Want Some Lemonade?

"If life throws you a lemon - make lemonade."-Joan Collins

At the end of the semester, we must turn in a portfolio for the Biocommunications Object Lighting class. One of the requirements is that we include items with certain specifications. One of the images must be glass. While perusing the shelves of a store looking for a mug for my pharmaceutical shoot, I found this pitcher and was inspired to do a clean, simple, high key shot of lemonade.

I used a Nikon D3s, 70-200 mm lens, I shot it at 1/125 and f/11, ISO 200. I lit it using 2 Speedotron flashes and a fill card.

Water

Our last assignment in Biocommunications Object Lighting was to illustrate water. I wanted to show water's interaction with the human body. The above image is what I came up with. I shot it with a D300 and a 60.0 mm macro lens at 1/200" and f/5, 200 ISO.

It was the first time I'd ever used a macro lens, and really enjoyed it and plan on using it more in the future.

More Panoramas!

Here are two more panos that I messed up on (single stacked instead of double stacked 360 degrees). However, I still thought they were pretty neat.


They were both taken on the Reynolda House property in Winston-Salem.

Full view, please!

More Panoramics!

This is the panoramic that I am turning in for the assignment in Digital Imaging. I took this last weekend in Sparta, NC. Michael and I took a trip to shoot and made it an all day trip with the dogs, complete with wading in streams.



This is the second one I shot in Sparta. It was behind a church, shot from the parking lot.

More to come!

60mm Macro Lens

Today I shot my water assignment, and got to get checked out on the 60mm macro lens for the first time. This picture was a fun snapshot I took after the shoot for the actual assignment. Thanks to fellow classmate, Paul Budde for being my model. Make sure to check out Paul's blog for a similar image that he took while we were playing around with that lens, as well as his other work! (Links to his and all my classmates' blogs are on the right hand side if you scroll down.)

Fall Is (Definitely) Here

While shooting panoramas the other day at Reynolda Gardens I shot this picture inside the branches of this giant tree. Meaning, the tree was big, but between where the branches had leaves and the trunk, there was a giant walkway. This is my favorite part of the Reynolda House property, and when I am there, I always have to snap a picture of the backlit leaves.

Pharmaceutical #2

For my second pharmaceutical shot, I stayed with the same medicine, but showed how it benefits a patient. I also got some more experience with location shooting, which proved to be a lot more difficult than I had anticipated, due to some technical difficulties. Despite this, I was relatively pleased with the way it turned out. Thanks to fellow student, and good friend, Michael Hughes for modeling for me!