Eggs who would have thought

This is the first food shoot that i have decided to as a composite photo. It will be three images that make up this images. The back ground the eggs and the reflection. The idea of this shoot was to have the reflection of the egg changed around to reflect a different image. This was to do with who do we really see in the mirror is it what we wont to see or what we are told to see. i haven't change the reflection yet but this is the shoot.

Banana shoot

The idea of this shoot was to have the banana in the spot light like a singer or some one performing on stage. But when you peel the banana and stand it up it looks like will you know a big penis. So plans change and i think i something good out of this.

This was inspired by Tegan Payne. In the first year of this course we had to do presentation methods. Tegan had a photo that was printed on silk and had alight shining on the back ground that changed colour. She was saying that the colour could control the mood and feeling of the images. SO i photographed the skin of a banana with different back grounds. This is what I come up with.

The lighting set of this shoot was an snot an a boom.

Colour gels over a p70 with a medium grid, this was shoot on the 70-200mm f2.8 lens to help compress the back ground.

Melbourne

Melbourne was a blast the weather was great and there was plenty to see and shoot.

I manage to photography ever thing on my hit list and more. Thanks to Sam for the company om the Sunday. I arrived in Melbourne 8pm on Saturday morning and let the games being. I spent the whole scouting and photographing. Arrived back to the hotel 7pm.

Great day, the weather was perfect and I manage to scout all the building and more. I found three more building that I would love to photograph, bonus. Saturday there was not a cloud in the sky. By the end of Saturday I was praying for some clouds to add mood to the builds and what did i get on Sunday. Yes clouds yeah. All and all Melbourne was a great success I got all the photography that i planed on getting and more. I think that having it all planed out was a great idea, no unexpected surprises only bonus. Here is a taste of Melbourne.

Melbourne

Melbourne Shoot

First thing to do was to scout out building that I wonted to photography.

1. Southern Cross Station
2. Web bridge
3. Federation Square
4. Museum of Melbourne
5. ACCA state theater
6. State Theater

The out line of the shoot

These building will be all shoot with natural light in the early morning or late aftenoon.

But nathan being nathan most of the shoot will done in the middle of the day. Give of that great hard light and throwing heavy shadow. That's what I love..

• I will have to contact the building to see if i can get access to the roof ( Southern Cross Station)
• Things to think about when in Melbourne is that you can have four season on one day there. So i have given my self one day spare if the weather is shit.
• Day will be scouting the building and the light where it will fall at what time of day and also find out the details of the building. point of interest and how to get the best shoot .So also find location to shoot from.

Check list

• Book plane
• Book Accommodation
• Camera/lens
• Battery's/filters
• laptop
• map with marked out building
• tripod
• CF card are free.
• A draft of the shoot i would like to get from the building.

Ideas of the shoot that I will take

• Tilt shifting
• Close detail shoot on the things of interest this will be so abstract shoot.
• From a distance to capture the building in the environment that is in.

All pack and readyto go, here I come Melbourne look out.

Beetroot shot

Check list

• Camera
• Lighting gear/(2 x P70, 2 x verso packs, 2 x soft boxes on boom, snot, grids medium)
• sand bags
• Book studio
• Beetroot
• Lighting diagram
• Clear the CF Card
• Light meter
• Fishing line
• Hair ties (thanks Tina)

This was a four light set up. With two bron colour power pack (verso).

There was two lights with the p70 reflector with the medium grids to back light the beetroot(f16). There was a large soft box on the back ground (f8- 5.6). The other soft box was over the top of the beetroot, and angle back to the camera to stop the bouncing on to the back(f8). The shot was shoot at ISO 1/125 f8. The I idea of this shoot was to have each beetroot with a different hair cut. There where five beetroot with different hair cut. One beetroot has long hair, one has short hair, one has short hair cut on an angle, one has hair in a pony tale, one has a parted hair.

The back ground was gray to white. I have plains to add spot light in the back ground as a if there are down lights in the back ground, or spots on the back ground.

Problems with shooting. The fishing line that the beetroot was hanging off, would not stop spinning. The leaves on the beetroot where stuck or pinned down with bamboo sticks. So photo shop will be needed to take out the fishing line (maybe I like the lines.) and the sticks.......

Canberra Architecture

This is some more Architecture image that I have taken to add to my portfolio. These where shoot in the afternoon at around 3.30pm on a clouded day. There are two building that are in shoot the first is on wenthworth avenue In Kingston the other is on Marcus Clark street in the city. The Kingston building is a newly built in the pass two to three year old the shoot are detail of the front side of the building they where shoot on Canon

24-70 lens ISO 200, f5.6-1/125

This image was shot from a distant with a long lens and with an over cast weather and the sun was setting in the distant, leaving the glow on the windows of the building and a mid gray sky.

• Canon
• ISO 200
• 200mm
• f16-1sec