one light.

After a much relaxing/hectic winter break, I've started up in my studio photography class. Let's just say...SO.MUCH.FUN. Our first assignment was with one light. It was simple, artistic (thumbs up for creativity!), and quite the adventure with Stephen Mitchell.

 

This shot included climbing up the fire escape outside some crumbling building on campus, then shooting with a total of 3 people on a platform of about 2 ft. x 3 ft. It was scary (I have a fear of stairs), wobbly and cold but led to some absolutely beautiful shots of the lovely Erin Hull. I used an off-camera flash with a warming gel as my one light.

 

This shot, taken in the laundry room of Old West, was a fun and very dark shoot. I used no other light than the ambient light from the LED path lights in McCorkle Place, as it shined through mini-blinds. Also, shooting in almost complete darkness with a manual focus lens is quite difficult and I feel lucky to have at least one in focus! Also, major props to Erin for putting up with trial runs, popping flashes and anything else.

What I've Been Up To.

Hello hello hello! It has been way too long since my last blog post, but that's about how hectic this semester has been. Since my last post, I've progressed to adding audio to my photo stories. This story, with a focus on the N.C. State Fair was my first. It was a rewarding experience and definitely and eye-opener with the added audio. Watch it here.

This next assignment was focused on a news event. Noting in my head that the Tea Party movement will be in history books, and after my first news assignment of covering a Marine homecoming at Cherry Point fell through, I ended up with this project. This was fun and definitely a lesson in ethics when you have politicians pushing you to report that they are running for office. Watch it here.

Either way, these two photo-audio stories taught me a lot about handling photojournalism with audio gathering and led to many long nights of editing in the Journalism school's basement. Be on the lookout for a post of my final photo project to be posted in a few days!