Guys!! Today I finished my thesis project! It is handed in and 100% over! 15 images, built over an entire semester’s worth of work and creativity! To celebrate I made two videos on retouching – here is the first of two. Enjoy!
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Here is another revised edit of a image for my thesis project. It is the 13th image of the series – just 2 more images to go until it’s complete!
A few days ago I posted a new video that walks through another heavy retouching of one of my NAIT thesis images. I think this video is much more interesting to watch than the last video, but it is also a bit more embarrassing for me to share the “before” image with you!
I shot another image for this project last night which means I have 4 more to shoot in total! I’m really starting to feel the pressure as this job starts to wrap up. I’m really pushing hard to keep the variety and creativity of the images to the max! I can’t wait to share the entire project with you! It should be completely finished by mid December.
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Today I decided to show you a “Behind the Scenes” video of heavy retouching of a photo. This is one of the images for my NAIT thesis.
I should say some more about it, but I’m super sleepy!! Good night!
Finished Image:
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I’ve had another really busy week at NAIT! This month I’ve had the opportunity to shoot two of my favorite assignments! Liquids and a low key portrait. How lucky am I?
For the liquid assignment I had to ensure that light was passing through the chosen liquid. I chose an neat bottle of perfume I had kicking around my house. CK’s N2U for her.
It was very fun to shoot! I shot this image on black plexiglass, with 4 lights:
A main beauty dish off to the left, a soft box overhead, a kicker back left, and finally a very subtle background light. About an inch above the perfume was a circular diffuser, to soften the light even more, ensuring that the liquid is mostly evenly lit.
To light the liquid I simply put some aluminum foil angled directly behind the bottle, catching the light from the softbox!
If you are looking to read up on lighting liquids, I highly recommend Light Science and Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting
Today, my dear friend and workmate Lyss was coerced into modeling for my low key portrait. She is a beautiful girl and an avid collector of smoke related paraphernalia. She brought in an alluring hookah, which smelled of green apples, and blew some smoke for me to capture this image.
