As a second-semester senior, I’m now in my photojournalism capstone: a course titled “The Picture Story & Photographic Essay.” My instructor is David Rees, who is also the photojournalism chair at the MU School of Journalism.
That I’m finally in my capstone is a little daunting. Fortunately, we’re going lightly — for now. David is encouraging us to be active equally in making pictures and blogging. For partly that reason, I’m going to try to inject a little more life into this blog. Not everything will be strictly journalism-related, as has usually been the case.
On Friday, David presented to us a few examples of photographic sequences. Although we don’t technically have anything due until this coming Friday, I played around a little with photographic sequences last night, starting with the ever-patient Jeff.
Before you get in a tizzy over how these photos look, let me explain something about Jeff’s bathroom mirror.
It’s divided into thirds. And the middle panel is on hinges, too.
Hopefully that will help you understand some of the mirrored wackiness in the following photos that illustrate a sequence of shaving.
My original plan was to shoot the entire process using one lens (an 85/1.4 on a D700) and from one vantage point. This became boring.
So first I changed my vantage point:
And then I changed my lens to a 50/1.4:
And now Jeff is clean-shaven and presentable to human society in general.
I would like to add the following:
- All the lighting is strictly from the lightbulb in Jeff’s teeny-tiny bathroom. No flashes or reflectors or anything else.
- All vignetting is natural. Period.
- The only toning I did was to tweak the white balance and boost the highlights a bit.
Coming up next: either some black-and-white New York City photos or a photographic (but delicious) sequence.
Words and Light 
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