Monday, October 25, 2010

JRN 420: Painting with light

Heineken Light is a light beer which has been launched to United States in 2006. The calories of this light beer is only 99 calories and it comes with 3.2% alcohol by volume. This product has provided a low calorie alcohol alternative to drinkers.

I clicked on the shutter and then put the LED light into the water and took it out slowly to make the bubbles inside the bottle more obvious. After that, I used a pink glow stick to draw on the background to create a feel of mystery. I came out with this idea as i was trying to be creative to make an advertisement for the Heineken beer

I also tried to use a cigarette to create the smoky effect on some other shots. However, it did not turn out great and the smoke could not be seen on the photos.

ISO 200, Shutter Speed 30", Aperture 14


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CMU senior, Tze Lin Low, feels upset and angry because she has lost her limited edition England national soccer team's bottle which she bought in her mother country, Malaysia.

Yes, I lost my England soccer team's bottle last week in Moore 424, and I have been looking for it everywhere. I used a LED light to draw the bottle shape (believe me, it looks like a bottle!!!) and the "angry effect". I used two pocket wizards (one on the camera and one on the strobe) and set the self-timer to 10 seconds so that the strobe could work together with the camera. I wore the England team jacket because I thought it could help me to tell you all how much I love the England team and in the meanwhile how much I was hurt when I lost my bottle.
p/s Did you see a red bottle with a little England flag in Moore 424? Leave a comment here or tell me after class, Thank you!!!

ISO 200, Shutter Speed 30", Aperture 18

Sunday, October 10, 2010

JRN 420: Fashion Assignment

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Marcus Luke, a CMU senior majoring in Business Law and Economics, had experiences modeling for Abercrombie and Fitch before. I am really glad that I had him as my studio subject. I think it is important to work with an experienced model because he gave me some ideas that I had never thought of.

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Yan Chu is a CMU student from China. We found out that she is more suitable to wear a serious face than a smiling face only on the shooting day itself.

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Jia Liu with a smoky make-up. I hope I can make her pop out from the photo by using a guitar or something else.

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Lighting Setup:

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for girls
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Fashion Assignment Exercise

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Ken and I were in one group to do this lighting exercise.

Sunday, September 26, 2010

JRN 420: Location Lighting Assignment

Environmental Portrait
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I have done my environmental portrait in Family Video which located in 317, N. Mission in Mount Pleasant. Kristy Frazier(left) and Kelsey Kingsburg are working as a customer service and both of them are part time workers.

Lighting Setup: I used a main light(with umbrella) put in front of the subject and then a backlight right behind of the subject.

Other
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David Patterson, the store manager of Family Dollar, portrays to me in front of the store in 1719, S. Mission in Mount Pleasant.

Lighting Setup: There was a main light(with umbrella) in the right of my subject and a back light on the left.

Additional photos, people in Mount Pleasant!
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Ivy Chen

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Aastha Bhandari

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Krista and Aaric Fairchild

Location Lighting Practice

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Sunday, September 12, 2010

JRN 420: Portrait Assignment

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Kendo is a traditional sword-fighting of Japan. According to All Japan Kendo Federation in 1975, the concept of Kendo is to discipline human characters through the application of the principles of the Katana (sword). Learning Kendo can enable people to love their country and society more, and to promote peace and prosperity among them.
The portrait of my shooting is Tyler Dunham, a Kendoka as well as a senior from CMU. He has been doing Kendo since January 2007. He has awarded 2nd place in Michigan Family Taikai. On the shooting day, he brought shinai, bogu and hakama to show me how a Kendoka should wear like.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

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Location: Downtown Mount Pleasant. Somewhere in Island Park.

Saturday, April 3, 2010

The Other Equipments


Whenever and wherever I go out, both glasses and mobile phone are two equipments that are always with me.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Paparazzi

This is my 3rd assignment of ART 240. The idea of this photo is, I am a paparazzi who records the life of a celebrity. They shop, they party, they degenerate, their life is not as good as what we always see from the newspapers.

Photo Credit
Model: Elena Xu Zhang
Make Artist: Tina Pan
Assistant: XueYan Guan
Photographer: Tze Lin Low

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Photo booth

CMU Up All Night was a late-night event featuring video games, bowling, casino games, free foods etc. The first 1000 guests were given a free T-shirt each. We had a pleasure time over there.