Photography shots

Alright, this is one of my favorites. The style for this photo shoot was to emulate the UFC posters they have up for each fight night. I decided to make the mood dark, somehow making the feeling of the picture more intimidating - just like a UFC fighter. The backdrop wasn't originally pure black, so I had to adjust the camera to make it seem like it was. I used a Nikon DSLR, I can't remember the model name off the top of my head. The lighting technique used for this shot was the "hatchet lighting" technique, this is used by using the key and fill light. What was difficult about this lighting was that if the fill light was close enough to the backdrop, it would make the backdrop noticeable. It also lit up too much of the shadowed face; I wanted it to be almost completely in shadow. The key light is on the left of the picture, it is elevated so that the light will not be too harsh but also to create an angle to the light. A reflector was also used on the right side of the picture where the fill light stood. The purpose of the reflector was to reflect a bit of the key's light.



This one was a little bit interesting. I was curious of finding interesting angles while using leading lines, diagonal rule, and selective focus. Hours of finding things around the house, I found these scent sticks lying around. So I arranged them in a manner where the scent sticks would poke out in each direction creating an interesting look. After my third shot, I finally found a shot that I liked which included those three compositions in one picture.



This one was in the middle of the night while I was trying out different kinds of shutter speed and what I can do with them. This technique was actually introduced to me by my photography teacher who mentioned a photographer who used slow shutter speeds to create weird pictures. The photographer set the camera to a slow shutter speed and jump as soon as he heard the shutter click in the camera. Instead of jumping, I moved the camera a couple times around creating this picture.
[ note: slow shutter speeds are used to show motion in pictures ]

1st Year Anniversary

Okay, so October 8, 2009 was my 1 year anniversary with our very own Nemo from cyberARTS Lakeshore. I haven't put much thought into the words, as I've only had 2 hours to make this entire graffiti painting before it hit midnight. So bear with me! The hardest part would be her skin tone, the original picture was really pale due to the huge light source coming from her window. I made the skin tone a bit more brisk, although I don't think I made much of a difference. If I had more time on this piece, I think I would have just continue adding more detail in to every part of the painting, especially her lips. I would also take the time to make a more unique background like adding cherry blossoms in the back. I would also fix the crappy writing job on the greeting.

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