I made a month! Woohoo!  This weekend, yesterday and today I’ve been working on my first assignment for our lighting class. It seems simple enough: shoot a white cube, sphere and cylinder against a white background using a single light source.  Simple, yes. Easy? No!  Here’s the catch: Nothing can bleed into anything else. All planes must be distinct, including the backdrop and the table top. This is the hardest thing I’ve ever done, photographically speaking. And at some point I had to stop, because I still have to get over to the print lab on campus and print one black and white photo.   And the lab hours haven’t been posted yet,  and did I mention I live an hour out of Reno, and that I have a full-time job that I will have to leave early to print before class starts at 4pm?  So, yeah, I am freaking out.  But then again, I always do when it comes to class. Ask my  ART 141 instructor. Heck, ask my husband.

Anyway, at some point I had to commit, so it’s down to these two.  I hope I don’t get my ass handed to me.

© Carissa Snedeker

© Carissa Snedeker

On review, I doubt the it will be the second photo. Not enough distinction between the top of the cylinder and the shadow along it’s length. Back to my files…