Monday, December 10, 2012


Assignment 13 Execute Photograph

Execute the photograph we discussed in class. Post the results, the final lighting setup, and the photograph you emulated as separate images.




Tuesday, December 4, 2012


Assignment 12 Still Life

Photograph a Shiny Metal object and define its shape and characteristics by use of it reflective qualities. 


Photograph a glass object and define its shape and characteristics by using its transparency.


Post a photograph that you like the lighting and that you wish to emulate. Sketch out how you think it was lit.




Tuesday, November 27, 2012


Assignment 11 Night Photography

Go outside between dusk and dawn using whatever existing light is available recognizing its color and mood, make a photograph that is surprising by what it reveals.



Tuesday, November 20, 2012


Assignment 10 Light Painting


1. Make a photograph using flash as a painting tool.


2. Make a photograph using a continuous light source as a
painting too.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012


Assignment 9 Dedicated Flash Canon System

Use direct flash on camera Priority setting

Use direct flash off camera Priority setting


Use flash fill Aperture Priority


Use flash with modifier (Grid) Priority setting.


Tuesday, November 6, 2012

1. Make a portrait where the person’s face and the background are the same exposure.


2. Make a portrait where the person’s face is exposed one stop under and the background is normally exposed.  Drop the power of the strobe by one stop keeping the f stop the same.


3. Make a portrait where the person’s face is normally exposed and the background is one stop under.


4. Make a portrait where the person’s face is normally exposed and the background is two stops under.




Tuesday, October 23, 2012


Assignment 7 Strobe and Tungsten

Photograph a person with just the strobe light.


Photograph a person with just the tungsten light on.


Photograph a person using strobe on the person and tungsten on the background. Try some with motion.


Photograph a person with tungsten on the person and strobe on the background. Try some with motion.