The last of Kyle

So, I wanted to take a moment to explain this picture of Kyle, because it slitghtly fits into Rembrandt lighting, which was one of our assignemtns.  There was a whole class dedicated to this, but of course, it was the class I missed.  We even have an assignment to produce one and it was looking like I wasn't going to get it, when I found this!  It's not perfect, but considering I hadn't set up the lights with this goal in mind, its not bad.

This was achieved by using one light on the left side of his face.  Generally, I believe that the model would be looking straight on.  The light has to be positioned just right, and the second the model moves, the effect is gone.  Rembrandt lighting, is a traditional lighting technique used for portraits, however is not employed often today.  The goal is to light up one half of the face, much stronger than the other, and have a triangle of light under the eye.

This picture of Kyle is not a great example of such, because of his angle and the strength of the triangle, however you can find more pictures from Google images.

:) Roon-bop

Into the Light, Kyle

These pictures might be the result of one of my most awkward moments behind a camera (thus far).  Asking a man I just met to take his shirt off... was... weird.  However, I did learn from the experience.  The more awkward I make it, the more awkward it will be.   Thank goodness Kyle was not shy!

So, for these pictures, I decided to do something a little different.  I shot into the light, so the light (soft box) is behind him.  I really like the effect this had on the contours of his muscles and the way it lit up his face.
The third picture I also really like.  Kyle looks like an alien or something.  I was plesantly surprised with how that turned out.  Something to keep in mind for the future.

:) Roon-bop

Sponge Kyle Square Pants

I can't believe I forgot to post yesterday!  I had pictures all ready, and it just slipped my mind.  In my defense, eysterday was a very busy day... school in the a.m. then a meeting for a few hours, then the first Christmas party of the season... I suppose its understandable.

Kyle was fun.  He was teaching me some new dance moves (which is essentially a hopeless cause).  My favourite of which was called Sponge Bob.  I have no idea why and I still don't fully grasp the dance.  It felt a little more like ho-down dancing, but maybe that's just my lack of skills.  In turn, I taught Kyle my own dance, called the Roon-bop.  It's very simple: just flop around and move your head side to side in time with the rythm of the music.  Genious, I know!

I got to try a lot of things with Kyle which is nice, and used 3 light settings. As such, Kyle is going to be a three part series so I can discuss what I did with 2 of the light settings.

:) Roon-bop

Danica

Danica is a jazz musician and also sings and plays guitar for children as young as a few months old.  I really enjoyed taking pictures of Danica.  She was very easy going, easy to talk to and was very relaxed.  I love the pictures of her in the plaid shirt, because it matches her eyes, and I love the photo of her smiling because it looks so genuine.

Tomorrow will be photos of Kyle & then I have to get back to work and edit my photos from the last class.  I don't know what I'm going to do with myself once class ends.  I've gotten used to this & I really enjoy meeting new people and taking pictures of them.  I'm going to have to get down to some serious business to feed my addiction!

:) Roon-bop

Revisiting Donna

Well, it seems as though the world listened!  Back in October, Donna came and modeled for us on our day trip to Centre Island, however, I didn't really get much an opportunity to work with her and I had been hoping to get another chance.  Donna came into the studio and brought props!  A fancy old style hat & feathered fan.  She looked so cute!  In fact, I am of the opinion that she shares a resemblance with Kirsten Dunst in some of the photos. 

Donna is not an experienced model, but that worked out in my favour.  This gave me a great oppounity to practice speaking with the model, finding new ways to pose them, and make sure that I articulate myself well.  Obviously, this is something that I do with everyone, but is so much more important when the model is looking for direction.

Hopefully Donna will come visit the class once more before its over.  It's hard to believe that we only have 3 weeks left.

:) Roon-bop

Stephanie x4

I worked with Stephanie the same night as I worked with Quincy & Freddie.  There was a definite difference between shooting the two.  Especially considering the fact that Stephanie is a model!  :)



She was very nice, sweet & quiet and was a pleasure to work with.  For this photoshoot we had a light facing her as well as white reflectors surrounding her, left, right and above, as well as lights with umbrellas for the background.


:) Roon-bop

Quincy Gets Tired

Well, by the time it was my chance to take pictures of Quincy, he was getting pretty sleepy.  Which brought its own challenges, but also some great opportunities, especially once I asked his father to join him. 

Luckily, young Quincy and I have something in common - video games!  He was all about Mario & Luigi...  Mario is his favourtie of the 2... personally I'm a big fan of Luigi.  He's pretty awesome.  But talking about video games only held his attention for so long & that's when the eyelids started to drop.

Tomorrow we're back to adults.

:) Roon-bop