Additional Image: Fashion

Farmington resident Danielle Graessle wears her lucky white top with her favorite black jeans
and cowgirl boots during sunset at Heritage Park in Farmington Hills.
"Fashion is defined by the person who wears it," she said.

50 mm lens, ISO 100, f/8, 1/160

I owe a big thanks to Kent for letting me switch assignment due dates because of a family emergency. The lighting setup here was relatively simple. My main light source was on the right of my beautiful best friend. It was set at 1/2 power. I used the sunset as a rim light for most of my images.

Secondary:

Lighting Setup-

I was not anticipating turning these in, so the lighting setup "photo" is a little inaccurate. As I said earlier, the main light was set to Danielle's right at 1/2 power.

Still Life Assignment

Situation I: "Falling Water"

Optical illusions often use color, lines and shapes to make the eye and brain

perceive an image that is different from reality.

35 mm lens, ISO 200, f/16, 1/200

The Setup-

I used three glasses filled with dyed water on top of a mirror and placed them on a slanted table. I put my camera on a tripod and adjusted its angle to make the horizon appear straight; this made the slanted water effect. I used one strobe on a foot, set it on half power and lit the glasses from behind and below. I additionally experimented with different lighting setups, including lighting from camera left and using two strobes.

Situation II: "Bolts."

When used with nuts, bolts is a basic component in how something is put together.

With the end of the semester quickly approaching, many students feel as though they're losing them.

35 mm lens, ISO 200, f/13, 1/200

The Setup-

I placed several different sized bolts on a white piece of poster board. For this particular image, I used one strobe with a purple gel set on an eighth power and lit the bolts from behind and above. I shot over the subject. For the majority of my images, I cross lit the bolts with two different strobes with different colored gels to create a cross effect (as shown below).

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