Lee Jones Photography

Pieces At Atlantic Station Show

2009-10-20T12:51:00.000-07:00

Here the pieces from the show. Why did I hang them up on the way to the bathroom? Estimated 600 people came and they all had to use the facilities.

SHOW VIDEO FROM ATLANTIC STATION ! ! !

2009-10-20T12:50:00.000-07:00

Old Video from WW II

2008-11-10T16:03:00.000-08:00

Found footage of WWII in grandfathers attic when he passed.

Documentary Video

2008-11-05T13:56:00.000-08:00

Video Panorama

2008-10-24T14:32:00.001-07:00

This is an example of a new project making video panoramas. Mostly this video was me trying to figure out Final Cut Pro . . .

New Video

2008-10-23T20:54:00.000-07:00

Last Week

2008-09-16T13:57:00.000-07:00

My last week started with the CNN / Espanola anchor shoot. On Monday we had the two most well known anchors first. After they were interviewed on camera we shot portraits of each of them in business clothing and casual. We shot portraits of 8 other anchors in both outfits and a group shot with everyone in business clothing. We also had one of the digital processors processing images while we were taking them.

Tuesday was the last day of the shoot. We shot 8 more portraits with the anchors wearing 2 different styles with a large group shot in business clothes. In each portrait shot we changed up the position of the wooden and silver blocks, which became difficult toward the end because we ran out of idea and keep track of what we already had done. After the shoot John and I cleaned up the studio and broke everything down. We had to mark were everything was positioned incase we needed to rebuild the set for more pictures which took a good bit of time.

The next day on Wednesday I was supposed to meet up with Justin for headshots at CNN radio. When he didn’t show up, Mark and I ran over there to do the shots. We set up in a small room and got all the headshots except one. It was really interesting to see the inside of CNN, where before I seen the inner workings with all the information cables, but with CNN radio I got to see booths and production offices. Upon arriving back to Turner, Mark and I talked about how my internship went and what I had learned. I told him I was greatful for the crash course in photo assisting while being able to watch professionals and learn tips and tricks to help me in my future career.

The last day of my internship was an easy one. I came to help Jeremy with another corporate headshot and also cut up foam to fit in the new case for the 23 inch apple cinema display to travel with. I also helped Ted with a product shoot he had for the TBS store. I got to talk to everyone I had met in the department and thank them for their patients and teaching me.

The last day was also sad for me. I had really enjoyed meeting the people I had worked with learning about the company. I feel very fortunate that I was given such a great opportunity to learn what all I did from whom I did. Each person I came into contact with at Turner was friendly and very helpful. Even though I knew at times I was hurting more than helping, the photographers were invested in helping me improve my abilities, for which I am grateful.

Seventh Week

2008-09-16T13:42:00.000-07:00

On my seventh week, I started on Tuesday getting my security badge, which was waiting for me in the security office. Then I set up for another corporate headshot with Jeremy and took them. We used the gray background with lights on them to create a gradient with large key light and medium soft box for a fill.

The next day Justin and I set up for pictures of a dog for a new show on the cartoon network. The costume was fitted with a guy inside and looked like a large Labrador. We went through some great poses of him drinking wine out of his dog bowl, holding a martini glass, and others. After cleaning up the shoot I was put to work priming the 16 x 16 ft wall. I thought this would be a good as time as any to try a time delay so I set up the camera and this is what I got .

On Thursday we had two portraits going on at the same time. We had Mark shooting headshots for executives of Latin / Boomerang Network. On the other side we had Justin shoot Headline News T-Shirts. I helped as much as I could with both sides sometimes getting equipment for both shoots at the same time out the equipment room. The headshots did not take as much time as the shirts so I helped out more with the headshots and then worked more with the shirts.

The last day of the week was spent setting up for the large shoot on the following Monday and Tuesday of the CNN / Espanola news anchors. I painted the wall again to make sure the wall was completely covered. It was the largest production so far in the studio while I was there as well as the largest lighting set up and largest shoot schedule. We set up two 12 x 12 ft silk diffusers with 2 umbrellas behind on each side for the group shot and then we had a movable beauty dish for the portraits with the 12 x 12 ft silks as fill light. We also laid down a wooden floor for the ground and we had 3 wood blocks and 2 silver blocks for props for the anchors all to sit on.

Sixth Week

2008-09-16T13:39:00.000-07:00

On Monday, my sixth week I had a Behind The Scenes shoot with Justin in the studio. It was a video shoot about choosing candidates. It was great to see Justin in action doing documentary work because I thought that was one of his strong points. He explained to me how to get really great shots of the people between takes and to follow the video camera for nice shots as well.

The next day I came into the studio at 1 pm and unpacked Mark’s gear from his shoot in Las Vegas. I asked if I could stay to help out for two more weeks and they all agreed. Since my card stated my end date was the end of July, I had to get my card renewed for two more weeks. I talked to the digital department about sitting with one of them the next day.

On Wednesday I got to sit with one of the digital processors named Matthew. He showed me the process he goes through with each photograph, lightening the exposure and uploading the images all back on the server. Later on in the day I traveled with Jeremy to shot interior shots of a radio studio for references. Apparently they were going to put video cameras in the studio and wanted to mock up several scenes with ads all around the studio.

Fifth Week

2008-09-16T13:32:00.000-07:00

At the start of my Fifth week at Turner we shot the second half of the first time voters league. I was out of town for the first half, so I was interested to see how the pictures would look. John, the assistant, pretty much had the routine of how Mark wanted the pictures to be shot so I watched and followed for the example. We shot 12 people while holding a card with words they had written about voting. They were also interviewed with a camera crew after we shot them for the piece. After each one was shot, John and I shot the cards in a copy work setup incase the card was out of focus for the portrait or they needed a better shot of it.

The next day was mainly breaking down from the shoot the two days before, nothing exciting just moving stuff from one place to another. I also cleaned up the studio for the next day because a video shoot was going to be there the next day.

On Wednesday, I watched a video shoot for Monica. It was for an overlay ad for her new show on Peachtree TV. During the promo shoot Justin and I set up for a corporate headshot and photographed him right after the promo was done. After the green screen from the promo was taken down with all the lighting equipment, I set up copy lighting and shot blueprints from Turner Studio. They wanted pictures of the whole blueprint and some details as well.

At the end of the week on Thursday, I built a set for a light test with a mannequin I had for another shoot later that day. I used all the light modifiers they had with one light on the mannequin to see what effect each one would have. After the test, I built a set on white for a shoot I had for Joe Dues showing their product on a dressed up model.

Fourth Week

2008-09-16T13:20:00.000-07:00

My fourth week at Turner involved coming in and organizing the equipment room table in the studio. With four photographers coming in and out and pulling out equipment like cameras, camera accessories, lighting, and other various tools it can get quite cluttered. Later on in the day Mark and I shot another corporate head shot with EVP John O’Hare. After everything was put away from the shoot, Mark asked me organize his idea book with included images from many different fashion magazines, people magazines, and news magazines. He had books that were organized into men, women, and others.

On Tuesday I spent most of my day with Mark packing up for his shoot that he was traveling for the next day. We also cleaned up the studio because of a lunch event being held the next day. We moved the furniture and lights so they would have enough room for the tables and chairs. The last thing of the day was the most exciting. I got to pretend to be a photographer at a radio station for a show on cartoon network called “Fried Dynamite”. They were pretending to be the Jonas Cousins and the radio station thought it was the Jonas Brothers. When the DJ found out they cut the interview and I walked off the set.

