Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Tanning beds and stuff















A bunch of mo phos I know spent the weekend in Atlanta. I did not. Oh well. Here's a bunch of photos. Some of these are from a while ago, but I figured I might as well put them up now. The first three are from an assignment at a tanning salon. I wasn't real hopeful since the assignment said the owner would be organizing bottles of product, etc. Luckily, the guy actually went into an upright tanning unit and changed some of the 200 watt bulbs. The side of the stall that the unit was in had a mountain scene painted on it, and I thought it was just really weird and neat looking. Tricky to ballance. If he hadn't changed those bulbs I would have just gone with the second shot, which isn't too bad thanks to that cool metal ceiling. I also tried an up-close all inside the tanning unit horizontal shot, too. My left eye felt totally out of synch after shooting into such bright light (that's right, I'm a left eyed shooter). Up next is a quick feature I shot of some guys rolling out a sign onto the windows of the newly completed casino in downton STL. Next shot is of some telephone operators. Not an exciting assignment, but I kinda like how the longer lens compressed the scene like that. Next is a photo of a woman dressed in full mourning attire at one of St. Louis' historic houses. It was taken back before Halloween. After much difficulty I managed to get a shot with my second strobe popping in from the side so it lit her face up beneath the veil...Spooooooky, huh? Up next, an old man and a B-25 bomber. I also photographed a prop christmas present in the studio with a wide angle. The next two shots are from a folow up to a fire the week before. Unfortunately, there wasn't much going on except in the adjacent building that was wet and smokey from the fire fighting. So, I tried to borrow one of Jeremiah's old tricks and do some framing and then I also went for a reflection shot. Next is a shot from the backside of a PET scanner towards the control room. I also experimented with painting with light on an assignment to shoot some orange peels in a sink drain with a disposal. Lastly, why not another fire picture. A brush and old railroad ties fire next to some railroad tracks. P.S. I've decided that the discriptions belong at the bottom of the post from now on.

4 comments:

Luanne Dietz said...

Nice Job buddy... My two cents says include captions and not so huge descriptions;) makes it less intimidating.. you were missed this weekend!

Luanne Dietz said...

So I just looked at your blog again (after you commented on mine might I add!) and noticed the building with the sky for the first time. I guess it didn't show up last nite.. I really like it;) nice job!

Jarrett Baker said...

Yo! Sorry for the late night phone call in Atlanta. Wish you were there... Are you still in the Lou? How did the internship pan out?

As for your post on my blog (I'm slow with keeping up, since I hardly ever get a comment!), Odell liked to rip me on my lit basketball shots, because he said they looked pretty, but I didn't always have the moment! For game-action in the paper, I light everything.

While I was working on the wrestling story, Sid Hastings and I decided that non-lit action worked best within a documentary, since everything away from the action uses ambient light.

Anonymous said...

Hey Tom,

Where's the party? I stopped at Tin Can around 8:30 and couldn't find you or any other shooters -- did you make a move to the Royale early?

Sorry I missed you -- take care in Peoria and don't forget to write often.

catch me here www.eriklunsford.com/blog

later,

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