I was review a couple of weeks ago on my Alternative personal submissions and I got applauded for these two images.
The first one was shot in the Windthorp Estate, down in Lenox, MA. It was an amazing location and out of that day these image just blew me away. We drove for 2 hours to get here, the models traveled with us and the shoot just started to pan out perfectly. When looking in all t he rooms that the Estate had (that were about 20) I found this back room, full with windows, by the time we started shooting there, the light was perfect. Kat, who has been in a lot of shoots with me at this point (we have done together around 10 shoots all together), was as always amazing. This is my favorite shot of her.
The second one is my self-portrait. It was so much fun to make. I had such a hard time figuring out what I wanted for my self-portrait. I was fed up with shoots and I just had gone blank. Good thing I have my IdeaBook. I got some of the images I wanted to do before with a friend of mine, Jaclyn. This image at first was hard to understand how to do everything in camera. Believe it or not IT IS ALL in camera, no photoshop needed for either lighting or shadows.
With help of my teachers I could understand how to do my lighting. I did it in the big classroom, I was on the opposite side and my light was 30 to 40ft away, up high in the ceiling. I could only expand the stand so much that I had to mount the light stand on a table, for it to reach the right angle and height.
The shot was made with a bare bulb strobe, at full power 30-40ft away from me to a 45 degree angle to the right.
I was in a cage of black cards.
Shot with a Mamiya with a Aptus 22 back.
Exposure: 1/60 sec @ f/4.0
These weeks have been all about shooting and none blogging. Hopefully I have more images to show in the next few days!
Happy shooting,
Love,
Me
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