Jim Lennon Studio visit

Last week instead of our usual Monday photography seminar class we all went down the block from our school to visit and meet Jim Lennon and his Photography studio. After I finally got inside i started to notice all of his work posted up against the walls. I noticed a spot set up particularly for setting up projects and other types of work to shoot. I noticed a bunch of lights to light subjects in different styles and i noticed  massive amounts of Mac computers. While we were listening to Jim talk to us about how much you really need to dedicate yourself and how much you really need to put into photography for it to become a successful career for yourself, before you really even get anything back out of it really made me think but it actually made me really want it even more. I thought after seeing his studio and how much he has put into his work and career that this could very well much be something i want to continue to work at for myself.

White balances

-auto white balance

-Direct sunlight 

-Specific White balance which was (shade)

-Custom White Balance

We all had an assignment due for professor Keeners class today dealing with the different types of white balances. During this project you needed to be able to set a custom white balance as well. Before receiving this project to be completely honest i wouldn't even know where to start on setting a custom white balance for my particular camera. While shooting all of the different lighting styles i needed for the project i was really starting to get a feel for the custom white balance. I am excited about this because now i don't have to worry about color cast in any of my photographs now. I hope to be able to use my custom white balance really soon on my own time during my own pictures. Hopefully you can see the difference in the different white balances, in the pictures I put up.

Sisters first shoot.

The other day my sister came up to me with the idea of using this huge, incredibly vibrant red bush that is down the block from me in place for a background for some portraits. Right when we got there I just started to adjust my cameras settings and I noticed the sun starting to be blocked by some clouds and next to the bush stood a tree throwing off some shadows where we were standing onto my subjects face, which is why I decided to put a flash on. After taking a few photos with the flash I really started to enjoy how some of the pictures were turning out. Over the weekend I was actually at suffolk making up lab so after I got out I decided to go to lab for photo and print a few of my own favorites out of the bunch took. I took a good amount but I will post a couple. Enjoy

White balances

This week i was sitting in Keeners class and was assigned yet another project. Has nothing to do with Professor Keener, just making a point. I started reading the assignment and was pretty excited to start shooting already. This particlar assignment is based strictly on using white balances. The amount of lighting sources we need to shoot for this assignment really is going to allow us to come up with some really interesting photographs. I have been thinking about what I'm going to shoot and hopefully i will be able to post some photographs I've took, up on this blog already so people can see what Im capable of.