Today, Holly showed me how she was planning on editing the Film Noir photos using the ones we had taken on Friday of Gabe while we waited for an ordering appointment for one of her seniors. She showed me two different ways that she could go about editing the photos: turn the photo black and …
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Day 11: September 6
Today, Holly and I practiced shots and lighting set ups for her Film Noir shoot. I went to her house in the evening, so that it would be dark outside when we shot. As I mentioned in my previous blog post, the main lighting we used is the snoot. We also used two other lights. …
Day 10: September 5
Today, Holly and I drove to several places in the Toledo area to shoot pictures for WTOL. The reason that we had to do this is because WTOL was bought out by another company and has to completely start from scratch with marketing materials. We had to take both detail shots and wide frame shots. …
Day 9: September 4
Today, Holly and I picked out outfits and planned more for her upcoming Film Noir shoot, as well as the practice shoot that we are going to do Friday night. Because all of the photos are going to be in black and white in a typical Film Noir style, picking out outfits was a lot …
Day 8: September 3
Today, Holly and I went over some details for one of her upcoming shoots, which is based on Film Noir. We discussed some of the plans that she has for shots, including the lighting needed to do so. Because of the dramatic nature of Film Noir photography, there are specific lights that need to be …
Day 7: August 30
Today, Holly showed me a couple of her go-to spots for shooting around Toledo. For photographers, it is important to have locations with a lot of diversity because that way it looks like you went to multiple locations when you did not. This also helps a photographers photos to not all look the same. Holly’s …
Day 6: August 29
Today Holly was sick so I worked on learning more about some of the photography techniques she has mentioned to me. One way I did this was using her idea of a homemade reflector. The homemade reflector that Holly uses is a large piece of Styrofoam that is painted silver. I wanted to make mine …
Day 5: August 28
Today, Holly and I worked on marketing and prepared more for the creative shoot that is coming up. She recently received a package of portraits that had been printed on canvases. When Holly receives packages of items that people have ordered from her, she always double-checks that they are exactly what the client ordered. So …
Day 4: August 27
Today Holly started preparing for the shoot that is on Thursday. There were many things that we needed to organize for it, such as making the outfit and scouting the location of the shoot. First, we scouted the locations that Holly was considering for her shoot. The first location was near the Roche de Boeuf …
Day 3: August 26
Today I met up with Holly for the first time. We talked about a variety of things, including the schedule for this week and how she organizes her schedule. In general, Holly has days for certain tasks. For example, she has shooting days where she works on photo shoots the entire work day. Other days …
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