Somehow managed a decent photo

Despite everything else going down-hill today I somehow managed to get a good photo out of the shoot I had yesterday. I based my idea off of a Man Ray photograph. I wanted to use the complete blackness to abstract the body even more. I shot this with two photopro grid spots and an octobox with my Nikon D5000. Enjoy!

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Studio Re-edit

So a few weeks ago we had an assignment to create a portrait with dramatic lighting. I created one that received a mass amount of criticism so when we were assigned a project to re-edit one of our previous projects I decided to challenge myself with this photo. I am pretty happy about the outcome. Enjoy!

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Re-Edited Image:

projection experiments

So for an assignment for David Graham's class we had a project titled "Altered Subject". Which can basically be interpreted as doing something in the shooting process to make the subject appear different or altered in some way. I have always wanted to experiment with projected images on a nude and finally had my opportunity. I really enjoy these images and hope you will too!

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Re-creating

My attempt at re-creating this photo for Studio Class. I ended up using two lights with grid spots as well as an octo-box soft box. It took forever but I'm content with the outcome.

More New Photos!

For David Graham's class we had an assignment to use an alternative camera. I had never used a Holga before so I decided to experiment a little. Hope you enjoy!
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Finally New Work

SO! I've had a hell of a semester so far. I love my classes but everything technically has been going wrong. My computer's logic board crashed last week so I lost some of my recent images I was going to post up here. This first post is my studio portraits for this week. We were supposed to shoot in a new way to challenge ourselves. I wanted to play with a soft but dramatic light. I used a grid spot and a soft box on with a photo pro light set. Enjoy!
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inspiring photo quotes

“ You don’t take a photograph, you make it. - Ansel Adams

“ Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst. – Henri Cartier-Bresson

“ Beauty can be seen in all things, seeing and composing the beauty is what separates the snapshot from the photograph. – Matt Hardy

“ Nothing happens when you sit at home. I always make it a point to carry a camera with me at all times…I just shoot at what interests me at that moment. – Elliott Erwitt

“ Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I’m going to take tomorrow. – Imogen Cunningham

“ You’ve got to push yourself harder. You’ve got to start looking for pictures nobody else could take. You’ve got to take the tools you have and probe deeper. – William Albert Allard

I made a Book!!!!

I MADE A BOOK!!
And I am actually pretty proud of it. I couldn't decide whether I wanted to do one collection or one thousand so I decided on four. This book is now available as softcover or hardback on www.blurb.com. Here is the direct link:

http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1787827

Buy my book please!!! I promise you won't regret it.

Nudies?

So I seem to still be on this whole glow stick kick. For this weeks assignment we were allowed to shoot whatever we wanted or re-do a project. I wanted to re-do my painting with light and of course I wanted to play more with glow sticks. I also wanted to experiment with the human figure. I originally intended on just doing the male nude but after a few photos I decided I wanted to compare it with the female figure. And the only female I had was myself....good times. Hahah. This is my first time shooting myself completely nude and I kind of liked it. The result not the being nude part. Anywho, these photos are all 30 second exposures on my Nikon D5000 with a Aperture of F16. Enjoy!! And I would love a little feedback if you have some! The second image is actually two images I combined together in Photoshop then edited further in Lightroom 3.

Unexpected Light!

So this is an assignment that I intended on working out one way but it totally surprised me. I had never done long exposure or night photography before so I really wanted to mess around with night street photography. Alas, I was stuck on my couch all day Sunday due to sickness so I was forced to do my shoot at home. I had these glow sticks my mom got me for Halloween and have been wanting to mess around with them for a while. Surprisingly, I am in love with this project and might actually extend it. I have a new found love for long exposures and glow sticks!

All of these images are digitally shot with my Nikon D5000 with 5-15 second exposures.© Felicia Puff

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Getting a Little Behind

Sorry it's been so long since I've updated. This semester is proving to be insanely busy and of course full of sickness for me. I've had a few projects for David Graham's class that I've actually liked a bit. This first one is "Evidence of my Existence"

All shot digitally with my Nikon D5000.

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NYC!!

Yesterday we had our media arts field trip to NYC and I must say it was pretty amazing. Everyone split up but I had fun with everyone I ended up with. And a TON of fun singing on the 4 hour bus ride home. Aside from all of that I did take some photos with my Nikon D5000. All of the ones I chose to upload ended up being from the Met which is a pretty inspiring place. I was a little disappointed in their photo gallery but everything else made up for it. Hope you enjoy these!!!

Zombie Invasion!!!

So last night I had one of the most fun photo shoots I've done in a while. And it involved assorted meats and fake blood. For my digital course at school we were required to re-do a book cover of our choice. I have a very weird obsession with zombies so of course I chose The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks to re-make. The cover surprisingly has no blood so I wanted to spice it up a bit. Here is the picture I used for the front cover. See if you can guess what it is!
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Street Photography

Is DEFINITELY not my specialty but I was happy with how some of my photos turned out. David Graham said that street shooting is starting to decline in our department so he wanted to get us out of our comfort zones and get us into people's faces. I mean, a lot of people don't have a problem photographing strangers...but I am not one of those people. I suppose it could grow on me though seeing how these turned out. These photos are all shot digitally...as I am still trying to master digital since it is my weak point. But it seems like I'm still seeing things in black and white since 3 out of 4 of these are black and white. I guess old habits are hard to change. Anywho, enjoy!!!

Recent Digital Work!!

Hey Yall!!! So I figured I'd get some work up that was actually part of a class this semester. This assignment was for David Graham's Junior Course and the concept was interrupted frame. This is the first real assignment I've chosen to do digitally and it surprisingly didn't turn out too bad. I shot these in my apartment with a black back drop and a single tungsten light. Enjoy!!








Oh. And we had this "cat challenge" we had to photograph as well. It's basically trying to take an overly photographed, almost cliche subject and making it more interesting. I actually hate cats, I'm much more of a dog person but I attempted to shoot something anyway. I ended up getting two creepy cat figurines from the thrift store and photographing them in my apartment with a black back drop and a small tungsten light. Here it is!!