jrn 420: photo illustration

Maryland junior Leah Sefton kisses Waterford senior Sean Proctor, posing as a bride too preoccupied with her smartphone to pay attention to her own wedding.

f/9.0, 1/200, ISO 200, 50mm lens. Lighting setup: strobed behind for a rim light, another softboxed from the front left, snooted strobe far away in front to add light to their heads.

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dancers pre-performance

Shot a Unified Holiday celebration on campus for CM-Life, and was bored by the roomful of people eating food and watching movies, so I followed the dancers who were performing for it. Tried to shoot for layers, and they almost work. What do you think?

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jrn 420: still life

Two halves of a jaggedly cut apple are backlit very simply with a snooted strobe for a dramatic mood.


A November leaf is rent through by the elements, highlighted by a strobe from behind and a softbox to the diagonal front of it.

JRN 420: painting with light reshoot

Reshot a Painting with Light portrait for JRN 420. Arik is lit from the right with a strobe from below and the left from a strobe from higher up, both gelled with yellow folders. A 30 second exposure and an LED flashlight make for the cross around him.