The next day, Wednesday, I came in an hour late at 10 am. I had scheduled to do some photo editing with Jake but the servers were painfully slow. Images that would normally take a minute to load, took 20 minutes. We let a group of photos from the TBS show House of Payne load and come back to them. Jake went over some images with me to idea of what to look for when editing the photos like: you want cause and effect images, the best images technically, no images that would make the network or show look bad, etc. The server was to slow we decided to try another day. At the end of the day I helped Ted try out a time delay set up he was working on for PGA. Where he could get a picture every 15 seconds at a hole and also get the capture down to one every second for putts.

Thursday involved the pre-light for the shoot on Friday and Monday for the First Time Voters league. The studio brought in a set maker who built three backdrops (red, blue, gray) to look like the side of an old building. They were 16 x 16 ft with stretched canvas over them. Each one had to be lit and one had to be lit for a group shot. Mark wanted to see how the pictures would look with a Tilt Shift for the RZ so I ran to PPR to get one before they closed. I also picked up illustration board and markers for the voters to write what voting meant to them.

Third Week

2008-09-05T00:44:00.000-07:00

My third week at my internship was a hard week with two different long shoot. I took the Monday off because I worked on Saturday at the Gay Pride Festival. So Tuesday was the most important shoot of my internship: shooting Ted Turner with different international journalists invited to hear him speak and get a picture with him. Justin and I photographed the journalists and Ted in his office on Lucky St. in downtown Atlanta. We shot around 9 portraits and broke down our lights (two lights shooting into umbrellas pointed into the corners of the room) and went back to the studio. The rest of the day we got ready for the big shoot for Boomerang, a “tween” network, that involved a lot of planning to get it all done.

The next day we shoot a large production for the “tween” network Boomerang in a neighborhood in East Atlanta called Gordan Parks. The day started at early at 7:30 am with meeting 4 assistants to pack and load up for the day. We arrived at the location and began looking at what we needed for the first set up which included all the pro-b lights (which was the first major time using all the new lights from Profoto equipment) many c-stands, and softboxes. The shoot idea was to create a stop motion look to all the action so each shot had to look seamless with lighting and angle. We started shooting in a spa setting with two other variations. We later went on to eight other locations with 3 variations each which included: outside with golf carts, inside a clothing store, inside a hair salon, outside in and near a fountain, and in the town square. The day was hot, long, and hot but I learned exactly how much goes into a big production for TV and I’m still amazed.

On Thursday in the studio we shot 12 people for ireport.com holding various cameras. Each person needed three different poses so it was easier to know what shots needed to be done and how to accommodate the photographer. Most of the models that were shot for the campaign were employees from image management, which included a photographer, editors, and creative people. I think this was the day where a lot of what I was doing solidified for me and I realized exactly what was expected of me and that I could accomplish it.

Friday of the third week began with another corporate headshot. It was asked of me to come in early to help Jeremy set up. After setting up and breaking it all down, I got to help organize the 2,000+ files from the shoot on Thursday using Capture One Pro. It was a stressful job because if I messed up I would lose a picture that we couldn’t get back exactly how it was. When I finished, Mark went over the metadata process with me. After learning how to enter the file metadata, I organized the large black cabinet kept in the studio. It is the home for the coffee makers, coffee, teas, cds and cd player, plates, cups, mugs, and condiments.

My Second Week

2008-06-16T17:38:00.000-07:00

My second week at Turner started with me waking up with a horrible stomach ache. I ended up called Mark to let him know I wasn't feeling great. I ended up going to turner at 1 30 pm in time for a photoshoot outside on the parking lot with rocket skates. We set up a fill light facing the skater and a light behind him with a red filter. We also lit smoke sticks to add to the effect. For some reason or another the digital back wouldn't connect to the laptop so we had to shoot to the card. After the shoot we packed up everything and went back to the studio. I unpacked the equipment and tore down the set that Mark had up from earlier that day. That was my day.

On Tuesday I assisted Ted who shot headshot for the Latin section of CNN. We set up a simple white set up with v-flats on the sides to light the background and plexi on the ground to give a shadow to ground the subject. The main light was a large octobank with a bi-head dynalight head. We also set up a small soft box for a fill. After that shoot was over and taken down, Ted and I went to CNN to take abstract images of the technical aspects of the building for art work. We shot in a few control rooms and in a server room. It was very interesting to talk to the IT guy over the servers about how everything was set up to feed into the CNN building and sent out via a secret group of arrays South of Atlanta.

The next two days included going with Ted to Home Depot to pick up wood to build cubbyholes for the Profoto 7a heads and the brand new Profoto 7b heads and power packs. We measured and measured again, then cut the boards. It took us both days to get the boards cut and sanded and placed in between the shelves. We also had to rearrange the existing equipment to fit along with the 10,000 dollars worth of gear that was bought.

On Thursday Ted and I unpacked more of the new lenses and gear that was bought. We also labeled and rearranged the dividers in the flight cases for all of them to fit. I cut a large amount of styrofome for the lenses to rest on and be easily removed from the cabinet. I also use the p-touch machine to label all of the lenses and their place so anyone looking could tell what lens was available and what lens was taken.

The Friday I was off. My sister also came up to visit during the weekend while she was out of school.

The Sunday had me shooting a rock/country duo with Ted for a freelance job. The first set up was entirely lit with flourescent lights and set up to look like a den with wood paneling. The second shoot was a location in Castleberry near railroad tracks that made for an interesting time. The guys were really nice, so the shoot was easy and fun.

The first week

2008-06-16T16:42:00.000-07:00

The first week of my internship was exhausting. I began my first day by setting up for a table top shoot for PR packages for new shows like "Black Gold" and "Speeders" for TRUtv and Court TV. I learned how the turner photographers, especially Mark Hill, likes his set ups with each light attached to its seperate powerpack. After learning about shooting tethered and how to handle the Canon Mark II's they have I left to get back to my apartment before they closed at 6 to get a key cut because I left mine at home.

On the second day I finished up the press kits by shooting a punching bag on table top. My supervisor had meetings for the rest of the day so I had to begin a special intern project to start organizing a prop closet at the studio. The closet contained many interesting items including a giant banner with the TNT logo on it, 5 huge theater curtains, sporting equipment, back-lit posters, prop blankets, podiums, large sheets of plexi, Halloween decorations, and 3 American flag dresses. I also was able to find a fake beard. The project will continue through the internship so I had to pick up one of the other photographers from AVIS after returning from Nashville, TN. We when returned we began packing for the Wednesday photo shoot of a video production shoot.

Wednesday began earlier than usual. I got at the studio at 8:15 to pack the photo gear in Ted's car to go to a video shoot. The shoot was off of Wells St off of Metropolitan Parkway at Ambient Studios. The shoot was most of the day boring but I asked questions and watched how the video assistants handled all the grip equipment and used existing light. Ted mainly shot production stills with the blimps on the cameras. At the end of the day we shot some promotion shots with the talent. John Good, the talent, spent the night doing promotional spots for CNN's Black in America. Ted and I got back to the studio at 10 30 pm. We unpacked the camera equipment and left.

Thursday began with me unpacking the equipment from the day before. Then we set up for a photoshoot using their humongous white cyc wall. It was for the head of Latin CNN. We shot him in 2 different suites and ties. We shot him on white plexi-glass and v-flats. After the shoot I broke down the set and talked to Mark about the closet that I started to organize. After that I left for the week.

