Fun at the Green Bean

Last Friday my friend Carolyn and I went to the Green Bean coffee shop in Greensboro, NC to capture the sights and sounds of the place for a slide show that has yet to be completed. These are a few of my favorite images from the visit. Everyone at the Green Bean was so friendly, and the drinks were yummy. The one you see here is a Chai Latte! This little boy made a beautiful subject as he ran around the shop. I promised his father that I'd send him copies. I'm glad that there are little places like this where the people in the community can come together and hang out.

Capture: Canon EOS 20D, 17-85mm lens

My Favorite Chuck Out-take

Maybe I should have turned in this photograph instead. The happy Chuck.

Chuck's Portrait

My commercial class was assigned to take a portrait of Chuck to go on the RCC website. I found a picture by Piotr Kowalik whose lighting I tried to copy. I didn't get the exact result, but I got something interesting enough from using Kowalik's lighting as a guide. I used a soft box above the model and a grid to act as fill below the model. This was a challenging assignment for me because I have a hard time directing the model in the chair. I need to learn more things to say that don't sound goofy. Luckily Chuck was helpful and moved around into various poses until I found the one I liked.

Capture: Phase One H10 on a Hasselblad, f22, ISO 100

My multimedia teacher sent our class out to record sights and sounds of any area to place into a Soundslides show. My friend Carolyn and I went to the zoo and after spending time with the quiet elk, we walked down this trail a bit.

Carolyn deBerry and I contributed to the photos and audio while I did my own arrangement of the slide show.

Visual Capture: Canon EOS 20D, Nikon D2X
Audio Capture: Zoom audio recorder

Lady Elk

While working on a Soundslides project for my multimedia class, I went with my friend to the zoo to record sights and sounds. Although the elk, including this lovely lady peering through the fence, were beautiful, I couldn't get them to make any noise, so they didn't make it into my slide show. I still enjoy the photos though.

Capture: Canon 20D, 1/400s at f5.6, ISO 400, 75-300mm lens, Adobe Photoshop CS2

Bargain Box

In my commercial class, we were assigned to work with a graphic artist from the design department here in school to create a campaign. My artist decided to work on advertising for the upscale second hand store Bargain Box run by the Junior League of Greensboro. This was an exterior shot that my artist wanted. She wanted a different angle on the building, so I stood on top of a news stand to get height. My teacher James showed me how to use Photoshop to make the lines on the building straight since I didn't use a large format camera. He also showed me how to add contrast and color balance the photo to make it more appealing. There was no direct sunlight hitting the building when I photographed it.

Capture: Canon EOS 20D, 1/60s at f4, ISO 100, 17-85mm lens, Adobe Photoshop CS2

Tide Fresh

For one of my class assignments, I was trying to photograph an advertisement for Tide laundry detergent using the flash lessons given to us by our teacher James Walters. As the sun was setting and I remembered my laundry out on the line, I though of this idea. The sun made for a beautiful back light while the flash balanced everything out.

Capture: Canon 20D, Broncolor monolight with an umbrella, 17-85mm lens, f14 at 1/30s, ISO 400

Paula in the Snow

I was trying to practice using flash and shutter speed to make fun images. My lovely friend Paula (and little baby Gideon in her belly) were kind enough to pose for me in the snow. I liked how this image showed the snow and made everything around her dark. Pretty Pregnant Paula!

Capture: Canon 20D, Speedlight 380EX on light stand to the right, f25 at 1/320s (I'm surprised the flash synced) ISO 400

Photo Booth

Last Saturday, my friends and I had a going away party for two of our friends. I decided to set up a photo booth. These are a few of the fun images that came out of the "booth." It is nice to be back home around my friends.

Capture: Canon 20D, 1/60 at f20

Strawberry Milkshakes

I photographed these milkshakes for our first studio school assignment of the new year. We were to show a sense of time and place while making the food look appetizing. After interning with the amazing food photographer, Dasha Wright, I tried to utilize what I observed to make this photograph.

Capture: Hasselblad, Phase One H10, f22 at 1/60s

Raspberry Delight

Along with the crayons and sunflower that I photographed, I attempted to photograph a dessert in Dasha's studio. There was a cute bakery down the street in NYC where I picked up this sweet raspberry hamburger (I can't remember what it actually was called.) Dasha taught me that a little pinch of salt put into a glass of champaign will make the bubbles come back.

Capture: Sinar large format camera with a Phase One H20 back.

Crayons

Along with photographing sunflowers, I decided to photograph crayons when my internship employer Dasha Wright allowed me use of her studio. I tried to use design to make something simple into a fun image. The colorful crayons worked well for this approach.

Capture: Sinar large format camera with a Phase One H20 digital back.