New York City

I am in NYC for the week for one of my classes visiting different representatives of the photographic industry, should be fun!

Drippin'

This is another shot from one of yesterdays shoots. It's normal lipstick with nail polish dripping over it, then several shots put together to get the right highlights and drips all in one shot, or compositing. This shot particularity is 3 shots composited together. I got my inspiration from this image:(http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/88205507/The-Image-Bank ) From this inspiration, I developed my own swing on it, and made it have more a concept, a conceptual version. I took something that normally wouldn't be covered in nail polish, and developed the same feeling as the basic nail polish shot. I did a small series of these with only make up, lipsticks, mascara, lip gloss and eyeshadow, and hope to make it go past just make up. I'm thinking about expanding it to all different objects, not sure exactly what yet though. I'm also going to be using one of the images from this shoot for one of my promo pieces that I will be taking on the New York City trip that we will be going on in one week from today!!

To go back to what i was saying before about compositing; it's a fairly easy technique that is done in photoshop, but can be time consuming. The easiest way to do compositing is to plan ahead. This is the easiest way to do it because then later on in post, if you don't plan that out, it can be veryvhard to do, and often you won't have the piece of the shot that you may have wanted there. I often will have a sketch of what i want my image to look like before even starting the shoot, before I've even bought props, etc. So once I do get to the studio to a shoot, I will know what I want to achieve and therefore know what I need to do to achieve my shot whether it's in post or if I need to do post work (photoshop work) later on.

With this being the last year that I am here I am really trying, as much as possible, to be shooting, trying new things, trying new techniques, building a portfolio, and at the same time having a good time while doing it all.

mish mosh apple sauce

Today I was a busy girl. I shot three shoots (two of which were personal shoots), I ordered a set of business cards (lets hope they arrive on time...), designed three promo cards, and then proceeded to edit the shoots... needless to say, this is the first time all day I've had time to sit down.

One of my personal shoots I did today I originally just wanted to do some classic styled beauty shots of make up, but then I got this idea of pouring things on top of the make up, to play off of color and just to have fun and experiment. I'd say that this was one of the more fun shoots that I've done all year... although I made a huge mess, and my fingers are stained, along with the floor of the studio in building 7... but hey, who's not to say that wasn't there before! Anyway, now that I'm off topic...

I also shot an assignment for my food photography class. I decided to shoot waffles, because I love waffles, and honestly I wanted to eat them after I was done shooting, and they were amazingly good! So here is an example of one of the images I shot for today:

portfolio and sequencing

bought a portfolio for the New York Trip and I've begun sequencing for it!!

Food Photography

It's official, my last quarter of college until "real life" starts, has begun. So, I guess until this point I have been living a fake life... But either way, which ever facet of photography I take after graduation, I will be professional, and its getting excited to think about. I can't wait for what comes next, for where I end up, etc. it's an exciting time. Also, the weather in Rochester has been getting better, and as always for me, the sooner winter ends, the better!!

This quarter I am taking two shooting classes. The first is portfolio development, which is all personal projects, and I've got some great still life set ups in my head that I can't wait to start! The second is food photography. I have been wanting to take this class since my second year here. Allen vogel is a food styling genius... I will not be giving away his "techniques" (not tricks) here. He makes everything look so simple, and it makes me really excited to do this! Here's an example of the first shoot : Ingredients

it's spring

To celebrate the start of Spring, here's a picture from the winter of my dog, Max

finally an updated website

Make sure you head over to my website, there has been some major overhaul on the design : www.jessdavisphoto.com