The first week was tiring and an interesting view into what I'll be doing the rest of the summer.

Orientation

2008-06-02T11:52:00.000-07:00

Today was orientation for my internship with Turner Broadcasting Systems, Inc. here in Atlanta. I didn't know what the cultural aspect of the company would be so I figured I would wear a suit so I would dress to impress. I got there on time for the 9:30 meeting to discuss the packet and fill out forms. After that we got our security badges and parking decals. Since my supervisor, Mark Hill, was in Mexico until Wednesday another staff photographer picked me up to take me to meet another staff photographer. So Jake, Ken, and I went to eat lunch and to chat about what I wanted out of the internship. Jake mentioned that I should type up a proposal of bullet points of what I wanted to accomplish. After the meeting and lunch of great thai food, we went back to Turner to show me around a bit. He introduced me some of the editors, designers, re-touchers, and others who also worked in the department. He had alot of work to catch up on so he let me go. All in All, I think my first day went well. I tried to be very pleasant and give as many firm handshakes and smiles as I could.

KA-CHUNK

2008-05-30T11:28:00.000-07:00

I recently put together a show of medium format photography with The Opal Gallery. They are a small gallery focused on emerging artists, community, and photography. It is located in Little Five Points in Atlanta, GA.

New Video

2008-03-23T17:14:00.001-07:00

May 7th Exhibition with THE OPAL GALLERY

2008-03-02T22:39:00.000-08:00

Because of the video I did of Christy Bush @ The Opal Gallery in Atlanta, I was able to submit a proposal for a show at opal. The show will be in May (the 7th) and will be only medium format photography. I call the show KA-CHUNK, after the unique sound a medium format camera makes.

INDIE PEACE at THREAD HOUSE in ATL

2008-02-13T19:47:00.000-08:00

Picture from SLP

2008-02-13T13:17:00.000-08:00

Found this picture from my summer internship's website. We shot wrapping paper and wrapped packages. I forgot about this before I came across it.

New Assignment for Current Magazine

2008-02-13T12:38:00.001-08:00

I have an assignment from Current Magazine, a student offshoot of Newsweek Magazine. I get to work with a Michael Jones (CCed.). He has done some design work for Esquire, Time, Boston Globe, and Newsweek (among others).

HERE are some of the photos I turned in for the project.

New Video I did

2008-02-09T14:36:00.000-08:00

Christy Bush @ The Opal Gallery in Atlanta, GA Feb 5, 2008

This vid was probably my favorite to do because I did it all by myself. Got to meet the drummer of INTERPOL and make a great contact with the gallery.

Publications

2008-01-18T17:48:00.000-08:00

I just got news that I got some pictures of my work for IndiePeace in some local Atlanta magazines (The Atlantan and Atlanta InTown). also check out the cool vid about indiepeace on the weather channel.

Lee @ Miami Art Fair

2007-12-13T11:02:00.000-08:00

Here is a video of the Word of Mouth Exhibition at one of the biggest Art Fairs in the World (this one is in Miami, the others are in Italy, China, India, etc.). My piece is at the end of the video and is the manniquin.

Art House Porfolio Show

2007-12-01T11:09:00.000-08:00

Here is the flyer for the portfolio show we put on at ArtHouse in Atlanta, GA.

Here is the vid from the show:

INDIE PEACE VID

2007-11-26T00:02:00.000-08:00

Here is a video that I did to showcase a show that I had of photos that I took for a T-shirt Company in Atlanta. The show was at Eco-Manor, owned by Ted Turner's Daughter to showcase green housing alternatives, in Atlanta, GA.

INDIE PEACE

2007-10-06T10:43:00.001-07:00

I recently shot website photos for the brand Indie Peace. Here is the website.

Here is more about the company:

Founded in January 2007 by designer/fashion photographer Lawton Ursrey and designer John Van De Wiel, INDIE Peace is a premium lifestyle brand built on a fashion first, counter-culture sensibility and a socially responsible business philosophy. Every garment under the INDIE Peace label is made under the guidelines of "Peace Goods", which to us means:

100% certified organic cotton
Natural or low impact dyes
Water based inks
Fair trade compliant factories, located in depressed U.S. manufacturing communities. No sweatshops.
Socially responsible distribution and sales practices

INDIE PEACE donates a percentage of all sales to select social and environmentally-focused non-profits.

A Million Little Pictures

2007-09-01T22:16:00.001-07:00

I recently submitted to "A Million Little Pictures" show at Art House in Atlanta. You sign up for it, pay a small fee (where most goes to developing and charities), and they send you a disposable camera for you to elaborate on a theme. This time it was on family. I wasn't able to make it to the show because I was out of town but it looked awesome.

My Pictures From Last Shoot

2007-08-31T17:44:00.000-07:00

5 assistants, 3 clients, 2 models, and a partridge in a pear tree

2007-08-31T16:40:00.000-07:00

After a week of being away from the Studio helping my sister move to Chicago for graduate school, I was welcomed back with the most responsibility I had yet at my internship. I was in charge of the talent. This meant I had to pick them up at the Highland Inn and transport them to the shoot and then drive them to the airport at the end of the day. The first day of shooting was on August 28 and I arrived to pick up the models at 12:45 pm and then take them down the street 1 mile to a restaurant before 1 pm. As one could imagine I was nervous because I didn't want to look incompetent in front of these women who I helped pick out of a pool of models. The 2 models were very nice and talkative even though I could tell they had a rough night. One was from Brazil and other from LA, both being roughly my age. When I arrived at the shoot the crew was eating and had been working since 7:30 in the morning. They had shot a family barbecuing and apparently the fire, kids, and animals did not behave so most everyone was worn out. Of the 5 assistants there I didn't know 2 of them. Ryan and Keith were there, of course, along with John Herre who I hadn't seen since the NATICK shoot. The last two were Jason Fobart (or J-Fo) who was the digital assistant with a massive rig that included two 22 inch screens attached to a dolly custom made running off of a G5 tower, and Morgan (I never got a last name). Both of these guys I have heard Scott, Ryan, and Keith mention of and apparently all of these guys were the main people who get hired in ATL and it didn't hurt they were some of the nicest guys I have met while interning.
The shoot was great. Although the restaraunt was small there were a ton of people there. There were 2 stylists, 5 assistants (plus me), 2 client reps plus 1 of the client's client rep, studio producer, and 2 models. This was the least number of people. It reminded me of the famous picture that showed Richard Avedon's production crew.
The one thing that stood out to me about this shoot is how everyone had a job to do while the photographer did what he needed to do. Scott told me that sometimes the photographer has "tunnel vision". He/She wants a certain shot and sees it a certain way and when it doesn't work they get frustrated and needs people to help him pull back and see a way to solve the problem or start all over again.
I didn't really do much other than stand around and if I saw something that needed to be done I did it. I did everything from picking up trash and taking it out to moving things that will be in the shot and helping move lights. I tried not to be in the way of the assistants because I didn't want to step on any toes. Kyle, an assistant told me to always stay near the photographer so if they need something you are there to do it. So that is what I did. I also helped out Callie with ice and drinks. I just did anything I thought would help. After leaving taking the models to the airport I went back to the shoot to help and then left at 7:15 pm. Ready for the next day.
I arrived at the site of the next shoot the next day at 9:45 am after stopping to pick up some bananas on the way there. Again the site was very close to the Studio, about 1.5 miles. It was a huge 3 story house in the middle of Five Points on Euclid Ave. When I got there they had been shooting the first shot of 2 little girls playing musical instruments for 45 minutes. After watching the kids go from cute to rambuncious to cute and then obnoxious we set-up another shot for the kids to be making cookies. Scott mainly used the Keno and the Parabeam with this shoot more then the first day. The Keno and Parabeam are like a cross between softboxes and continuous lights with grid spots on them. He used these lights along this strobes to get a natural lighting situation, like he always does. Those shots went without a hitch and soon it was time for me to pick up another model. So I drove to the Highland Inn and picked her up at 12:15 pm and drove her to the house. She was immediately placed into makeup while the rest of the crew and I ate lunch. It was then time for the family shots. Both of the family shots were going great until it started to rain when we were shooting at the garage. We had some power problems with the computer and lights plugged into the same circuit and had to remedy that problem. Then it started to sprinkle so we moved everything into the garage. It then began to pour so we moved some of the shots to the front porch only using the sun, which was peaking through the clouds and one white reflector and a silver reflector. This was improvised because the other shot was not possible with the rain. Scott was able to pull away from the other shot to focus on another while the first shot was not possible. He managed to work through his tunnel vision. The shoot ended with me driving the model to the airport at 7:30 pm.

