Posts tagged: photo

Photography

Shooting with Sonny: Cherry Blossoms in DC

April 16, 2010 Digital Photo Instructor Sonny Senser offered any student who was interested to join him at 6:30am at the Tidal Basin to shoot the cherry blossoms. Here are some of the shots I took with him.   Read On...

Photography

Fine Art Printing for Photographers

March 17, 2010 This week we worked on fine art printing with David Sharpe as our instructor. For this module we selected up to six images that we've taken to process for a 13 x 19 luster or matte paper print made on an Epson 4800 printer. We did all our proof printing using 5 x 9 enhanced matte paper and Epson 3800 printers. The process to find the optimal print was very involved. For every change we made we had to make a print and compare it with the previous Read On...

Community Outreach

Practicum Spotlight: Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center

March 15, 2010 Practicum at CDIA is viewed rather like it's the "crown jewel," and it's one of the things that makes the school unique. It's an opportunity at the end of the program where students are partnered with a non-profit organization that has need of their particular skill set. Practicum is treated by the school, student, and the organization as an actual job, and the work the students produce ends up being used by the client in the real world Read On...

Photography

Working with Strobe Lighting

February 22, 2010 Today we learned about flash/strobe lighting and things to modify the lights like soft boxes, umbrellas and grates. The strobe lights that we use have power packs which we can use to adjust the power and control the amount of light emitted by the strobe. The power packs we have can fire up to 3 strobes. We attached PocketWizards to the hotshoe of our cameras to trigger the strobe lights. Dave and Erik explaining how to use the power pack and s Read On...

Photography

Intro to Light - Day 1

February 19, 2010 After a week off from classes because of the snow, I was eager to start classes again. Today we started Introduction to Light with Michael Cunningham. We talked about the difference about ambient/available light and continuous/hot light and how to use a light meter to measure the amount of light falling on a subject. Michael and Erik demonstrating how to use a light meter. Image by William Lee. We then went to an area with lots of windows to Read On...