For our “Bannack Shoot-Out,” all of the Digital Imaging students rotated through different stations setup at the Bannack Ghost Town barbershop and the Hotel Meade. Each station featured a different model in period clothing and different types of lighting. I worked in manual mode for the whole shoot-out, so I learned a lot about my different camera settings.
Cool Light | Feb. 14, 2013 | 2:27pm | Bannack Ghost Town, Montana | f/5.6 | 1/100 | Canon EOS Rebel T3
For this shot my primary light source was a window. There was supposed to be a speedlite and umbrella, but they weren’t going off when I shot this photo. I thought about warming this photo up by increasing the saturation, but I decided I liked the look of the cool wintery light.
Purple Satin | Feb. 14, 2013 | 2:25pm | Bannack Ghost Town, Montana | f/5.6 | 1/250 | Canon EOS Rebel T3
Meg was a great model. I loved the way her satin dress fit her. In contrasted beautifully with her somber surroundings in the Bannack barbershop. My lighting was a large window.
Waiting at the Window | Feb. 14, 2013 | 2:41pm | Bannack Ghost Town, Montana | f/5.6 | 1/125 | Canon EOS Rebel T3
I struggled to get good shots of this model; I think my camera settings were ill-suited. My main source of light was the window, but this station also had a gold reflector to the model’s left. I cropped this photo to frame it better, reduced the highlights and whites, and boosted the saturation and vibrancy.
Straw into Gold | Feb. 14, 2013 | 3:08pm | Bannack Ghost Town, Montana | f/5.6 | 1/250 | Canon EOS Rebel T3
This model had two huge lights to illuminate her. In fact my image turned out way too bright, so in Camera raw I darkened the shadows and blacks, lowered the exposure and contrast, and added a shadow vignette. I love the way the light on her hair looks so much like sunlight filtering through a window.