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Subject: [Leica] IMG:Fun Work Assignments
From: philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard)
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:10:17 +0200
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+1

I'd need tuitions from you Alan, badly ...

Thanks for the inspiration

Bien cordialement de Metz
Philippe

Le 29 mars 11 ? 18:59, Jim Nichols a ?crit :

> 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/
>>
>>
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