Whew!

Thank goodness for Gordon’s Photo! I’ve got my back-up battery! (And as a member, I get 20% off!)

Panic!

I bought a new camera bag and as I was transferring my gear I noticed that my back-up battery was nowhere to be seen. Every place I’ve looked online can’t get me a replacement until well after my shoot this weekend. I’ll be heading to Gordon’s today with my fingers crossed.

Day 102 – A little bit of this, a little bit of that

I tried to find some interesting things around the grounds this afternoon. Someone neatly arranged these rocks atop the storm drain.

And I can’t seem to get enough of these dried flowers.

I’ve been wanting to play with HDR some more, so I shot this looking across the lot that is kitty-cornered to our property.

And before I processed these, I had to do my homework: finishing up the models’ photos and getting them emailed off to them. Here is a sampling.

I need to get to know Lightroom

I bought it a few weeks back when it was on sale, but haven’t really fiddled with it much. I need to!

Here is one of the shots taken last night processed in Adobe Lightroom and adding the B&W Creative – Creamtone preset. I kinda like it.

Day 101 – Under the wire

Apologies. Nothing to write home about here. It’s been a busy day and I spent the hours after class tonight processing photos I shot in Jeff’s studio last week. Our class shot three models and we are required to provide some shots to each of them for their portfolios. The hour was getting late so I quickly set up my studio lights and shot a few self-portraits to try out some lighting effects.

I shot these with the light above my head to camera left and a fill card at camera right. Shot at f/1.8, just for fun. I have to apologize…not my best work.

Light a Structure at Dusk – Assignment Re-Do

Our 10th assignment for our lighting class was to photograph a building at dusk with multiple flashes, taking care to show the texture and dimensions of the building. Once we’ve gone through critique night, we have the opportunity to re-shoot the assignment, if we wish.

My original shot. Really, I only was able to get off two flashes before the timer on the camera clicked off. Further, it was freezing when we were out shooting and I thought I’d done okay. The sun had been down for at least a half hour, but the clear sky stayed brighter than I would have liked. Exposure time: 20 seconds.

My instructor said he would have liked to see more detail on the right and in the area to far left, so I went out last night to re-shoot. Here is the result. The sky was overcast, I was dealing with a street lamp to camera left and I used a longer exposure time (about 45 seconds). In this shot I got six flashes off.