Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/03/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice work, Alan. In each case, the lighting is great. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Magayne-Roshak" <amr3 at uwm.edu> To: "lug" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 11:49 AM Subject: [Leica] IMG:Fun Work Assignments >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 > >