UNH Hockey Photos

The UNH Hockey Promotional Photos

Still Life Final Collection

Final Prints Album

Loop Lighting

What you need:
Four lights
Camera and tripod
A Seamless Background
Lighting Stands (2)
Stand for overhead light (1)
Subject (1)

What To Do:

Step 1: Set up  the backdrop at a perpendicular angle to the subject.
Step 2: Put a background light facing back directly behind the subject lighting the backdrop. Set it up low and so that it it cakes a semicircle of illumination behind the subject, and have it grow gradually darker as your eye moves further away from the subject.
Step 3:  Set up the key Light 35 degrees off of the camera and tripod
Step 4: Set up the fill light 20 degrees off the the camera on the other side
Step 5: Set up the hair light, using already available overhead lights or the overhead light stand.

If using softer lights, move the lights closer to the subject.

Examples:

Bill McIntosh

Shelby Clark

Sources:
http://www.sekonic.com/whatisyourspecialty/photographer/articles/the-five-basic-portrait-lighting-setups.aspx
http://shelbyrenee20.blogspot.com/2010/11/pressure.html

Flower Composite

Flower Composite Picture

Still Life Test Shots

Still Life Photos

The Setup

UNH Football Photography

UNH Foot Ball Photos

Composite Skull Photo

A skull composite on a sunrise on Mount Monadnock

Still Life: Favorite Photo of the Shoot

 So for my favorite (or best) photo, I actually decided to choose two, because one of them doesn't "technically" fit into the criteria of the assignment, but its tangentially related, so I decided to add it in.

This is the classic Still Life I liked the best. I typically prefer a more simple composition that is not very busy. This also reminds me of my final for darkroom, and I love taking pictures of skulls. The shadow in this is very interesting in how it draws away from the jaw so sharply and looks almost foreign to the object. 

I also added this photo because it is a step removed from the still life and gives perspective to the assignment as a whole. You can see what the picture they are taking is of, but then you also have the view of the cameras taking the picture. While that may take away from the illusion of the artwork a bit, it also adds additional depth to the idea of a still life, and adds character to the work.

Boston Calling Photography

Over this weekend, I had the privilege of being able to be a press photographer for TNH at he Boston Calling music festival. It was an amazing experience, I was able to meet a bunch of great people and take some fantastic photos. This is what I want to do with my life (basically) and though this wasn't my first rodeo in the music festival department, it was the first I did on my own and with such a heavy journalistic focus. It is something I want to do again as soon as possible.

Boston Calling Photos

Photo for Abstraction