Something a little abstract...

This past weekend has been very busy. Most of it either covering or trying to direct photographers to cover a partial building collapse at a student housing complex on Saturday. Sunday I spent a lot of time working in the studio on an assignment for my lighting class, which will be uploaded soon. For the time being I figured a landscape-ish shot could hold some space on the blog.

Studio Portait

This week I spent some time in the studio with Tiffany Melecio. I went with pretty simple lighting choices because I tend to over think when I get into situations where I need to light a portrait. The first two photos I used one soft box (camera left)and a reflector (camera right). For the third photo I used two lights again trying to stay simple. placing one behind Tiffany with a blue gel on it and using a soft box behind me. 

Portrait Inspiration...

For this assignment we were asked to find a portrait we admire and discuss it a little. My selection is a portrait of Winston Churchill by Yousuf Karsh. I love the light he used it almost seems like a painting on some level. One light camera right and slightly elevated. Now I am pretty sure Karsh used a light behind Churchill for some separation, but it could also be dodging in the darkroom. Karsh successfully makes Churchill seem heroic, but contemplative. Its a great frame!

Copyright Yousuf Karsh

Copy Work

 Gregory Heisler's portrait of Alonzo Mourning

Tim Hetherington's photo of Dawn on Broad Street Monrovia, 2005

This Copy work was done for an advanced technique class I am currently enrolled. I've done some copy work in the past, but never using a studio set up. Finding the right angles was tough to say the least.

The photos pictured in this post are copyrighted to Gregory Heisler and Tim Hetherington.