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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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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/

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February 16, 2011 · 10:27 am

#2 Beauty Light – Butterfly

For my Advanced Color Portrait class, we needed to use a beauty light. So I checked out a beauty dish from the photo checkout, and used my own alien bees and fabric backdrops (held up by ducttape, safety pins, and a curtain rod). I talked my friend Kel into being a model, and after the last face paint I did, decided to try something a bit more light hearted. I wanted to include some digital editing, so I used textures and a couple other techniques. In the meantime I had the song, “Butterfly” by Smile.dk stuck in my head the entire time I was working on these pictures.

Flickr Slideshow: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sbibb/sets/72157626069901626/show/

Song that inspired this shoot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_qwUS8Uqjg

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April 20, 2010 · 7:29 am

Editorial Assignment 5 – Fashion/Portrait

These are pictures of my fiance that I took for my editorial class. The idea is fashion, particularly of more formal wear. No flashes, but an occasional reflector was used. Retouching was done in Photoshop.

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April 10, 2010 · 9:56 am

Editorial Classwork – Food Photography

Last class period, Professor Jerry Schmidt baked bread and brought food to make sandwiches and salads for an in-class food shoot. The plan was to shoot tethered to the computer and work as a team. So the class seperated into four groups and worked together to create a delicious-looking pictures of food. These are pictures that our group took, taking turns while the other members enjoyed fresh bread dipped in olive oil. I’m not sure which ones I took and which ones the other members of my group took, but I thought I’d post several in case someone wasn’t able to get access to the photos. I did some post-processing to the photos in Adobe Lightroom 2.0.