Table Clothes and Publix

2007-08-27T15:58:00.000-07:00

Today, Aug 17th, I arrived at the Studio to help out Iain (the other photographer that rents a place in Scott's loft ). Iain mainly is known for his natural lighting of food photography and is from London. I was on as the second assistant and Kip was the first. I mainly watched everything that they did and talked to as many people as I could to find out what they did to get where they are. There were 2 food stylists, Angie and Adam (he was her assistant), and a prop stylist who brought 3 large tables full of stuff. After waiting around alot for the food to get prepared. I was sent to pick-up breakfast at a restaurant just down the road called Belly's General Store. When I got back and placed the food on a table for everyone to enjoy, I was asked to go downstairs in storage to get two rubbermaid buckets of table clothes for the shoot. After Iain picked out the one he liked with the least amount of stains he asked me to iron it. It was a good think I know how to iron, thanks mom. While waiting on the food to be cooked I noticed that Iain has a small research library filled with magazines like PDN, BON APETITE, DONNA HAY, and GOURMET. After I went to pick up lunch from Surin and Fellini's we went back to photographing food. We photographed blueberry cobbler, cookies, cakes, chicken salade and other receipies that someone designed for PUBLIX and we were photographing them for newspaper and magazine print. The chef also dropped by to see how the shoot was going and offered his input. I also helped by naming and organizing the files after capture (with Kip showing me how to use capture one) and flagging and masking the lighting rig. After photographing 8 of the 13 or so products the crew decided to stop because they were also going to shoot the next day. I left the studio at 6:47 pm.

Break and Lighting Set-up

2007-08-27T15:25:00.000-07:00

On August 16th I was back in the studio after a week off. Scott was in New York for his birthday and to show his book around to clients. I was able to go home and spend time with my family and a friend of my going away to school in Texas. When I got to the studio at 1 pm I was asked again to go to Staples and buy an industrial 3-hole punch because the other broke. Upon returning to the studio I helped Callie with the model packets and wrote out an email with the model's name, sizes, and what part they were in the shoot (i.e. "white woman", "coffee girl"). After finishing that task, and Scott not being back in the studio, Callie left and Iain asked to help him set up his lighting rig for his food shoot the next day. While getting ready for him I shot pictures around the studio with my camera. Iain and I set up his lighting situation for the next day shoot with a table, with a strobe on the floor pointing up with a soft box aimed toward the ceiling, white poster board set at a 90 degree angle to bounce the flash forward, a diffusion box, a sheet of diffusion paper, and then two pieces of white foam core to bounce the flash back. He set up his computer next to the rig with his Hasselblad EL/M with a Phase One back tethered to his computer running Capture One. We left the studio after photographing 2 apples on a plate and he was happy with the results. I left at 5:45 pm.

Doc Chey's and Layer Masks

2007-08-27T15:16:00.000-07:00

On August 8th at the Studio I arrived at 10:30 am and was asked to turn around and get ink for a CMYK printer in the office. I got the model number of the printer and ink cartridge and this time I went to Office Max on Ponce. They also wanted my to drive to Sam Flax for 5 rolls of self-adhesive linen tape for Scott's Ad book. Upon returning it was lunch time and I got everyone's order and went to Doc Chey's, an oriental restaurant, for the order just down the street on N Highland. After returning and consuming the meal, Scott showed me how to retouch on a file so that he can remove what I did on each file by using a layer mask. I worked on 10 files taken for the NATICK shoot back on August 2nd. He let me go retouching hair, dirt, and imperfections with the file. That took at least 4 hours and then everyone in the studio left around 5pm.

Availibility and Staples

2007-08-27T15:06:00.000-07:00

Today on August 7th I was at the studio from 1 to 5 pm. I arrived at the studio to Scott and Ryan working to get things done from the last shoot and to get ready for on next shoot coming up on August 28 and 29th. Callie needed some things from Staples so I left for that. I could not find an Staples close enough so I went to Office Depot and purchased a recycle bin, light bulbs, and printer paper. I also went to the bank to deposit some checks for Scott. After returning, Callie was upset that I didn't go to Staples but I assured her I got the same exact paper, just a different package. I then helped with model availability sheets for the upcoming shoot. I wrote down the models names in order on the table from front to back in piles (front of the table was the ones Scott really liked, the next pile back was not as much liked, etc). I also wrote down price, agency affiliated with, and if they were available. I also talked with Iain about working with him on the 17th.

Pictures from Aug 2 Shoot

2007-08-16T00:10:00.000-07:00

August 3 and Pre-visualization

2007-08-08T21:25:00.000-07:00

On Friday Aug 3^rd I came into the studio at 10:30 in the morning. I talked to Scott about the shoot the day before. We talked about how he pre-visualized the images and then knew how to shoot them. Afterwards, I put some boxes into storage downstairs and put the leftover drinks from the coolers into the fridge. I talked to Matt, the food photographer assistant, about what all he does to help Iain. He is about my age and went to school for photography as well.

I left the studio at noon.

August 2 and Photoshoot

2007-08-08T21:23:00.000-07:00

I arrived at the studio on August 2^nd at 7 in the morning. Since Callie was at the shoot - house to get the keys, I had to pick up 6 bags of ice for the 3 colors filled with bottled water, Red Bull, assorted soft drinks, and Gatorade. There were 3 assistants at the shoot this time and they were Keith Martin, Ryan Flynn, and John Herre . . .plus me.

We unloaded everything once arriving at the house. The owners were out of town so we had the place to ourselves. We began putting everything together in, or working from, the driveway. This included all the stands, strobes, digital workstation (with laptop and large screen) and tripod.

