Hero Post: UP/Down

I originally was going to be shooting the subject in a position in the midst of sparring, in an upside down vertical positions. They weren't as vertical as I thought they was when they recreated the photo from the proposal. Shooting from low and high angles did not make the shot any better; especially the high angle. So I decided on a simple portrait from above on the mat. I was unsure of the shot so I had a plan B doing yoga, on a rock and shoot from a high angle, but in post I ended up liking the Jiu Jitsu shot more for the assignment.

Unedited

Awkward high angle

Hero Post: Change

For the change assignment I shot at the Tattoo shop in Sherman oaks. I wanted an environmental portrait and was stoked that the shop had art all along the walls. There was a storefront window facing north. I thought of shooting him and catching dusk but did no feel the environment encapsulated the shop feel and was just a window & plants.

We did a few outside but I still was attached to the inside environment. I also shot a portrait with a black backdrop they have set up in the back to shoot finished tattoos. They had one softbox setup and I wanted to include a capture of him in black and white.

Hero Post: Direction Pt2

For my Direction photo, I was aiming to show a landmark, light trails showing direction and then aiming for environmental portraits I brought in a subject and her bike. We met in Pasadena around 6pm. We headed to Colorado Street bridge, passing some wedding and prom photo-setups. We scouted the area and shot some grad photos while we were there with some golden light. We sat on the grass and waited for twilight hour and for the lights on the bridge to come on. I set my camera up on a tripod, did not need my external flash to light her up as I thought we were right y a lamp. I shot her first then slowed the shutter down to 13 seconds. I put the images together in photoshop, it was alot better than trying to have her stand still under light that long.

 

Grad Photo BTS

Hero Post: Time Pt2

In my re-shoot at union station I brought in a subject to fit in with the travelers. I shot him in place first. Then tried to keep the camera at the same level and continued to shoot at 1.3 second intervals. We went to two other spots of the station, but  decided the final to be on this location because of the look and feel. The other shots seemed more random and could have been done at any other station. I also composed several blurs into one background so it would not have as many gaps and random spots.

Elements from these 6 shots for the 1

alternate work