ALP2 ass#2 Final

1. What worked well for you on this assignment:

Well the lighting was fun and the brush metal background really brings something interesting, the colors of the food also brings life to the plate and the 90 degree shot from above is really graphic

2. What you would change in your preparation if you had the opportunity to go back and do it again:

I would have got a better food stylist that knows that green lettuce should be fresh and should look cripsy, so I would have brought some different fresher greens, also would have set up a tripod to shoot leveled perfectly at 90 degree.

 3. What you would change in your Photographic Approach  if you had the opportunity to go back and do it again:

I would have maybe brought a couple different lens to try out a couple of different thing and perspective, maybe my 100mm macro or my 85mm.

10 items listed: 

1- I didn't use the available light, used my strobe and the reflector

2- I did use the 50 mm lens

3- I shot F5,6 

4- I shot at  1/160th

5- I didn't need any available light

6- My strobe was way enough

7- It was fluorescent lighting

8- No need to filter since I used my strobe and the reflector bouncing the light from my strobe

9- I did the white balance in capture one with my grey card.

10- Should have brought or go by some greens to replace the dead lettuce.

ALP ASS#1 Final

1. What worked well for you on this assignment:

Well since it was my brothers wedding on saturday I had to shoot in a different location, since I was shooting the president of Swordfish skateboarding and he really wanted to shoot on his loading dock and I found the idea really interesting and quite liked the location, I think between reflector, beauty dish and ambient lighting worked pretty good, and Mr Swordfish was really into it and he brought his inspiration responsible for his company's name.

2. What you would change in your preparation if you had the opportunity to go back and do it again:

Since we did the shot on a day off there weren't any boxes or truck or people passing by on skateboards, some action in the background would have been cool, I would have brought a full gel conversion kit just to be as precise as possible to match the fluorescent lighting. I would have called in advance to get boxes and skateboard so we could have used them for the shoot.

 3. What you would change in your Photographic Approach  if you had the opportunity to go back and do it again:

I would have maybe brought a couple different lens to try ou a couple of different thing and perspective, maybe a wide from down low.

10 items listed: 

1- I did use available light for the background

2- I did use the 50 mm lens

3- I shot F13 to get a sharp image

4- I did shoot at a slower shutter speed on a tripod, 1/20th

5- I did have enough available light

6- My strobe was way enough

7- It was fluorescent lighting

8- I used some green and blue lb gels to match the fluorescent

9- I did the white balance in capture one with my grey card.

10- I had all I needed.


 

ALP ASS #2 Food photography

1.What is your intention in terms of how you plan to use the available light?

I plan on using the available light as a fill and for the background.

2. What is the reason for your lens choice?(Do you want the compression of a long lens or the exaggerated perspective of a wide angle, fixed focal length or zoom)?

I will be using a fixed 50mm f1.4 Zeiss standard lens because I want to a normal point of view which wont be distorded and use the shallow depth of field.

3. What aperture do you plan to use and why?  Explain!

I will use around f1.8 to have a shallow depth of field

4. What shutter speed to you plan to use and why?  Explain!

Since I'm shooting at f1.8 I will use a faster shutter speed to get just enough of the background ambient lighting

5. Do you have enough available light to achieve these camera settings?

Yes I do.

6. Do you have enough strobe to achieve these settings?

Yes I will use a profoto d1 air 1000watt

7. What type of available light will you be encountering?

neon
8. How will you be addressing this mixed light situation?

I have a light color meter so first thing I will do is meter the ambient and depending on what I get I will put the necessary gels on my D1, also do 1 shot with a grey card

9. Are there any technical problems that will need to be addressed at the shoot or in post-production?

With my shot with the grey card I will be able to color balance in capture one.

10. What is the equipment you will need for the shoot? 

Camera, 50mm lens, color meter, light meter, LB and CC gels, grey card, tripod, one light stand, smaller reflector, extension cords, laptop, pocket wizards, spare batteries, umbrella and reflector, glycerine, tweezers, can evian water, toothpicks...

ALP2 ass1

1.What is your intention in terms of how you plan to use the available light?

I plan on using the available light as a fill and for the background.

2. What is the reason for your lens choice?(Do you want the compression of a long lens or the exaggerated perspective of a wide angle, fixed focal length or zoom)?

I will be using a fixed 50mm f1.4 Zeiss standard lens because I want a classic style portrait with no distorsion or compression. I want it to look like that's what we see with our eyes.

3. What aperture do you plan to use and why?  Explain!

I will use f11 or f16 because I want the background to be sharp, I don't want a shallow depth of field, it's too easy and expected.

4. What shutter speed to you plan to use and why?  Explain!

Since I'm shooting at f11-f16 I will need a slower shutter speed so I can get my ambient light in my shot. probably around 1 sec on tripod.

 

5. Do you have enough available light to achieve these camera settings?

Yes I do.

6. Do you have enough strobe to achieve these settings?

Yes I will use a profoto d1 air 1000watt

7. What type of available light will you be encountering?

neon 

8. How will you be addressing this mixed light situation?

I have a light color meter so first thing I will do is meter the ambient and depending on what I get I will put the necessary gels on my D1, also do 1 shot with a grey card

9. Are there any technical problems that will need to be addressed at the shoot or in post-production?

With my shot with the grey card I will be able to color balance in capture one.

10. What is the equipment you will need for the shoot? 

Camera, 50mm lens, color meter, light meter, LB and CC gels, grey card, tripod, one light stand, beauty dish or just smaller dish, extension cords, laptop, pocket wizards, spare batteries, model, umbrella and reflector just in case.