Film Noir (cont'd)

During our shoot-out event I also took the opportunity to make photographs of the girls individually.   These were some of my favorite images I made.

In this first image I used only natural lighting.  This was a hallway on the outer wall of the event center that had light streaming in from a few different areas.

In this second photograph I was using a friend's speed light in a completely dark room.  I was pretty impressed with how well my model was light with the speed light. 

This photograph was also made in the outer hall stairwell utilizing only the natural light that was available.

In my image of my modeling singing I did use studio lighting to light my model.  

More natural lighting on my model in the outer stairwell.

Fashion

I had the opportunity to photograph a classmate friend's roommate for a special event our school holds each year at a local event center.  Randi, the friend, was more than happy to oblige us as we made multiple images of her.  I love how a few of these turned out.  Each of these was made using only the ambient lighting streaming through the windows in this lovely hall.

Film Noir

Each year my program, Spokane Falls Community College, rents the Riverside Event Center and we students, along with instructors, are able to do some real location photography.  The goal is to give us the opportunity to use our creative vision to create various photo shoots, all ranging from large production to small production shoots.  My friend, Cory, and I arranged for two large production shoots.  We find models for these shoots, use a hair and make-up school to get our models all ready, and even have to put out costumes together.  Thankfully we have the assistance of our local Civic Theater that guides us with our costumes.

The second of these shoots was a film noir type image.  Cory headed up this shoot and I assisted.  We had a lot of fun capturing these, but it was a process for sure!  We recruited three of our fellow classmates to model for us, along with my daughter.  Our vision was a male piano player with three femme fatales vying for his attention.  The photo below is one of the images I captured in-between shots that Cory was taking.  We were getting all set up while we waited for our final lady to finish getting her hair and makeup done.

In addition to working with Cory for the group large production image, I wanted to take advantage of the lights to capture some other images I had in mind with our ladies.  I have a friend who has a 3D printer and asked him to make me an old time microphone (if you want more info on this let me know and I can connect you with him).  

These images are a start, I know I still have much to learn, but I enjoyed working on them!

Prom

My son and his girlfriend are seniors in high school this year and I was able to photograph them both for this event.  I'm so grateful for the help of a good friend and classmate, Cory Henderson, and his wife, Candice.  We utilized the beautiful sun we had here in the pacific northwest, along with two strobes.  I didn't really think that strobes were necessary when photographing outdoors, but I am so happy with how these images look.