Taylor

The model in this image is Taylor; she was my roommate. This image was taken in a studio using alien bee strobes and a Nikon camera and lens. The vibrant blue background was created using a background light and blue gels attached. The clamshell technique was used to light the model. This is done by having two strobes with soft boxes on them directly in front of her.  This created the two highlights in her eyes. 

Portrait

This photograph was taken for an assignment at Antonelli Institute for Art and Photography. The model is Kim Gehr, her hair and make-up was done by Alisha LeDonne both of which are fellow students, friends, and photographers. This particular image was shot in our apartment living room with Alien Bee strobes. The assignment required the use of four strobes, there is a background light, a fill light, a main light, and a bounce light to add a little more pop to the image. This finale image was created after several attempts; I felt that the portrait needed another element to catch the viewers’ attention so I added the fall leaves to the models hair.

FOOD

Food photography is one of my passions. Food is never boring with every meal, drink, desert, fruit or vegetable problems accrue part of the fun is the challenge that comes out of it. In order to make the food look its best so that people want to eat it when they see the photograph you must use a variety of lighting techniques along with proper styling. When it comes to food another challenge is not eating your prop...never photograph food on an empty stomach.

Gravity

This image of the vegetables falling into the bowl was photographed to portray gravity. Each vegetable was threaded with fishing line and hung above out of the cameras view in position. Any fishing line evident in the image was taken out in post-production to create this final photograph.