Classmate Portrait-Multiple Lights

This is my favorite picture of Caitlyn that was taken with multiple lights. I loved her facial expression and that it was kind of caught in the moment. Technically, I had one light that was illuminating the background, but it did not have a gel on it, it was just aimed at the gray. I also had two lights on either side of her with a gold reflector toward the left-back of her to try to highlight her hair. You can see the reflection of the soft-box in her eyes, but I lowered the ratios on one side to soften her skin so it didn't appear too bright and so that it wasn't completely obvious to see where the lights were.

Classmate Portrait-1 Light

This is the picture of Caitlyn with only one studio light, with a gold reflector on the opposite side to illuminate her hair. There is a slight shadow on her nose and on the left side of her face, as well as on the left side of her body, but I don't think that any of them are too distracting. It is by no means a perfect picture, but I like her expression and the way the dark background contrasts with her and the yellow of the flowers.

Character Portrait

This is Annie Leibovitz's photograph of the Queen of England that some call the "Munster Queen." I think I like this so much because of the way the lighting and her facial expression work together. Apparently it was stormy weather when this way taken, and the overcast skies add a dark scene to an already very stern expression from the Queen. Ever since I saw the movie "The Queen" I can't help but think of the queen as this controlling and unaffectionate woman (whether or not she really is), but I think that this shows her in that character.

Copy Test Images

This is an ad from the September 2009 issue of Lucky that I used to do a copy test. I am not sure who the photographer of this picture is, but this replication was purely for education purposes.













This second image was also a copy test and was copied from the September 2009 issue of National Geographic, the photograher is Pascal Maitre.

Candlelight

This is just a small red candle that I lit and placed in a dark room. I wanted to see if the color of the candle would be reflected in the light on the walls, apparently it does not.

Orange Rose

This weekend my boyfriend sent me a bouquet of baby roses, this is one of them. We don't get to talk too much because he is stationed in Iraq, so he likes to send small surprises to get me to smile.