Meet my ode to learning flash: labs in review.

I didn't think I'd survive it, but I've made it through all the individual assignments involving flash for Advanced Techniques. A look back on the painful process for all to enjoy (or lament), done in the style for competition submission (amped up contrast, saturation AND vignetting: the trifecta):


Flash? Really? But...but...I can do fine with available light...

And flash just makes me that much more conspicuous to my subjects! (This shot was an intentional
homage to the amazing and hilarious laundromat shot we saw in class.)

Yeah, Jimmy, the idea of juggling another piece of equipment and
technical calculation makes me feel dead inside, too.

It's going to be okay, Will. We're all scared. Just wait it out.

I feel your pain, Anjali. Trust me, girl, I feel. Your. Pain.

Jakob's fancy German Leica flash has the ability to reach a higher power (badumpching).
He wastes no time calling out for help.

A huge, special, wonderful thanks to Catalin for holding our hands and drying our tears through this painful process.

Meet Painting with Light

I call it "Vitruvian Dude"


Leonardo da Vinci sketched the Vitruvian Man near the end of the 15th century as a representation of the proportionality found in the natural human body. For many, the image serves as a hybrid of art and nature (science) that developed during the Italian Renaissance. Since the creation of the original drawing, man’s understanding of himself and his world has evolved in ways da Vinci would have never imagined.

How we did it (major kudos to Polina for directing this fiasco):