Still Life

 A kitten keeping an eye on it's next snack. To accomplish this I had the cat and fish set up on a table, then covered in a drop cloth. Photo left is a soft box on low just to cast a blanket of light. Photo right  and almost even with the subject is a snooted strobe pointed right at the jug . The idea was to use the jug's water to channel the light at the cat. I was hoping the fish might reflects some colored light but nothing showed up. The biggest challenge was adjusting the strobe and cat to get the lighting effect. The cat was also very uncooperative.

Cutting into the poison apple. Soft box photo left. Placed up on a table on top of plastic. the "poison" is India ink squirted on. Hard part was getting the apple and knife not to fall over every second and getting ink every where. Also keeping the knife clean and reflective.

painting with light

 Rob Muter, a CMU freshman from Clio, MI offten has trouble with makeing the right decition. It's no wonder with the fact he has a Devil and Angel sitting on his shoulders. we managed to capture the three versions of Rob by holding the shutter open for 30sec and shinning gelled flashlights on him.

Spencer Austin, a CMU junior of Grand Ledge, MI sits in the dark dwelling on the meaning of life. You can see his thought bubbles because we left the shutter open for 30 sec and exposed  and drew with gelled flashlights.

Fashion Shoot

ISO 1600, F 16", Shutter 1/160

Fashion Shoot

ISO 640, Aperture 6, Shutter 1/200"

ISO 200, Aperture 5.6, Shutter 1/500
CMU Sophomore Spencer Austin of East Great Forks, MN enjoys playing softball. He plays for an IM team and is out on the field warming up for a game.

In class fashion shoot

Lighting setup

This was my set up for my studio portrait shoot. There is a fill light to the right that is off camera.

1st Studio shoot

My first studio shoot was awesome! I had so much fun being able to just run with my ideas and experiment. In previous photo classes it was all about how you couldn't control your environment to make a better photo, but in a studio the possibilities are limitless. The way we can control what light hits where at what power gives the photog so much to work with when tweaking that idea to take it as far as possible. I was scared of the lights a little at first but once I realized that I could manipulate them easy my confidence grew. I can't wait to do it again.

Brandon Pach of Commerce, MI stands with his paintball marker at the ready.

Brandon Pach of Commerce, MI senor at CMU holds the prone position as he sights down the barrel of his paintball marker.