More Still Life

More still life this week - an entire day full of photographing 'natural' objects such as frosted glass and rusted metal with oil. The catch is that a 'production' company came in and made these 'natural' items - so they weren't really natural at all! Above you can see a piece of glass with ice frosted on it - it's really a decorative spray you can purchase at Garden Ridge!

Still Life

Last week I had the opportunity to help with a still life shoot. We had to photograph signage, etc. for the CNN Grill. Simple white background - usually used only one light with a softbox.

I'm Famous

Remember the wall I painted....

Drawn Lighting Diagram to follow...but, we used 5 lights... 

Week 2

I painted this today...

This is what a busy shoot day looks like for an intern:

7:30 am - arrive

7:33 am - load equipment into Mark's car

7:45 am - follow Mark to King Plow (Turner staff meeting location)

8:00 am - unload equipment from Mark's car

8:15 am - set-up lights, backdrop, etc.

8:47 am - stand-in model to make sure lighting is correct

9:04 am - start driving back to Turner studio

9:18 am - arrive at studio

9:34 am - begin painting wall

10:47 am - finish first coat of paint

11:58 am - finish second coat of paint

12:00 pm - basic clean up - let paint dry

12:15 pm - lunch

12:50 pm - put painting supplies away

1:50 pm - take Ted's equipment to loading area

2:10 pm - load equipment into Ted's car

3:30 pm - 2nd shoot begins

3:37 pm - finish 2nd shoot

.....meet Ted Turner at some point....

4:10 pm - unload equipment

4:30 pm - head home 

Turner Broadcasting Internship

Last week at Turner (my first week): 

• I assisted Mark Hill on a photo shoot (see image below)
• Got an inside look at what photographing on a TV set looks like
• Met with individuals in the Image Management department to learn more about what photo editors do and how the company manages/catalogues their images

This photo was the second 'scene' for Mark's shoot. The 'scene' was lit entirely by fluorescent lights and shot with a Canon 5D Mark II. Turner out really cool. 

Self Evaluation

It is important to review your work in more formal ways. Questions to ask yourself/answer might include:

What are your favorite images? Why? 

What would you have done differently? Why? 

Did you encounter any problems? What were they? 

On a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being the best) rate your:

composition:

effort:

idea: 

Digital ISO/Sensitivity

When talking about digital ISO it is sometimes helpful to think of digital ISO/sensitivity as film speed. When a non-digital camera is used, the user must load film into the camera. This film has different ISO/ASA numbers. Typical ISO numbers are: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600. The higher the ISO number, the more sensitive the CCD is to light - which means pictures can be made in lower light situations. The lower the ISO number, the less sensitive the CCD is to light - good for sunny days. The difference between film ISO and digital ISO is that you can change the ISO for each frame on a digital camera whereas you have to shoot an entire roll of film before you can change the ISO.

*On a side note - the higher the ISO the more noise (digital camera) or grain (film camera) you will see in the photograph.