Slash / G'n'R / Jack Daniels / Gibson Les Paul, more (or less) studio time

 skip to 8mins in to see the most awesome guitar solo EVER
So today in the photography studio.... My project is a still life that pays tribute to the most rockin guitar god of the late 80's and early 90's .. Slash. The project required us to make a still life of our choosing, using the studio lighting equipment, using images straight from the camera without the use of Photo Shop. Once again our time was limited to 1hr of setting up lights, adjusting the lighting, and then finally getting the shot. Working with tight time constraints in the studio I tried my best to get the shot that I had envisioned, but nothing could measure up to Slash rising out of the ocean. I used as many Slash inspired props as i could get my hands on ... here are a few of the shots, enjoy.

In the studio , sometimes things weren't meant to be

For my first "in studio" project, a group project, we were to recreate a picture that our group had chosen from a magazine. We chose 2 pictures one with a model, and one still life (as back-up) One of the group members had convinced her lovely daughter to be our model (she is a news anchor for C-I Living on one of the local news channels), although she was on a strict time schedule because she had to be at work immediately after the shoot. So after a hurried set-up and a few broken props we tried to correct the lighting, and get the shot, we were unsuccessful in doing so due to our time constraints.In the end we went with the "back-up shot" which was a still life of a white rose, in which we were successful. Overall this was the most difficult shoot that I have been a part of, working with a diverse group of strangers to recreate a professional shot was an extreme test of patience.  I have a few shots I took in the studio of our set-up with the model and I will update this post with the final still life and the reference pictures when they become available.

      in the below shot you can see the picture we are trying to emulate, and also the patience of our model slipping away

Origami, Studio Photography project 1

The semester is officially underway, and as such I have completed the first project for my Studio Photography class. This project is an exercise in white balance and exposure, also lighting arrangement. The subject matter had to be still life and (white on white/ black on black/ organic shapes) so I employed the skillful hands of my friend Debbie to make me some interesting origami objects to arrange. Here are a few of my favorite shots from the project. ( the funny thing that happened was that for the assignment we were only supposed to take about 30 shots per arrangement so 90 shots total and I ended up taking around 400, honestly I haven't even looked at them all)