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Back-LightThe hot lights were probably my favorite lights. It was awesome by being able to easily adjust the lights in ways that we could get the best angle of direct light to create the images. My two favorites of these sets were the front-light and the light from above. Putting these images in black and white made them stand out even more.
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Side-LightFill Card and Reflectors |
Front-LightLight From Above |
Back-LightThe strobe lights were very cool to use. The strobes were linked to our camera which acted as our flash to get that "strobe". Moving the lights to different spots allowed us to get the necessary light from direct places. My favorite would have to be the fill card, as it really makes Griffin's face and jacket more eye catching.
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Side-LightFill Card and Reflectors |
PanningTo take this panning photo, I was stationary with my camera on a tripod and followed the vehicle as it was passing. I lowered my shutter speed as well so that it would create a clear image with a blurred background. It was a very difficult process which took many trials in order to capture the best one.
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Motion BlurTaking these motion blur photos were difficult. In order to take these photos, I was in another vehicle that was rinding along side of the Corvette that is in the photo. The difficult challenges that I faced were the constant changing lighting, the correct shutter speed, and the bumpy roads. Since these were taking during the "golden hour" (as the sun is setting) of the day, whenever there was a gap in the trees, it would affect the exposure and the photos would either come out over exposed, or under exposed. The next challenge was the correct shutter speed. Since I was moving alongside the Corvette, all the moving components were the trees, the road, and the wheels. Having a shutter speed that is too high, will cause everything to look stationary oppose to in motion. By decreasing the shutter speed, I was able to continue focus on the Corvette while moving down the highway, but at the same time was able to lower the shutter enough to create the motion blur image. The last challenge was the road conditions. The roads were not smooth, so taking the photography at a lower shutter speed with no tripod was tough to stabilize the camera enough to get a clear shot. However when done correctly, the photos look amazing.
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Stop ActionWhen thinking of an idea to do for a stop action photograph of a car, the only thing that came to mind was splashing water on it. However, since the Corvette was just washed I proceeded to splash the water on my car. What I did was zoom in all the way and crank up my shutter speed as high as it can go, adjusting the ISO and Aperture accordingly. Once focused in, I splashed a cup of water onto the logo of my car and I was able to capture this amazing stop action photo. It was actually an easy process. I just had to make sure the lighting, shutter speed, and focus were all in sync, then I just had to pour the water. This was a lot of fun.
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Zoom EffectThe zoom effect was probably the easiest one to photograph out of all of them. The process of taking a zoom effect photo would be to zoom all the way in or out on an object, then focus in, and as you take the picture you zoom either in or out depending on whether the lenses was zoomed in or out to begin with. I took my bigger lenses and zoomed out to 200mm and as I took the photo, zoomed back in to 55mm. One major element on how to capture this type of photo, is to ensure that the shutter speed is lowered, so that it gives you some time to zoom out or in as the photo is being taken.
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Selfie & ReflectionI chose this selfie because I felt that it represented my feelings at the moment. This photo was taken on 9/11/16, exactly 15 years after the devastating terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers in NYC. I feel that this photograph shows passion, patriotism, and gratitude to all the first responders who ran towards the danger to help those in need. I had the light source behind me to create a shadow, which is where I am starring off into. I edited the photo to be black and white, but kept the flag in color to emphasize the symbolic meaning it has, especially on this day in history. The color of the stars and bars stand out to show great patriotism and appreciation to those who sacrificed their lives to save the lives of many others. Leaving the color in the flag instills an everlasting image in my head. An image, much like this tragic event, that will never be forgotten.
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