light back in on the side. I shot with a Canon T1i using a a 70-200 2.8 lens.

Outtakes: