Ulf Lundin

I think it is funny when two things connect, and I like this artist because it kind of connects studio lighting with photo 3. The first is I do like how these are lit, but the process is also interesting, he has someone sit in a studio for half an hour to an hour in complete darkness, and from another room he releases the shutter so that the person being photographed does not know when I'll go off. In his artist statement he talks about how when the person is left alone in the dark without any interaction they go in to a stand by mode. I think it's a cool idea and I like the look and effect of the portraits.





Now because it is funny

Levi van Veluw

So I am thinking of doing self portraits in this same vain of self identity that I'm doing for my photo 3 project, and this is more going to be an all encompassing theme in my work, like I have an Idea for my next digital imaging project that'll also involve this idea of identity. so i'm thinking of doing something like Levi van Veluw in the same vain that they are going to be studio self portraits, but I was thinking of covering my face in items that are stereo typically cover the face, along something like a ski mask, that if i can find one, stockings like a bank robber, and other things that you might not think of covering a face, but I can't make this any clearer, I'm trying to do something different and similar in a way. i think I'm doing a bad job explaining it, but I think it'll make more sense when i do it, again I'm going to talk to Haly tomorrow at the car wash to see if this is down the right path. oh yeah let me clarify right now i'm avoiding things like Halloween masks.



oh I also reserved the studio for tonight, Friday the 23, but I'm not going to be able to use it so it is free.

Debe Hale

So I feel like were in a lull right now because we are gearing up for using strobes, and to tell the truth strobes will probably be out of my realm of expertise, in that I have only dealt with them once, for a photo project. So in this post i'm just looking at an artist who is using light effectively with a space she is working in. She would have been a good artist to look at for the daylight project. The images I chose were images where the light adds to the space, which I think can be hard to show with what she is photographing, because there is a lot of competing textures but the light comes out as bringing something that adds to the images.





Now for something funny.

Improvement

So yeah went in an entirely different direction, and i talked to Haley, about it but was't too crazy about the subject matter, but on Friday night i just had a moment of clarity and found that i was really happy with my decision, you'll have to wait until Tuesday.

Test Shots

So I went out tonight and to shoot some test shots and really happy with what I got with my test shots, I hope I am heading in the right direction, open to locations and suggestions. But yeah i just wanted to quickly share what I shot.

Charity Vargas

So I found this photographer on photo eye I just hve to say that I love her work, and her work leans to what I was already planning on shooting. I was thinking of taking a break from shooting color and shoot some digital black and white. I was also going to break away from shooting people and focus on architectural elements, so I'm looking at her work as something to be thinking of in how she uses light and shadow. Her work has such strong black and whites, with also full tonal variations that I know i'm going to be looking a really long shutter speeds, but i want to accomplish it with no movement being seen in the frame. Her website is located here . Also the pics are going to be of varying sizes so sorry about that but i pulled the off of various google image search sources, but enjoy.

In Progress

So I do think I know which direction I want to head in for my studio lighting project after having two sessions for "test" shots I have one good picture, well one good picture that I like what is happening in it and after talking to Haily I feel more comfortable in the direction that I am heading. I am including the one image I am happy with tell me what you think, got some feed back on other photos I took so I know what I'm doing as far as those go.