Fashion Assignment

Hey guys,

Ok so this up coming assignment has to do with fashion. Not fashion with live models but fashion using products. We are using products and styling the set up to have a more interesting look. Well here we go, here are some of my sketches and hopefully I have something that I can work with. As you already know later on I will show you my set up with this assignment and also the end result. Until then have a good weekend. :)

Road Rage?

Hey guys,

So you wonder what do I mean by road rage let me explain. Our next assignment has to do with editorial work. If you don't know Editorial is anything that is a non-selling ad. Editorial images are found in articles. Editorial images are related to the article that their attached to. Well my topic is road rage and I have to translate this topic onto an image without using people. I thought that this topic would be simple as far as coming up with ideas. Well translating road rage onto an image without people is more difficult that I thought. I struggle coming up with ideas but I think I have a few (well I hope I have a few). So here are some of the ideas I come up with and well later on I will show you guys the end result.

Until then goodbye and have a wonderful day :).

First two assigments

Hey just wanted to let everyone know that we had our assignments critiqued on wednesday. Well critique went well and it was not too bad for the first two assignments so now we are ready to move on to the next thing. Now our next assignment is just interesting I have to say. Any how I will soon be blogging about our next assignment. So to all of my classmates good well done!

Have a great day :)

What do you think?

Well guys here is my final result for my mimic a master assignment. I must say that its not quite the same but I'm glad we had this assignment. Enjoy :)

Here is my image:

now here is the original :

Set up (mimic a master assignment)

Hey guys,

Let me start by telling you guys that this assignment seem simple which for the most part it was but what I though was going to be the simplest part turn out to be a bit of a challenge. The challenge come with the powder motion. That took a while to get and its not exactly as the original but I still got motion. :)
First the equipment: Photogenic light kit, Soft box, white reflector card, black reflective table, pocket wizards, extension cords.
Props: make up brush, and make up powder.
Camera: Canon Rebel T1i, Lens 18-55mm, ISO 100, WB Daylight, F-stop 8, shutter determine by strobes settings.

Set up was very simple, place the power on a piece of paper that is big enough to hold the power but small enough to not see it in the image. Then have someone to assist you by holding the brush in place. That way you can go ahead and determine where you light needs to be. In this image the light needs to be on the side of the brush so they will be a clear highlight. Place white reflector board diagonally across from the strobe. That way light will be reflected back to side where there's little light and also to create the highlight on that opposite side. Light needs to be power down all the way down. The light I used was powered to about 31w. Make sure to use the soft box since the light need to be diffuse so its not harsh on the product. Then you will need someone to keep holding the brush to create the powder action as its on the original image. The motion that the power created is not exactly as the one on the original image but its still motion. First pick up power with the make up brush, then tap (strength of tap will determine the motion of power) on the brush to have the powder fall down this will create motion.
Now taping the brush and trying to keep it in the same place its a bit tricky so you will have to shoot a few times so be patience.
Here are two images of the set up. One image is closer then the other but pretty much they are the same thing.

Final Product (alcohol assignment.)

Hey guys just want to show you my final result. Enjoy the Mojito :)

Set up (alcohol assignment)

Hello everyone,

ok so it's been about 2 weeks since my last blog and I haven't show you guys how the set up was for my alcohol shoot. Let start by telling you guys that the shoot was interesting to say the least. The reason I say that is because well at first the style of my beverage wasn't translating to my picture. What I mean by that is that what I had picture in my head was not working in real life. The lighting had to be change a bit since well I had to shoot from a different angle. Now let me tell you make sure you have everything that you need and then some. Now the props that I used was a glass, limes, fake ice cubes, leave mints, and mojito mix. I shot my image on a white reflective table which at the end I end was not necessary since I crop out the reflection of the glass. I try using gels but they didn't work well with my shot. The equipment that I used was photogenic light kit, black reflector cards, pocket wizards, white reflective light table, one soft box, and extension cords. I only used one soft box on the light that was lighting the subject. The other  two lights were use to light the table so no diffusion was necessary.

Camera settings: Canon Rebel T1i, ISO 100, F-stop 8, shutter was at 125(that really does not affect your image since strobes act as your shutter.) and white balance was set to daylight.

Here is a little diagram of my set up:

Mimic a Master!!!

Why mimic a master you ask? well let me explain, I'm been ask to mimic a master photographers work. That means that I'm recreating an image of a professional photographer to the best of my abilities. I have turn to the internet to do my research and well I have found photographers that I truly love their work. The lighting, composition, angles, highlights, shadows, and angle of camera have to be as close as possible to the original image. This are some of the photographers that I really like Andy Hagedon, Rich Begany, and Mark Feaster. Here some of the shoot I encounter and would love to try to recreate. Please excuse the last image is a phone picture since I was not able to get one from the web.