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April 27, 2011 · 3:39 pm

#6 Advanced Color Portrait – Alien Bee On-Location

Considering the weather hasn’t been particularly favorable for taking studio lights outside, and I don’t particularly like lugging around a twenty pound Vagabond, I decided to do my alien bees photoshoot indoors. And to do something different than I normally do for portrait class, I rounded up my friends and asked them to be part of a group photoshoot- one where we played to the idea of “If our life was a movie.”

You can see all the fun and games on the Flickr Slideshow, but here are the best seven, each with its own star of the show.

Flickr Slideshow: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sbibb/sets/72157626471144669/show/

SBibb - Group Shot

SBibb - Group Shots

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April 20, 2011 · 5:49 pm

#5 Advanced Color Portrait – High Key

We needed to do a high key assignment for Advanced Color Portrait, so I asked Jamie, who I knew from Hall Council, if she would be interested in being a model. In the meantime, I’m stil having some trouble with the hot shoe mount on the Rebel XS not wanting to trigger the flash, so I need to test that out and see if that’s related to the camera, the mount, or the sync chords. Luckily my 30D has it’s own spot for the sync chords.

On a side note– unless you want to strip out the background in Photoshop, High Key is best done with three, not two, lights.

Flickr Slideshow: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sbibb/sets/72157626543798520/show/

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April 18, 2011 · 3:01 am

Adv. Color Portrait – Senior Collages

For advanced color portrait class we need to make 4 10×20 collage layouts from the pictures we shot over semester. Since I’m working on my senior portraits business, I decided to do them all from my seniors shoots so that I could get practice with collages/book layouts.

Flickr Slideshow: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sbibb/sets/72157626524511896/show/

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April 11, 2011 · 6:03 am

#4 Adv. Color Portrait – Seniors

For advanced color portrait we needed to take pictures of high school seniors. Both to fulfill the class assignment and to get examples for my senior portraits business I’m starting up, I took pictures of four seniors for free, giving them one hour each for shooting (both inside the library with my alien bee lights and outside) and 10 fully retouched photos on a disk for them to print as they like.

Flickr Slideshows: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sbibb/sets/72157626340368366/show/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sbibb/sets/72157626244371747/show/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sbibb/sets/72157626247284825/show/

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April 8, 2011 · 8:40 am

Daylight In Studio

In Advance Studio we learned a trick to create a daylight appearance inside a studio setting. The trick is to use hot lights (continuous lighting) in conjunction with the daylight setting of white balance in your camera. To add some blue to the shadows, you can put a CTB (Color Temperature Blue gel) on the inside of a flash softbox (make sure it’s not too close to the bulb, though, to avoid damage). In the product shot I tried to bounce the flash off blue paper to get a sky effect, and my professor suggested lighting from beneath the table to get the rising sun gradient effect in the background. In the picture with peeps, I used the CTB method.

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April 7, 2011 · 11:09 am

Advanced Color Portrait: Q-Flash In-class Shoot

Today in class, Professor Schmidt took the class outside around campus with two Q-Flashes (one for a soft fill, and one as a hairlight) and a bunch of pocket wizards (so a lot of flashes ensued). Pictures were taken in various areas and students were swapped out as models. The main problem was getting the flash to show up in the pictures. Raise the flash, less recycles and more chances of missing the shot with so many people shooting.

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April 3, 2011 · 4:53 am

Senior Portrait Tips – Lisa and Heather

Unlike the first two photoshoots I did of my free senior photo shoots, this one was two hours. Lisa and Heather are sisters, and decided to do both thier senior photo shoots at the same. This actually had a big advantage– while one did an outfit change, the other could be getting their pictures taken. Plus, with two hours, we made it into my preferred outdoor lighting, which allowed for more creativity on my part with thier pictures. That being said, I’m thinking of offering a special deal to seniors who want to pair up to have senior portraits done.

For the outdoor and library shots I used the Canon 580EX Flash to add light to the pictures. Backlighting the seniors against the sun then adding flash for fill works really well for emphasis and a neat lighting style. I’ve been using the school’s flash, but I’m thinking of picking up one for myself to use when I start up my senior portraits business.

Flickr Slideshow: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sbibb/sets/72157626247284825/

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April 2, 2011 · 1:01 pm

Adv. Color Portraiture – Alien Bees In-Class Assignment

Sometime a light doesn’t work. Or it comes with a missing screw when you go to attach it to the backstand. Or the chord’s too short, and you switch that chord out for the one in the bag with the non-working light. Either way, backups are useful, and when you don’t have two lights, it gets time to be creative with one light.

During class we worked in groups to take pictures of each other for a couple hours. We were supposed to use a hair light, but seeing as we didn’t have the second light, we tried positioning each other on ambient light and against windows and reflections.

I had a large part of my fun in the editing process– playing with harsh light versus soft light can have very different results.

Flickr Slideshow: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sbibb/sets/72157626415138428/show/

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March 28, 2011 · 3:47 am

Senior Portrait Tips – Chelcy

Chelcy’s pictures were the second shoot I did of my free senior pictures shoot for examples over Spring Break. This time it was easier to get everything set up, and my Canon Rebel XS cooperated with me this time. I set up in the large room downstairs in the library, and the size difference made a great deal of help. It kept me from fumbling into things or hitting the background stands against the ceiling, a major help in trying to get everything set up quickly. It still took a little time to sit up, but I was able to leave it there for my next shoot with Lisa and Heather afterwards.

Flickr Slideshow: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sbibb/sets/72157626244371747/show/

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March 24, 2011 · 4:13 am

Senior Portrait Tips – Jennifer

I’m planning on starting up a senior portrait business in Warrensburg this summer, but that means I need more examples to create advertisements and show just what I can do. So over Spring Break I decided to try and photograph some seniors for free- they got a free one hour session and ten fully retouched photos on a CD that they can print themselves or order prints through me.

Since it’s been a while since I’ve been to my hometown, Mom talked to a few people she knew, contacting a homeschooling group that might want senior pictures.

Never underestimate the power of social networks and free sessions. I photographed Jennifer yesterday, and these are a few of the resulting pictures. I also have two photoshoots today, with a total of three people. Another tip worth noting is that it’s always good to have a backup camera and to start setting up early. For some reason my Rebel XS decided it didn’t want to trigger my studio flashes. Luckily the 30D did, and I was able to shoot with that.

Flickr Slideshow: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sbibb/sets/72157626340368366/show/