The first shot was set up in front of the house with the large softbox to the right. The model was standing on the front porch so Scott had to stand on a ladder. The second shot was inside of the house in the living room with the model laying on a chair. The shot included a Fernell light (a movie light that can focus or flood the light much like a flashlight) fitted with a strobe outside to flash light into the window like the sun and a beauty dish as the key light off to the left. Another strip light was set up on the right to light the side of the model and used as a hair light. The third shot was with the model standing behind the island in the kitchen / living room with the beauty light to the left and the curtain used as scrim for the ambient light into the window. The fourth shot was set up with the model on the stairs with a strobe with a grid while using curtains as a scrim for the ambient light and the Fernell light coming through the window. The fifth shoot was up stairs in the TV room with the model laying on a couch with using a softbox and reflectors. The sixth shot was set up in the shower of the master bedroom. The model was standing in the window of the shower. The glass of the shower window was frosted so a strobe was set up to simulate sunlight coming through with the beauty dish in the shower with the photographer. The last shots were set up downstairs with a strobe and reflectors.

This shoot I learned a lot of how to work with a crew and with a model. Scott told the model a few things that I remembered like “Tell me a story with your eyes” and “I am going to ask you a question and answer me with your eyes”. This showed me that Scott realizes the model will make the picture. He also pressed the idea of previsualization of all the photographs.

I left the studio at 8 pm.

August 1 and Pre-Pro Number 2

2007-08-08T21:22:00.000-07:00

On August 1^st, I arrived at the studio at 3:30 in the afternoon and talked about the shoot on the 2^nd. I talked to Iain, the food photographer that rents out of Scott Lowden Studios. I helped with organizing the model photos and took out 8 cardboard boxes to the trash. We talked about the schedule for the shoot and that I needed to get 6 bags of ice and get the model from the hotel next door, Highland Inn, at 7:20 AM. Also, there was a preproduction meeting that Scott wanted to see. It basically was an extension of the first meeting with the stylist. She brought the clothes she found and Scott and the art directors from Current talked them over. Scott also took polaroids of the clothes and taped them to printed pictures of the locations where the model would be wearing what clothes to help visualize the images.

July 31 and Scouting Again

2007-08-08T21:21:00.000-07:00

On July 31 I arrived at the studio at 10:45 in the morning to Scott, Callie, and Ryan working on the production for the Natick shoot and managing the contact list. They told me that The Glen was rented out on the day they were going to shoot and they didn’t want a crew in the hotel that day. This was frustrating because they already let us scout the place and then took it back and wouldn’t let us shoot there. We went to scout a modern house off of North Avenue that would be a nice substitute for The Glen. Scott brought his camera again and shot everything just like scouting the last time. The house was very graphic and thoroughly modern with big windows, mainly made of concrete, monochromatic palate, and a sense of being in a museum because of little or no personal touches.

After arriving back to the studio, Scott and Ryan immediately processed the scouting shots and put them up on his website for the art director to look at. Scott showed me how to put up those pictures on his website with a php program specifically written for his website.

Before I left in the evening at 4:30, Scott received an email from Mark Anderson, an editorial photographer in Atlanta, who needed an assistant on Monday August 6^th.

July 26 and Pre-Pro Meeting

2007-08-08T21:20:00.000-07:00

On July 26 I met up with Scott at his studio at 9:30 in the morning to go to a meeting at the ad agency Current to talk to the stylist about the Natick shoot. We drove over to the agency and when we arrived I sat and listening to the meeting. It consisted of the stylist, Kim, and the agency talking about what kind of clothes she needed to buy and bring and from what stores. After the meeting, Scott and I drove back to the studio. We talked about how he found his photography style. He said that he likes to have the picture show the people in the photos were it looks like they have done something, are doing something, or will do something. He said that it gives the photographs another level rather than just a pretty girl in a pretty place.

After getting back to the studio I helped scan model releases that the signatures weren’t legible. I scanned them darker so the signatures could be seen more clearly. I also cut up about 90 photos.

I also found this quote in a “The Negative” by Ansel Adams: “Once you begin the process of visualization the final image becomes the paramount importance, and you are far less concerned with the subject per se than with your representation of it”.

I left the studio at 5 pm.

July 25 and Scouting

2007-08-08T21:18:00.000-07:00

When I arrived at the studio at 10:30 in the morning I was quickly put to work organizing model photos for an advertising job with a mall that is opening in Natick, Mass. Callie, the studio manager, told me that dealing with model talent was the hardest part of the job and I get to see why with this shoot production. The organization of the talent included printing out pictures of the models, writing the name of the model, writing out the representing model agency, and the price of the model. Scott likes to have the pictures in his hands to physically move around on a table and not on the computer. He laid them out with titles (like “white boy” or “ethnic woman”) and in the first pile his first picks, the second pile his second picks, and the third pile his last ditch picks. This way he can go down the list and check availability and write yes and no on the actual pictures.

After helping to organize the model pictures and information Scott, Ryan, and I went to scout “The Glen”, a restaurant / hotel in downtown Atlanta, GA. We met people from Current, the ad agency that contracted Scott, who were acting art directors for the shoot. We walked around the hotel and Scott shot pictures of what he thought could be used for the shoot\After scouting, we all rode back to the studio and talked about the shoot on Thursday Aug. 2^nd and the preparation day before. Scott told me that if a photographer wasn’t sure about the lighting he could have it worked about before hand by either setting up in a similar area or come in a few days before and do a test day.

Scott also told me some things about scouting: Don’t burn bridges with the owners of the places you are shooting, if you are shooting for someone else, you should shoot even the bad angles so you can explain that these are bad angles, keep a library of scouting pictures so you can use them for other shoots, a good scouting lens would be a zoom lens like 28 – 104 mm, shoot a room wide then go in tight for specific shoots, and shoot a background how it will look - if will be out of focus shoot background that way.

I left the studio at 6 pm.

Food and Pre-Production

2007-07-31T16:43:00.000-07:00

Today (Tuesday July 24) had me realizing that I needed more hours at "the studio" to make the mark of 150. So, this week I decided to starting coming in on Wednesday along with Tuesday and Thursday. When I arrived at the studio at 1 pm today there was not much going on. In the main studio area, Ian and his assistant Matt, had a table top set up with lights for a butter toffee job they were shoot for publix. Like always I asked Callie how she was doing and continued on to Scott at his monitors in the next room. After speaking with Scott about what was on the schedule he informed me that they were waiting on approval of an estimate for a job. They did not want to do too much because it would be a lost cause if they did not get the job, but they did not want to be behind if they did. So they were in what Scott calls a "holding pattern". So most of my day was spent talking to Ian about his phase-1 back on his hasselblad and if he would ever consider stepping up to fully digital. He said that he really liked the idea of analogue and digital and you can not beat a t* lens unless you morgage your house for the 40+ thousand dollars H2 system. After about 3 hours of watching the set designer, art director, and photographer talk out the shot, Scott and I shot 8 more product shots for Whimsey Press. They were notebooks but long and skinny. We shot it in 15 minutes because all we had to do was recreate the set-up from the other 80 we shot. After the product shots I left because he was leaving. It was 5:45 pm.

Stock Photography and a Gas-Powered Generator

2007-07-19T17:35:00.000-07:00

Today at SLP I came in at 2 pm to Scott in a meeting with his rep, Holly, from RepGirl and an ad guy from Delta. Scott has shot many ads for Delta and was talking to John about another idea he had and what he thought about it. I came in on the end of it so I didn't get to hear much of the production just the wrap up. After John from Delta and Holly left, Scott told me he wanted me to pick up some things from Ace Hardware on Howell Mill so that is where I went. He gave me a list and the company credit card, which made me feel powerful. I went to Ace Hardware to buy a gas generator, 6 "A" clamps, and 3 3-way splitters. I found the generator and splitters in no time but had trouble finding the clamps in the small store. I asked 3 different people and each time they didn't know what "A" clamps were. One guy asked me what they were for and I said to clamp stuff together. Finally, someone knew what I was talking about and led me there, which of course was the next isle over. However, they only had 3 large and no small ones.

