Environmental Portraits by Available Light

Here are some people that are working in their environment:

Final Image:

Stephane; working on a furnace.
I actually liked how his "workplace" was so cramped and small, yet he still peaked out for me to take his portrait.

A Couple Extras:

  His partner working in the trailer.

A young man washing the windows at the library.

A woodworker at an artisan/craft show.

Lighting Exercise

Here are some pictures from the Lighting Exercise we had in the Studio class.
Unfortunately, I don't have many good shots from the studio, as I wasn't using a tripod; most of those obviously didn't turn out well.

 Natural Backlighting from a Window

 I think this was our set-up for fill light.
It didn't work out so well, since there are still dark shadows...but it's decent.

This isn't really any of the lighting exercises we were asked to do, I just like her expression on this picture and thought I'd put it up... technically it's front lighting though...

Events and Moments Assignment

For this assignment, we had to shoot some events and decisive moments.
Here are a couple of pictures I took at the Lantern Festival.

I liked how this couple was taking pictures of the lanterns; I would say it is kind of a decisive moment, but I would say it's my event shot, because we see where they are, surrounded by lanterns, and we can conclude, that it's some kind of event.



These next two images were also taken at the Lantern Festival, but they're more decisive moments.
In the first one, there's a man taking a picture of his wife and daughter, and in the second there's a lady explaining something to her friend.

This picture was already posted on my blog for the Night Photography Exercise, but I think it works well as an "event" also.
It was staged, but it depicts this girl's birthday and the wish she's making.

This picture is a decisive moment, of the soccer player about to kick the ball and take a shot.
Unfortunately I had to take this in the evening, at max ISO, and so it's really grainy.

This is another decisive moment, of a motorcyclist just taking the turn.
(It was shot while sitting in the car.)

Night (Low-Light) Photography - Exercise

Here are my NIGHT shots:

This picture was actually taken during the day, early afternoon, but in my room, which is in the basement.
The soft white lights were created by the sunlight peaking through my bamboo shutters; and the blue light is actually the light of my computer speaker.

This shot was taken on BULB, for 13 seconds, at f11 at 100 ISO.

This is for my "documenting" shot, which was taken at 6400 ISO.

I really liked her expression on this picture, almost as if she were thinking of what to wish for.

I also liked this shot, of the same series, because she's actually blowing out the candle.

Both these shots could actually be taken as an "event" as well.