This week and last week were (again) messed up due to snow storms. Man, we just keep getting slammed with snow over and over again! Anyway, last week we worked with speed lights (They are the big flashes that go on top of cameras) When you think of flash photography, it usually isn't very pretty... until you get the flash unit off the camera body. Then you can make it look like $5,000 worth of studio equipment! The trick is to have more than one flash linked up together and fire at the same time. Then you can add in things like umbrellas or softboxes to soften and spread out the light. We also learned and experimented with using very long exposures in complete darkness and firing the flash several times to freeze what was going on in the room. The products can very widely depending on what you do, but once you get the hang of speed lights the options are endless!
This week we are working with portraits outside the studio. So doing them at peoples homes, outside, anywhere but a traditional studio. Too bad the weather was so bad we could only go out for a couple of hours total the whole week. But regardless I also learned a lot about the business side of portraiture. I just can't wait to get out of school and hit the ground running!
As always, here are some shots from the past two weeks. Enjoy!
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(These two are examples of using a long exposure in the dark and firing the flash several times through out it.) :)
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