Breana

My best friend Breana a.k.a my model

I shot this photo because I was assigned to shoot an ad for the school newspaper. The original photo has almost a complete black background and I got the desired look, but I forgot that our school newspaper prints in black and white....sooo since my subject is african american, has black hair and the background was black I had to up my fill light in light room. If I would have remembered the photo was for the newspaper, I could have adjusted my camera to mix flash and ambient light so I wouldn't loose quality of he photo after editing.

This picture was taken while we were learning how to do the "Spiderman Project". This project was basically meant for giving us a further and more in depth understanding of using strobes and learning how to better combine ambience light and strobe light to get the desired look and depth of our choice in the photo.

I am pleased with this picture because besides stopping the action, i was able to get everything in focus and catch the guy with the blog before him making a dunk, The picture is a little dark....even after minor editing in lightroom. But i like the shot ! I think it was a little dark because I think the flash went off right before i shot due to another photographer due to the flash not re-charging. My settings were ISO 1250, f 2.8, 50mm, 1/250 sec.

I love this photo, and it would have been a great shot, BUT my focus was not on the main focus of the photo :/...but i know it would have been a decent shot if i would have adjusted my focal point accordingly.
My settings were ISO 1250, f 2.8, 1/250 sec. Ah, the joys of shooting basketball :)