Seattle Central Creative Academy: dSLR Portrait Assignment (Natural Light)

October 8, 2011 by Leave a Comment

The goal was to create a portrait using existing light.  Reflectors yes.  Strobes or flash no.  To make it interesting I handed a polar bear costume to model and fellow student Jessica Yager.  Then for further eccentricities, I handed her metal shears.  Thus, upon a roof in Pioneer Square under cloudy skies with the use of one reflector, the portrait transformed into a crackhead on the loose in the city.

Location: Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA

Camera/Lens Specifics: Canon 5D Mark II with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM

88mm, 1/125 sec at f/5.0, ISO 100, tripod mount.

Post: Adobe LR3 & Photoshop CS5

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Seattle Central Creative Academy: Photography Assignment (Existing Light)

October 5, 2011 by 1 Comment

As part of our first assignment in Seattle Central’s 1st yr Commercial Photography program, students were asked to photograph an object using existing light; meaning no false lighting, only the sun, a reflective surface, and our innovation.  I chose a feather resting in a small glass jar to represent a writer’s quill photographed as a still-life.  The above image was created using a sheet of black construction paper as a seamless, with the sun at camera right and a reflector placed 90 degrees on camera left.

Location: Cal Anderson Park, Seattle, WA

Camera/Lens Specifics: Canon 5D Mark II with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM

105mm, 1/60 sec at f/22, ISO 800, tripod mount.

Post: Adobe LR3 & Photoshop CS5

Filed Under: Art, Bainbridge Island, Cameron Karsten, Education, How To, Photo Shoot, Photography, SCCC, Seattle, Washington Tagged With: , , , , , , , ,
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