Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/03/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alan, Bot are great and lovely pictures, I love the light on both and I agree with you about the second, is a really nice shot in a nice moment. cheers Lluis El 29/03/2011, a las 18:49, Alan Magayne-Roshak escribi?: > I had to take some pictures to illustrate a new graduate program > organized around digital culture at the University of Wisconsin- > Milwaukee (UWM), Media, Cinema and Digital Studies. This is one of > the specialized tracks offered through the English Department. The > program moves beyond the traditional writing, literary and critical > boundaries of English, morphing with disciplines such as > communication, art history, anthropology, sociology and information > studies, but also digital culture broadly ? topics like texting and > cell phone usage, gaming studies and multimedia content. > > I got to have fun lighting these. > > For this picture of two professors, our designer later added an > image to the background from one of their publications, but I like > the original version for me. I love black backgrounds and semi- > backlighting: > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Work/TwoProfs_MR_8450.jpg.html > > > > > Two 650 watt Lowel Omni-Lights, with half scrims, plus a 1000 watt > Tota-Light bounced off the studio wall behind the camera. > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > In this, my favorite shot from the story, we were to show two > faculty and a student having popcorn and watching a movie on a > laptop in the Film Department screening room: > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Work/DigitalMedia_MR_8156.jpg.html > > > > > Two 650 watt Lowel Omni-Lights, with quarter scrims, two 150 watt > Photogenic Mini-Spots, plus a bare 15 watt household bulb held over > the laptop keyboard by the student to simulate the glow from the > screen. > > Alan > > Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer > UPAA POY 1978 > University Information Technology Services > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information