Kat's Photography Explorations: October 2010

Jason Kinney, age 15, of Mt. Pleasant, caught in the middle.

This image was created using a long exposure, three strobes, and red gel covered flashlights to paint the subject.

Camera: Pentax K10D
Focal length: 45 mm
ISO 100
Aperture: f11
Shutter speed: 30 seconds from tripod.

Painting with light. A gift of flowers to energize and cheer you, and this kind doesn't make you sneeze.

This was created using blue, pink, and green light sticks and a flash light with a triple layer of blue gel. The light sticks for the flowers were twisted and wrapped and suspended from strings on a black stick. The green stems are green light stick that were stirred then placed. The flashlight with the blue gel was used to paint the outside of the vase. Also use was a black matte board acting as a gobo between steps.

Camera: Pentax K10D
Focal length: 50 mm
ISO 100
Aperture: f11
Shutter Speed: 30 seconds from tripod.

Others

My goal was to take a photograph that was good enough to be published in a fashionable magazine. Seriously, that is even more terrifying than it sounds. I have been thinking ahead for all my projects so far so I already had one of my models lined up for the studio picture. I wanted to create an interesting beautiful location fashion photo. I was inspired by the picture that the class chose as the best photo from the activity we did. It reminded me of a Halloween costume I had seen recently for Mother Earth. That idea evolved into a Wood Sprite.

Wood Sprite, a fairy elemental who lives in the trees and the woods, lovingly touches flowers with a little bit of magic.

Camera: Pentax K10D

Focal length: 100 mm

ISO: 200

Apeture: f4

Shutter speed: 1/45

Modeling this Halloween costume is Central Michigan University student, Kellea Krueger (my daughter). I chose this picture because "she looks like she could jump right out of the picture". I don't like the excessive rim light on her arm but I didn't catch it at the time and wasn't able to recreate the image when we reshot and although I tried burning it, it really needs a little more help from photoshop to fix it than that. This I will do but not for journalism class.

The lighting for this picture uses some ambient light and 3 flashes. The one in front to her right has a diffuser on it. Behind her is a backlight/ background flash with a foam board acting as a gobo to keep the light off my lens. To her left is an additional light where a tree is acting as a gobo.

The Lighting

Central Michigan University student, Stephen Green, is the subject of my studio fashion shoot. He is fashionable while still being comfortable.

Camera: Pentax K10D

Focal length: 28 mm

ISO 100

Aperture: f11

Shutter speed: 1/125

The lighting for this has the main light with the soft box to Stephen's left, the spot behind and to his right and the fill is to his right side with the light reflecting off a gold reflector.

The Lighting

I really struggled with choosing which picture to submit. These are my other favorites.

This was my second choice because the left arm looks better

but I think the one I chose looks a little more dynamic.

This was chosen third favorite by my family and friends.

Note: Those are misquotes becoming sparkles in the air around her. If you zoom in you can see the one biting her arm. She was ready to be done by this time which is why we had to finish on Saturday.

She jumped up after this picture because she was being devoured by mosquitoes. She was ready to leave so I couldn't retake this. Unfortunately her face is not in good focus and the lighting was to hot on her face. For posing purposes, this was my favorite.