Upon returning to SLP, Scott was edited pictures for his portfolio when a modeling agency called and it was time for the meeting they planned two days ago. The meeting was about an estimate that Scott had done 2 months ago with data from the agency and now they had changed their mind about giving up rights to pictures for Scott's stock library. Scott noted that this company was based on a knew model and 98% of the other agencies don't operate like this particular one does because it deals with "real" people as models and not models. SLP also has a connection to his particular company because Scott's old studio manager, Emily, and her husband run it.

After listening to the phone meeting, Scott informed me we would be shooting alot next week and maybe a casting call. He also told me to bring in some photos I have been taken to show him and talk about. I am looking forward to the critic. I left at 5 pm.

Estimates and Shooting for Ebay

2007-07-18T17:44:00.000-07:00

I asked for the last week off to record a cd in Knoxville, TN. This was the first day back since Scott got married in Mexico. Eveyone I told the photographer I intern with was getting married asked the same question, who did he get to shoot the wedding. When I asked him later in the day he laughed and said some local guy who shot jpegs plus both of Scott's assistants - Ryan and Keith.

The day started kind of bad for me because I overslept. After debating if I should call in sick or face the truth, I called to say I was running late and would be there as soon as I could. Scott said "no biggie" and told me that I could help by picking up a package at Mark Anderson's house. I drove by there on the way to the studio and everything was fine and be there at 11:30 am. The studio has three jobs coming up in the next few weeks and mainly today they were estimating these jobs and producing them. One of the jobs, the one at the end of August, is a high fashion shoot with alot of different models and such. I will be able to see the process of producing a shoot as well as actually shooting it and then finishing it. One of the jobs I did today was to print out comp cards for models from an agency who specifcially sent certain models who would give all the rights up for the pictures taken, or buy it out. Part of Scott's deal with this particular shoot is that he will get the rights to the pictures not used and he can sell them into stock photography. After printing out models, ryan and I shot products for ebay. One of which is a very fast G5 apple that the screen was damaged while flying to Arizona a few months ago with SLP. Other things being sold was a 15 in power book and a huge collection of nikon cameras (a f5, d100, and n90), lens, and accessories.

Hopefully, tomorrow I will help with the estimating and get my hands dirty with the jobs coming up. I am looking forward to seeing a project all the way to the end. I left at 6 pm.

Errands and Meeting

2007-06-30T09:44:00.000-07:00

Today, June 28, was the day after the Whimsy Press photoshoot. Today was another errand day. This time I was sent to Sam Flax clear across town. I drove over there to buy vellum envelopes for Scott's mailers. Scott also me to research paper cutters and see if they make them longer than 11 inches. At "the flax" I found the vellum envelopes pretty easily and then walked to find a salesperson to help me with the paper cutter question. Apparently, after looking at the magazine that Sam Flax orders from and finding they do not make them any longer than 12 inches (Scott wanted 14 or 15 inches).
On my return Callie, Scott's studio manager called me and told me to get some lunch before I get back. I stopped at the restraunt next to SLP studio called Del Sol which is really great food and the lady who runs it is very nice. I got a grilled chicken salad and returned to the studio.
Upon returning I was asked by Scott to look up prices on Ebay of broken computers and other equipment to compare prices. I found prices on 2 seagate HDs, a imac G5 with a broken screen, a G4 tower, an external Lacie DVD burner, 2 apple laptop batteries, a 15 in power book, and a 12 in G5 power book.
At 3 30 pm there was a brainstorming meeting for a tool company calendar for Cyclone. Scott and the 4 other ad guys threw around ideas for location, demographics, and other details of the company product calender. They settled on the shop as location with hot girls. I know it sounds pretty cliche, but I am sure Scott will find a way to shoot it interestingly with a tiny bit of cliche.
After all the hour long meeting, another of Scott's assistants John Herre came in with a stylist friend, named Heather. She was from Atlanta but moved to New York to work and how she is back and looking for jobs.

While John and Heather waited for Scott, I was able to talk about working in the commerical photography world and eventually for Scott. They both gave me great ideas for learning an eye for commerical photography. Heather said to look in magazine such as ITALIAN VOGUE, NYLON, LOWMO, and W for ideas and rip them out and save them. John suggested writing down what you learned on each photoshoot and to diagram out lighting on any photo for ads.

These are great ideas that I will do. Thanks John and Heather.

Photos From Whimsy Press Photo Shoot

2007-06-30T09:38:00.001-07:00

Product Shoot

2007-06-30T09:13:00.000-07:00

On June 26 was the second photoshoot I got to help with at SLP. We shot about 60 table top shots for whimsy press. Scott's fiance Wendy, Donna, Lisa, and Lisa's dog Trixie where all there to help guide the photographic journey. The three females acted as art director as we shot the notecards, bookplates, journals, stickers, baby clothes, and wrapping paper.
Scott used a white seamless on a table top with a white laminate board in the background to create a horizon line in the background. He also used a Molar on a boom stand for high and to the left lighing with the white laminate board as a reflector used as a fill. He also wanted to use his 35 mm tilt-shift lens but someone checked it out with another camera body so he was forced to use his 50 mm on his canon mark II.
My job on the shoot was as digital assistant. Scott gave me a print out of their digital work flow where they make sure that each picture is saved to 3 locations. He also showed me about the metadata with all the shot information written into it. The main point of my job on this shoot was to write all the metadata for each shot. This consisted of me copying and pasting the main metadata and then asking for the name of each product. Asking for the names was smooth at first because I simply used a phrase from the note cards like "Love is Lovely cards" or "Havannah Cards". However, when it got to the journals, stickers, wrapping paper, and others I had to ask on every single one because of the bizarre names. After about the 30th time of asking, I figured that of the three people they might catch on that I needed names and that they would offer it after each photograph but no, I had to annoy them by saying, "Excuse me, uh, Wendy? what is the name of this one?" and she would tell me. Or I would point at the screen and she would nod in approval and then I would say, "What is the day of this one?" and she would say, "Oh, it's Poppi Art" and I would say thanks.

All in all, today was a good day. I learned alot about art directors and how to ask the name of a product 15 different ways, among other things. I was there from 8 30 am to 4 30.

Errands and Stuff

2007-06-30T08:49:00.000-07:00

The next time at SLP was June 19th. I had to go for a run to Publix for supplies. As soon as I arrived I was given a list of things to accomplish and groceries to obtain. Scott and company had a huge job for Aflac that they were trying to get done so they were working on that while I did the errands. After buying 103 dollars in 6 cases of 12 packs of coke, 2 cases of bottled water, gatorade, fresh fruit, and "healthy snacks" I had to take out the trash, refill the fridge, call to order more water bottles for the water cooler, and replace any burned out light bulbs. It took me about 2 hours for the hole process. What took me the longest was bringing in all the drinks. I had to use a hand cart to bring in the beverages.
After I finished the errands. Scott and Ryan had me check all of the AFLAC images for the correct names. Out of the 30 or so images there was 1 image that was named incorrectly and they quickly changed it. I then helped cut up the printed images for proofing and then the day was done.

