Hero Post-Up/Down

During my Up/Down shoot I had visioned using the swing set however they weren't as interesting as I thought they would be. I ended up using the fireman's pole and the spinning ride. For both of these shots I laid on my back getting the shot from underneath my subject. The spinning ride was the most difficult, I had my shutter speed at 1/20 second and was trying hard not to move so I wouldn't get the subject blurry but still getting the background blurry. I had him run around with the contraption and then jump on, quickly getting the shot before he fell. They sky was in my favor, it was not too sunny to where I wouldn't be able to get the shot I wanted. In the end I couldn't decide which image I wanted to use for my hero post so I decided to use both.

Hero Post-Updated-Time

My initial idea for my Time post was going to be at the train station with people running to the train trying to catch it. I instead used the Santa Monica pier where there were more people around to create the motion that I wanted. I had my subject placed in the center of the pier with people walking around him. Because I couldn't use a tripod I had to position myself sitting down against a trash can to stabilize myself and camera. Another issue I had was people being too polite. I needed the people to walk around my subject but many people would stop and apologize for getting in the shot. Or some would go around. We had to wait for swarms of people to walk by to get what I needed. I took this image right after sunset. I had imagined more lights being on but they didn't turn on until late.

Before the edit

Because of the issue with many people trying to be polite I had to use to images and merge them together to create an image with a lot of people walking by.

Hero Post-Change

My thought for the Change project was to work around the bipolar disorder. The constant change between emotion at times can be uncontrollable. My original model was going to be a 46 year old woman who is bipolar but she had cancelled on me last minute. Thanks to Patricia and Juan I was still able to accomplish what I was looking for. I used two techniques with split lighting and the beauty dish. I wanted to use spilt lighting because it creates a strong moody image, darkening the sides to make it more dramatic for their neutral face. I kept the split lighting but added a reflector to make the image where they are smiling a bit brighter. The middle images were used with the beauty dish to show the detail of the running mascara and tears falling down the face.

Before the editing