Headshots!

 ISO 200, aperture 9.0, and a shutter speed of 1/200th of a second

ISO 200, aperture 9.0, and a shutter speed of 1/200th of a second

I found out that these headshots were needed for print like the day the paper was due. I wasn't too happy. The parabolic umbrella was already set up, so all I had to do was blast them with it and get my settings right. It was really quick and easy. This was pretty boring, but at least newspaper got what they needed. I used a 17-50mm lens for both images.

gripe out day!

Today Haley and I got together and got onto the juniors for not having their photography assignments done!!! They had all break and the assignments were assigned November 5. The newspaper needs to be done by the beginning of December. All of the seniors and even Smith have been extremely frustrated with the situation. HOPEFULLY, after today's gripe out it won't happen again. Well, Haley and I will make sure it doesn't. We just have to harass the photographers from now on. Caroline and Haley made a list of junior jobs, each junior has their own responsibility, so maybe that will help.

oh goodness gracious...

ISO 400, aperture 3.5, and a shutter speed of 1/80th of a second

Well, first off, my ISO should have been 800, aperture of around 5.6, and a faster shutter speed. This environmental portrait was almost a complete failure. I honestly have no clue how this picture turned out OK. I am so embarrassed!! It was super sunny outside, first mistake. Lockers are behind him, ew. I took this picture with a 17-50mm lens. This will not happen again. On the bright side, at least it was usable for the yearbook. 

how NOT to wear leggings

ISO 200, aperture 9.0, and a shutter speed of 1/250th of a second

This image was another quick assignment for the online newspaper. I didn't take the time to set up a high-key background, so instead I made the background white with lightroom. I made sure I lit her properly with a parabolic umbrella. I like her nerdy pose. Newspaper made this picture fun to shoot! I used a 17-50mm lens.

Attempted Creeper with Woods and the help of Clur and Rush

ISO 1250, aperture 2.8, and a shutter speed of .3 seconds

This was our starting place and the first time we took a picture with the 580 flash in the car. The lighting was horrible so we moved to a darker place in the park so we could mess with the lighting a little more. All of these images were taken with a 17-50mm lens. This picture is horrible!

ISO 200, aperture 2.8, and a shutter speed of 1/4th of a second

In this image, we had moved to our newer location in a darker part at Spring Lake Park. We attempted multiple times to get a creeper shadow on the car, but the shadow was too large. The brightness of the flash was another fault.

ISO 500, aperture 2.8, and a shutter speed of 1/8th of a second

The point of showing this image was because of the lighting of the inside of the car with the couple. Everything else was still too dark with the lighting. The inside of the car is exactly how we want it in our final creeper. We tried multiple times, but the flashes were being jankey along with the lighting. In the back, you can slightly see our creeper. This was our closest image to the creeper!!

ISO 500, aperture 2.8, and a shutter speed of 1/8th of a second

The lighting is horrible, but we like the lighting of our creeper in the back of this one. We spent like 3 hours on this image, and we will try again! And get EVERYTHING right, instead of bits and pieces.

Words that Hurt

ISO 200, aperture 9.0, and a shutter speed of 1/200th of a second

This picture was needed last minute for newspaper. The story was about bullying and the staff needed a simple image. I set the background on high key and lit Woods with a parabolic umbrella. At first she covered her mouth with a hand, then I got Caroline to put her hand on Wood's mouth (which looked even weirder),  and finally I found some tape. The picture with just the tape was boring, so Claire wrote "words that hurt" on the tape. The tape was edited with changing the contrast in Lightroom to make the tape pop. The picture turned out awesome in the black and white paper. Next time I take a picture like this, I want the words to look different (they look too edited). I used a 17-50mm lens.