Sunday, February 20, 2011

layout: behind the scenes...

for my design class, we had an assignment to create a layout:
2 pages, 5-8 images, one unifying theme.

i chose to create a hypothetical magazine editorial on a movie, which i based on a story i wrote last semester. the images for the layout would be stills from the movie.

my models were ashton and jason = i couldn't have asked for better people to work with! they were patient, up for anything and had smiles on their faces during the entire 11 hour shoot.

also, big thanks to anna and michael for their assistance - having extra sets of hands on set, extra knowledge of photography and our own in house dj to keep the mood calm was great.  i owe you guys BIG time!

i'll write more about the story once i post the final layout, but here are some behind the scenes to see a sneak peek... 
getting ashton into character
all ready to go!

anna, the "wall"

main scene setup

quick nap during setup
don't forget to meter!
jason shows ashton how to play dead         
8 or 9 hours in and still loving every minute
ashton was perfect model!

Saturday, February 19, 2011

just for fun...

after two weeks of nonstop work on assignments for school, i was in the mood to shoot something on my own where i didn't have any set rules or any instructors to impress...my friend stacy offered to model for me, so we spent the morning at the guilford courthouse national military park, just messing around with the camera and enjoying the 65 degree weather. here's one of the shots from today...