Painting with Light...

Last assignment before finals... Light Painting, my group of three had fun with this one, going off the concept of household accidents which are a serious problem every year. 

Project K Interview

Project_K_Interview from Josh Bachman on Vimeo.


A brief Interview with Kenton about his interest in photography.

Audio Research

Surfing the internet looking for audio slideshows we enjoyed. I'm posting two, both are very well done.

Waiting

Mental Health Stories

Color Correction Assignment

Elva Guerrero prepares a batch of biscocho cookies for the Bachman wedding Wednesday March 26, 2014 in her home in El Paso Tx. The cookies are a traditional cookie for celebrations in Mexican culture, they are eaten at weddings, birthdays, quinceaneras and other holidays.

In camera color correction... I really do not know how photographers pulled this off with so much precision before digital cameras.

Fill and Balance

Ami Jester a fourth year nursing student takes advantage of the warm weather that passed through Columbia on Saturday March 15, 2014, to set up a hammock and relax.

 John Langworthy a sophomore in the Chemical Engineering Department studies for a chemistry test at the MU Student Center Tuesday afternoon March 18, 2014. "Ive been studying off and on for a while, since about 2pm, but I can't really say I've been studying." Langworthy said with a smile.

 Fill and Balance assignment was a little tedious, because I have never been able to get comfortable with these techniques and off camera flash. Over all it was a good experience and I am pretty happy with the balance photo. I know I need to keep working on this and I'm glad I realized that as I was shooting this assignment.

Single Flash Assignment...

Single Flash this past weeks assignment. Had a little direct flash going with the second image and a little bounce flash going with that first image. I had a rough time  getting my brain around this assignment. I practiced a bit at home taking photos of Lindsey, who while slightly annoyed allowed me to snap a few frames with the added annoyance of flash for a bit (photo below).

So I went out into the world of Kansas Cities art district and found Erin Lavin in the frame shop she owns with her Dad. She was great! allowing me to shoot while she worked on framing a painting for a local artist. I also drafted Lindsey to be my VLS (Voice Activated Light Stand). While I realize my technique for the one light set up needs some work (A LOT OF WORK!), I am pretty happy with the way these turned out. Its a building process, right? Maybe for me its a renovating process, deconstructing the little knowledge I have and building from there.

One other thing... After I shot this assignment I dug into my archive and went looking for some strobed out frames. Found this one of my Grandmother at her 90th birthday party a few years back. That lady is still kicking, drives us all crazy but she is on track to make 100.(photo below)

Lindsey 

Mema aka Robo-Granny (inside family joke)

Light on Metal

Working off the concept of GMO Potatoes that are resistant to blight, using what little I know to light metal, With help from Shelby my partner for this assignment I think we did a pretty decent job of giving this knife some life. 

Our first attempt to light this concept ended with a bunch of potatoes with holes poked in them and not one photo I was happy with from a lighting stand point.

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.