Again, it was a nice day at SLP. I got to chat with Ryan Flynn, another of Scott's freelance assistants. He shared with me how he got started in photography. He thinks of himself as not a great teacher but he gives great common sense advice. I was there at the studio from 10 30 to 3 30 pm.

Dillard's Debriefing

2007-06-30T08:25:00.000-07:00

The next time at SLP was June 14th, the day after the Dillard's Shoot. I was there from 10 30 to 3 pm and all we talked about was Dillard's and what all I had learned from watching. I pointed out his "bedside" manner with photography. He noted that has helped him get into places he normally is not supposed to be as a photographer. I also pointed out that since in the background of Alge and his daughter photo he knew it was going to be blown out, but insisted that the workers at the horse barn let them run free. I asked if that was to get the workers out of the way and he said yes but also he thought it would be cool if they came up to them while shooting. He said later he knew what wouldn't happen. We also talked about his books. Scott showed me his two books that he sends to clients to show his work off. He had the books custom made to look like old leatherbound photography books. They were pretty awesome looking with a large brass plate on the from with his logo and name. He printed his images on double-sided enhanced matte paper, sprayed them with sealer, and then used linen artist tape to make the binds. He first used gum based tape but was too stiff and the pages would not fold down. The way he printed his images were like how the images might appear in ads with one large images on one page and 2 - 3 on images grouped together on the next. He also had two page pictures to mimic full spreads. His first book was his "lifestyle" photos and the other was photos he took while traveling. Overall, it was nice to talk to Scott one - on - one about the shoot.

Pictures From Dillard's Shoot

2007-06-30T07:43:00.000-07:00

PHOTOSHOOT FOR DILLARD'S

2007-06-24T17:41:00.000-07:00

Today was my first photoshoot assisting for SLP. It was at Lake Lanier in North Georgia and with Alge Crumpler, Tight End with the Atlanta Falcons for Dillard's department store. The shoot was in two stages, one shot with Alge by himself and the second with his daughter who is 4.
The day started about 10 30 am and by 11 we had everything packed up and ready to travel. After taking a break to eat, we all traveled the hour north to Lake Lanier and Pine Isle Resort. Upon reaching Lake Lanier Scott talked with Alge's handler, the manager of Pine Isle, and the Artistic Director for Dillard's (who meet us there) about places to shoot. Since this was a smaller shoot than normal the scouting was done the day of (Scott normally likes to scout the day before). We drove around on golf carts to several locations before deciding on one shot off of the hole 5 tee that when shot toward another hole looked like it was not in Georgia. The lighting and everything was set up before the talent arrived. We used a 7 ft strip soft box to light his side and wrap around to fill and another soft box as the key (we started to use a reflector as a key but it did not have enough pop). Scott used a 85 mm and 50 mm lens. Technically, I was an Assistant on the job. I did whatever needed to be done and went between the lighting and digital assistant jobs. I handled the CF cards and handed them to him when he asked. I also put in a new card and formated it whenever he out the one in the camera to show the images to the art director on a laptop.
After that shot, we quickly ran to the next location at the equestrian center where Alge and his daughter would be shot. The barn had no light, so the light had to be provided. We started with 3 large reflector but quickly lost light so resorted to using 2 strobes, one behind and one pointed at the ceiling. We still used a reflector as a fill light. I cleared items from the area and when done placed them back. I also helped with the fill reflector and the CF cards. The 2 other large reflectors were left outside and were attacked by the horses that were roaming outside of the barn. I also noticed how Scott was genuenlly nice to everyone he meet that worked in places that he shoots. He said this is so that if he ever needs to shoot there again he can be remembered as "the nice guy who photographed there". He also said he knows this works because he can get into places that have been closed off to other photographers.

I was at at the internship from 10 30 to 6 30 pm.
That was my first shoot and I am looking forward to the next one.

Second Day at SLP

2007-06-24T17:23:00.000-07:00

My second day at Scott Lowden Photography was on June 12th and much more interesting to me than the first. Although I learned so about the business end of a working studio the first day, the second day I was introduced to Ryan, another freelancer alongside of Keith, and Scott himself.
I arrived at the studio at one in the afternoon to meet Ryan and talk to him about his role in SLP. When I spoke with him he was printing out the photos from the AFLAC campaign that SLP had in Columbus, GA (aflac's hometown). He explained to me that they use enhanced matt paper because the proof paper they used had a yellow tint that customers complained about, so they stuck with a cheap paper that had a white base. Ryan also explained to me how he got involved with Scott and assisting him. Ryan is usually the Digital Assistant on a shoot, meaning that he takes care of the CF cards (making for there are formated cards in the camera all the time), making sure that all the pictures from each card is backed up in 3 places (card, computer, external hard drive). Ryan also helps Keith (lighting assistant and Photoshop guy) with the lighting when need be. Talking with Ryan helped me to solitify everything that keith had told me about how a team works and the synergy it must have inorder to be successfull.
When Scott arrived the team promptly began to discuss the lighting for there upcoming photoshoot for Dillard's. Since Scott and Ryan were unsure of when and where they were going to set up for the shoot (they were scouting the day of) they thought of many scenarios.
Most of the time for me was listening to what they were talking about and watching how they interacted. Scott led the discussion with Ryan giving advice. Ryan, in fact told me, in a conversation about assisting, that "the best assistants give successful advice".
While unloading equipment from the storage closet for loading up next day, Ryan and Scott explained the equipment to me and what they would use what for. I was familiar with most of the equipment but since Scott prefers continuous lighting some of it I was unfamiliar with. After unloading from the closet and packing equipment for travel it was time to leave. I was at the internship from 1 to 5 pm.
The second day at SLP was excited because I met Scott and anxious because of the next day shoot.

Long Time, No See . . . .

2007-06-23T14:37:00.000-07:00

I have an apartment. I have an internship. I finally have air-conditioning. I think the summer will be good. Eventually, Comcast will get its act together and give me the internet I paid for I will be able to post blogs more often.

More Importantly, the internship is going well at Scott Lowden Photography. I am learning so much about the commercial world and how it works on the inside. I am constantly surprised how much formal schooling leaves out of the "real world" of photography.

I will post later my last three times at the studio including a shoot I helped with in Northern Georgia and Dillard's.

First Day of Internship @ Scott Lowden Photography

2007-06-11T15:44:00.001-07:00

First day at Scott Lowden Photography studios was on June 7th and mainly consisted of meeting the freelance photoshop guy for SLP, Keith Martin and getting to know the house manager Callie more. Scott was not there today because he is on the road coming back from a Miami shoot they had earlier in the week. He is also getting married soon in San Marco. With Callie we talked more about how her background in Advertising has helped her in this job and how she got into managing through her printing company. She said the best lesson that she ever learned was to ask for what she wanted because not everyone knows what you want. She also explained to me a little how SLP estimates all the prices, then sends the estimates to his Representative, Holly(?) at Rep Girl, and then she sends the estimates to the client. She then gets the invoice and compares it to everything else.
She also explained more about what she does for Scott by producing the talent, the schedule, arranging catering, hotels, and locations.
Keith is Scott’s post-production and lighting guy. He helps on set by designing lights for a shoot and helping setting up. He said he is more like a 1st assistant or Director of photography on a movie set. He was more than helpful explaining everything that he was doing to the photos he was cleaning up. Scott had spent 8 days in Columbus, Ga photographing for the AFLAC company this past March. The problem was that the duck had to be in some shots and since it isn’t real Keith had to remove the armature and puppetmaster. His technique was interesting because he used the same idea of the clean plate that we used for Steve’s Bear Religion photos the Issues class did. Keith also does work on the site in photography with bands and said he was more than interested in having me help him.
The thing that I learned today that surprised me was that most of everyone in the industry at this level is freelance. Keith is freelance, Ryan (who is the digital assistant and not there today), and others. SLP has them on file when they need them and calls them up when needed. In a place like Miami they are listed in a company and if they do well and get along with everyone they use them again.
At SLP studios there is another photographer, Ian, who does food and two web designers. SLP studio space is amazing, however Scott chooses to mainly shoot on location.
I also laid down some carpet squares in the web designers office.
I came into work at 10 am and left at 2 40 pm (about 4 hrs and 40 min).

