Thursday, May 27, 2010

Interfuse: Welcome Home

Check out my group final project - an amazing audio slideshow from Interfuse 2010!

http://vimeo.com/11722632

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Painting With Light OR Don't Litter in Peace Park

This was a fun shoot. Ashley, Jeff, Jon, Dan, and I set up organized chaos on the bridge in Peace Park, totally baffling the occasional passers-by. I think at one point we also confused the heck out of Pinar, who was walking at the other end of the park. She looked over, and probably saw what appeared to be a red and white flashing explosion that kept calling her name.

We didn't use any Photoshop tricks to make this - it was all done in-camera with a long exposure and the clever use of cardboard, strobes, and flashlights.



"Despite his friendly nature, Jonathan's enthusiastic greetings are often misinterpreted."






















Thursday, April 15, 2010

cool outtakes



This is an outtake from the rock climbing shoot. The flash didn't fire, but I got this great silhouette! Unfortunately, without fill flash, it kinda looks like he's hanging himself, so it's rather unusable... but still cool.

















Erin Schwartz - Bringer of Light

Multiple Flash... hanging off a cliff






Nathan Moore, 18, tackles a limestone cliff at Capen Park. The Mizzou freshman has only been climbing for two months, but admits he is hooked. Moore's love of climbing came as no surprise. "As a kid I climbed on everything - trees and stuff. Just everything," he explained. Now, however, he's all about the live rock.














I'm hanging off a cliff! Weeeeeeeee!

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Do you trust me?

There I was in lab, minding my own business when...


BAM!!!!








Then Jarrad decided to be a gentleman and even things out...





















Thursday, March 25, 2010

I love skaters because skaters love cameras


This was a fantastic shoot... lots of people moving quickly and lots of things to look out for. Most of the time, I had a small mob of people following me, trying to get my attention so I would photograph them. I can honestly say telling people "No" is not an issue I usually face when it comes to taking people's photos... it's usually the other way around!

Kellen Thomas, 19, performs a "grab" on the vert wall at Cosmopolitan Park. "When guys talk about getting air, they'll tell you it was sick or killer or wicked. Pretty much the worse it sounds, the cooler your trick was," he explained.







Thursday, March 18, 2010

Gotcha! Color Correction

Ashley Counts, 28, has
w
orked at Gotcha Costume and Magic Shop for two years. "It does get kind of creepy when you're the only one working," she said. "You feel like the masks are watching you move around the room."














Lucky for me, Gotcha had posters randomly tacked to the ceiling, and most were light in color, so I was able to use bounce flash while moving around the shop, and not get any weird color casts.