Light Fashion and Film Noir

I had an idea for doing some fashion type shots were instead of makeup creating patters on the model, it was done with light. As usual, my guinea pig for crazy lighting ideas was Michelle. I liked this shot because it came out more film noir looking than I thought it would. I am thinking about creating a more dynamic scene next time that might tell a story using the film noir style.

To create this shot, I used one lumopro lp120 flash with a snoot. I flagged the end to only allow an ellipse of light. The paper I used to flag the snoot also created some fill slightly revealing the details in the face.

This one is more along the lines of my fashion idea. Instead of having a colored scar of makeup down the models face, I used light. This is her angry face. I used the same technique as the above shot for the scar of light, though a tighter flag was used. Then I light from camera left with a bare vivitar 2800-d.

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M.e. Photography has 3 wedding packages available:

The Cinderella Package
-Full event coverage: beginning with getting ready, hair and makeup, the ceremony, formal photos of the wedding party and family (second location available, time and weather permitting), and the reception through the first hour of dancing.
-2 photographers
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-$300 deposit fee due 2 month before wedding
-$900 due by day of the wedding
-Package includes complementary 8x8 20 page Photo Book of fully edited images for bride and groom

The Belle Package
-Event coverage: The ceremony, formal photos of the wedding party and family (second location available, time and weather permitting), through first dance of reception.
-2 photographers
-Internet proofing and ordering with basic color correction
-$300 deposit fee due 2 month before wedding
-$700 due by day of the wedding

The Snow White Package
-Event coverage: The ceremony, formal photos of the wedding party and family (second location available, time and weather permitting)
-2 photographers
-Internet proofing and ordering with basic color correction
-$300 deposit fee due 2 month before wedding
-$500 due by day of the wedding

*Formal portrait station available at reception for an additional fee
*comprehensive photo editing on individual photos is available for an additional fee

Elohim Photoshoot

I really like the look of this first shot. The background was actually some chroma key green screen. It was thick and instead of wrinkling like regular fabrics, it sort of bent into this really organic wavy texture. It looked great in black and white, not quite as nice in bright green.

I threw up a dark brown background for this next shot. Her hair seemed to fade into the background so I set up a light on the left side to light her hair. This separated her from the background enough and added some drama to the shot.


Though I am a big fan of black and white photography, not everyone is. So, here is one in color. Michelle says this one looks waaayyy too much like her senior portraits from back in high school.


This shot was taken before I figured out their lights could be turned down. I had my aperture up to somewhere around f/11, I think. Much higher than I would like. My depth of field got the backgound in focus as well as the subject, which I found unflattering. Once I got the lights turned down, I could use a larger aperture and get the background out of the depth of field. Out of the shots with my aperture cranked up to 11, I prefer the pose in this one.

Chicago's most lovable pet contest

Michelle and I are entering Buster, her bunny, into a "most lovable pet" contest through wlit.com, the lite, a radio station. Voting should start this afternoon. We came up with this shot as our entry. I hope you will vote for him!

From Strobist

Thanks to all of you who voted for The Buster, but he did not make it to the final round of voting. Sadly, 4 lame looking dogs did; 3 of which almost look like the same shot.

Niamh's Family Portraits

We braved a layer of ice to drive up to Niamh's new house for some family portraits. It was cold and snowing and raining and maybe some other stuff too. But inside, it was warm and the family was ready for some pictures. We did some fun shots during the session, including a "robot" shot.







All the kids layed on the nice wood floors for this pinwheel shot. I once again, braved the heights of a ladder. With my head between the blades of a ceiling fan, and my hands with camera outstretched, I got the shot.



see the proofs and the final shots here

Niamh Family Pictures

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