Ye Ol' Blog

Okay. I'm finally done with my "Lighting Studio" class at Brooks Institute of Photography. This class has been one of the most challenging, expensive, time consuming, and informative experiances I've had in about 8 years. I don't think I've learned this much about photography since I first picked up camera and said, "what happens when I push this button?" As the name indicates, this class was all about how correctly light specular and diffuse subjects for shape, texture, form, and seperation. I also spent a lot of time working with the theory of reflectivity... (angle of incidence = angle of reflection). Alright, I know that just got a little technical, but knowing how to practically apply that theory can lead to an incredible amount of lighting control in the studio. I have to admit that I'm not really into tabletop photography, but I love learning new skills that will improve my ability to communicate my vision. I also realize that, whether I'm into it or not, knowing how to shoot small products will improve my ability to pay off the insane amount of debt I'm going to be in when I get done with school. Alright, enough rambling. Now, I'll get to posting some of my photos from this class. However, I have to throw in this little disclaimer: These photos are not scans! They are just digital shots I took of my 4x5 transparencies on my light box for the purpose of using them in a composition book I had to create for class. I didn't even take them out of the negative sleeves before shooting, because I wanted to give a rough "behind the scenes" look to the book. That being said, I thought they looked pretty good for what they are. So, without further ado, I'll get to posting some photos.