Past Week and a Half

Hey everybody!  So the past week or so has flown by!  I'll update you on what we have been working on.
Last week we were working in photoshop again on Panoramas and HDR shots.  HDR stands for High Dynamic Range.  This means that if you were shooting in a room with windows instead of just either the room being properly exposed or the windows being properly exposed, they both are.  This is achieved by making 5-7 exposures, all with different shutter speeds, so some are under exposed, and some are over exposed.  Then you put them through a program called Photomatix Pro and it compiles them.

When doing Panoramas it is important to keep the camera completely level.  You also have to have several pictures, all with overlapping elements.  Finally, in photoshop, you can stitch them together.  This week we are working on Architecture Photography.  This includes working with a special type of lens called a tilt and shift lens. These help keep the lines of building parallel.  We are also working with lighting interior spaces and learning how to color balance multiple light sources, all which have different "temperatures"

Well, thats all for now!  Here are some pictures from last week and this week.

Still Here

Hi everyone! :)  It's been a while since my last post, but I was on vacation and this week was CRAZY busy (but in a good way!)  This week we continued shooting still life products in the studio.  However, all this week we were paired with a class of graphic designers.  Together we collaborated to make a poster and a cook book page.  The designers came to us with ideas and sketches of what they wanted, and together we worked in the studio to get the images that they wanted.  It was definitely interesting working with them to say the least.  Also, as "extra credit" we could work on building a catalog spread.  We were allowed to choose the subject of the catalog, then had to photograph lots of images to fill the pages.  We were then given a template to put the images into.  I think mine came out pretty well!  Here are some photos from the past week.


Enjoy!