Ring gift box

This was the last commercial assignment I had to do. We had to shoot a watch, or something that we showed to him, using back lighting and reflectors or other lights to fill in and create highlights. there was 3 lights for this one, and 2 or 3 silver and white reflectors.

Glasses

plain and simple. I actually like it though! We just had to shoot the glasses using some certian kind of light, and make it look interestingish.. :)

food shot

this was a food shot that we had to do, using natural lighting, or at least making it look like natural lighting. I baught all the salad items and built and styled the salad myself. :)Looks yummy eh?

Beer (or liquid) shoot

THIS one was fun and very difficult to finish off right. there was a lot of Photoshopping afterward to make the bottle pop just right. and during the shoot there was 4 photos needed: one to light the props right, one to light the labels right, one to light the liquid right, and a mask so I could separate the bottle from the background. for me, lighting the liquid was the hardest, bcause I had to remove ALL the props (including the sand!) and keep the bottle in the same position, and then light the bottle from behind. I dropped a ocean shot in behind from this past summer in Alma.
(And yes I enjoyed it afterward as well! :) I had saved this schooner since Aug. just for this shoot!)

Electronics shot with movement

This assignment was to shoot a piece of electronic equipment in such a way as to imply movement. We could do this in the camera if we wanted, by dragging the shutter and having a tungsten light source on the background. I however opted to create it in photoshop. it took a supprising amount of work to make this look like this.

Commercial Travel

This one had to be a still life for a travel magazine or something. we had to put something together that would denote travel in some way. or a "wish you were here" theme or some thing like that.
I enjoyed this one more, because I got to book the new 2nd year studio that is available, and use the phase-back medium format that is there! :) (it's a 16 megapixle camera) and I didn't have to worry about people interrupting, or having to rush.. it was quite nice actually! I'm looking forward to getting to do some portraits in there sometime...

Couples Shoot

The assignment for this one was to get a couple, and take pictures of them out doors, at sunset or sunrise, and capture them being cute, cuddly, romantic etc.. It had to be a nice soft romantic shoot.
I think they're cute enough! :) (I got %79 for it!)

Sports Commercial

well, this one was for Commercial Advertising class. We had to do a still life layout of sports equipment. I went to Zellers bought the soccer ball and shin guards (returning them after the shoot!) and did this setup in the studio.

Commercial Exam

and finally this was the practical exam I did today for commercial class. we were given a juice box to shoot as soon as we showed up, and told we had 2 hours to make a finished print. this was my final product.

Juice Shot

And finally commercial class! this was the infamous liquid shot (originally the wine and cheese shot) and we had to use the dreaded SPEEDOTRONS! which are studio flash generators which are connected to flash heads by cables. VERY high voltages, (900v @ 500amps for those of you who know your electricity) the teacher had been scaring us for weeks about what not to do with these units so everyone was nervous. but it actually went rather well. we had to put some sort of background to the image so I threw something togther. I think it's kinda cute :)

Off Model Fashion

Commercial class had us do an off model shoot. we hd to pick a piece of clothing and then pin it (to a board) or hang it, and stuff it etc.. make it look good, and then light it, shoot it, and print it. this was my contribution. :)

The Electronics Shoot

Well this one was just a straight forward shoot. we
had to setup something electronic, and take a picture of it, then make
a background behind it (either in photoshop or as shot, or a separate photo).

CD Cover

this one was kindof interesting because we had to create a CD case. I ended up doing the cover, the inside (the first picture here) the back cover (second picture) and the cd itself. Jenn had the idea for the band name, and came up with the song names. it was fun using all the different aspects of photoshop that I've learned to get it done.

Food Add

Yes it is the same shot as the food shot I did earlier. We had to take that shot and insert text and images etc to make a believable advertisement out of it. This was taken from a friend of mine who had the idea for a Livingroom Cafe. So heres her add. :)

White on white

Hello all!
Ok, the first real project of the year! (well.. first one where I had to go and take a picture of something!) So this was in Commercial Catalogue class, we had to take a close croped shot of something white, on a white background. it was rather difficult, due to the fact that the entire class was there shooting at the same time. so people were getting in other peoples lights, or shooting sights, or whathave you... it was terribly difficult to work in. and for all that, I ended up with a slightly blurry picture! (shakes head) not the greatest work, but I plan to do better next time.