product lighting

these are a few shots from my product in its environment shoot.

i guess i was going for kind of a print ad in a magazine or something.

these are a few of em


wide shot- also had a soft light on this one in addition to the other lights which is why its brighter


behind the scenes of the shoot
in the "bar" of the candyland (the soundstage)
using a baby 1k with a 4x4 silk mounted in front
practical lamp on dimmer behind the couch
in betweenie light with reflector board for fill
and soft light aswell


99 bananas

dont especially care for it. bad shadows.


doesnt make sense
do you know why?









i got to have some words with one of my lighting instructors about my shots. Ralph happens to be a fashion photographer that has worked in japan, europe and miami.
He criticized my shots and tore me down.
in a good way of course. i was more than appreciative for his advice. he brought up good points. it was great getting his professional advice. i am going to try to take advantage of his experience and hopefully learn alot from him

but i would also like your comments, opinions, advice, criticism

for real, be honest. i know i am not a professional and i never will be if i dont learn as much as i can from everybody and accept peoples criticism so..

until later
-lance-

inhale

so upon shooting this i didnt think about using it for the off camera flash assignment. but i will go ahead and officially submit it on fact that i didnt shoot anything else.

well here it is



[50mm 1/20 sec f/7.1 ISO 1600]

beach in february!! (pics coming soon)

This weekend past was one of the most fun that i have had since being down here. We had the weekend off from class which was awesome. it always feels good to get a wee break from class. so what did we do you ask. WENT TO THE BEACH!!

Friday we headed out to cocoa for some fun in the sun!


we hung out there all day surfing (or trying to), skim boarding, playing football, soccer, Frisbee on the beach, flipping off the little ledge.

it was some good ol fun.

then saturday we had to keep up the momentum,

so we hit the lake with the boat. did some wakeskating and such. after we depleted the sunshine we grilled some burgers and dogs in the backyard and relaxed.

but we werent done yet!!

we then headed over to Sun Key to play some late night sand volleyball (which i havnt played since the termination of VBS)
needless to say. my team got rocked. i dont know what was going on but we just couldnt pull it together.

oh well. next time!!

so by the time sunday came around i was SO tired. my body was sore and ached in every area. i am not used to this much physical activity. but it felt good. i really enjoyed being out in the sun and doing physical activites with some friends.. good times.

rocky mountain beefy baby triple riser

This month i started my beginning lighting class. I LOVE IT. i finally feel like i am in film school. we get to play with the lights all day and set up cool scenes. there is so much to learn about lighting. its funny because everything in lighting is code. like they have code names for everything, and they are the most ridiculous names around.

here are some pics from my labs so far.



behind the scenes shot of one of our three point lighting shoots.



one of our shots



another shot taken in the bar. we had the light coming through the window with the blinds. we used a alot of contrast. like a 16:1.

so thats what ive been doing. I have another lighting lab here in a few hours so i will be learning so more.
peace

shoot me

self explanatory. on that note. im going to bed...

intro to lighting

behind the scenes at "candyland"



more on this topic at a later time.

enjoy