Toned Cyanotypes of Alternative Processes

2007-05-31T13:25:00.000-07:00

Here are some scans from my class in alternative processes. Enjoy.

How Bazaar

2007-05-24T19:22:00.001-07:00

I went to this bar in atlanta on peachtree called The Bazaar. We went for one of the painting grads, Yanna, birthday. It was fun and we ate cappuccino cheesecake. I didn't have a gift so I took some color polaroid with my hasselblad. I accidentally let the some of the photos touch before they dried so this one has some goo on it. Here is one of them.

PICS FROM RFD GALLERY EXHIBITION

2007-05-16T15:08:00.000-07:00

I wasn't able to attend the RFD Gallery reception because I opted to go see friends graduate from college. The gallery was nice enough to post pictures from the reception here.

RFD GALLERY

2007-04-30T20:18:00.000-07:00

This is the picture what was selected for an exhibition at Gallery RFD in Swainsboro, GA.

DOCUMENTATION AND DISTORTION

Guest Juror: Pete Christman
Professor of Photography @ SCAD

"Gallery RFD is currently seeking works of art that explore the photographer's capacity to reconstruct or document reality using their camera, darkroom, and other photographic tools. The intention of this exhibition is to explore the modern photographer's role and responsibility when recording the truth, distorting reality or creating a middle ground that has elements of both".

New Photos

2007-04-30T20:09:00.000-07:00

Here are some new pictures of what I have been working on recently. Enjoy.

2007-04-22T01:33:00.000-07:00

This goes along with the last post. It's from my dad:

"Listen, I had to let you know about this. I caught a little piece of "our kind of wresslin'" on the TV today. It was being held at the Appalachian Fair Grounds in Gray. The match I was privey to was Ricky Morton from The Rock 'n Roll Express - [long blonde mullet hair do] and "The Tennessee Red Neck" ! While they were "wrasslin'" the announcer commented on "what a loud and raucous crowd" they had. I could see about 10 people in the stands that were in camera view. Yes, there was the 75 year old lady in the 3rd row with her 55 year old daughter sitting with her. She didn't have a wheelchair or oxygen apparatus but she was there. She was clapping to the chants for Rock 'N Roll and pointed aggressively when the Tenn. Red Neck hit him with brass knuckles and then won the match. Of course, the referee saw nothing !!! DANG-IT........ Anyway, when Red Neck got out of the ring, he slipped the brass knuckles to his shady manager (in view of the fans) and the manager put them in his pocket. The old lady almost broke her pointing finger trying to let the ref know where the "knucks" were.....This was only about 5-7 minutes. I am somewhat saddened that I missed the whole match!"

HOME TOWN WRESTLIN"

2007-04-17T15:50:00.001-07:00

My dad sent me this because of its funny factor. Note (1) that the women's division will be held in "the pudding", (2) there is an autograph session at 6 pm, and (3) the admission price is $12.

Issues In Contemporary Photography FInale

2007-04-14T22:01:00.000-07:00

Here are the resulting pictures of our class on last wednesday. Check it.

Cliche Verre

2007-04-11T15:58:00.000-07:00

In my Alternative Process Class our project was to make a cliche Verre. Below is some history of cliche verre from [www.silverprint.co.uk] who knows their junk about old processes like this.

"Cliche-verre means literally 'glass picture'. It is also known as glass etching or hyalography (back to the old business of dredging the Greek and Latin dictionaries for fancy names - in this case the Greek word for glass). The method was used regularly to good effect by the French painters Corot and Millet. It is essentially a hand drawn negative and as such is difficult for historians and students of old processes to categorise. Perhaps it illustrates the currently held view that the artist's ideas are more important than the medium through which they are expressed."

Above are some examples of my cliche verres. What I used was acrylic paint on frame glass. I waited for the paint to partially dry and then imprinted my face, hand, and ear. All of these pictures were contact printed from paper negatives onto fiber paper.

Issues In Contemporary Photography According To A Pink Bear in a Tutu

2007-04-11T15:50:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures from my Issues class where we learned about group dynamics. The first photo we shot was on the 5th floor in SCAD-ATL which is the photo dept. The second shot was 3rd floor parking deck. Hilarity insued . . .

New Video

2007-04-05T17:34:00.001-07:00

Here is the another video from the past weekend. Where SFT played at Jefferson City Middle School in Jeff City, TN.

SFT VIDEO BLOG

2007-04-03T18:26:00.000-07:00

Here is the video I made from last weekend of shoot for tomorrow show at FXP in knoxville, tn.
Check it out here.

Smile ideas

2007-04-02T01:12:00.000-07:00

So I was thinking today that if I ever get the smile project into a gallery here are some ideas I could implement to make the show more "interactive". A mirror with a mask hanging by a thread so someone could see themselves with a mask and the mirror is actually a two-way mirror and people could watch from the other side or it could be videotaped; pre-made masks with the other side my business card or a list of the pictures in the show; setup a photo shoot for people to get their picture with a mask; more later . . . .

If you were wondering . .

2007-04-02T01:10:00.000-07:00

For any of you that wondering what I do in grad school . . . .

Final Class

2007-03-14T18:21:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow is the final class for studio. For the last assignment I worked more on my "smile" series where I take a mask I got at a dentist office of a female's mouth smiling and showing her teeth and placed it in front of portraits. For this incarnation of the series I made my own masks. I shot several students with a glamour light set up (soft box above camera, straight on) and then cut out various parts of the face such as eye or eyes and mouths smiling or not smiling. I then asked people to pick there favorite facial-feature-on-a-stick and hold it up. Here is what I ended up with. I took these pictures to the next level and desaturated the backgound while leaving the mask as shot but with less contrast. I would have a set up shot with these but I ran out of card space. I set up the camera at least 6 feet from background and the camera with the focal length to its maximum to throw the background out of focus. I also had a light with a grid spot to light the backgound to help emphasize the figure.

hasselblad manuals

2007-02-27T14:59:00.000-08:00

I found this website to be extremely helpful in my new hasselblad. On this website you can down load all the hasselblad manuals for free!

Portrait Assignment

2007-02-27T14:39:00.000-08:00

The pictures from my studio assignment for portraits was set up around the idea. The set up included using a crane stand to hold up the lamp. The lamp was so heavy that we had to use a stand to hold it up which led me to clone it out in post. The camera was set far away from the backdrop to help blur the lights on the background. I stretched from one curtain to another in the studio. In the end I think I would have liked the pictures better with more light on the model's face. I had a soft box set up with the modeling light set very low. I also cloned and moved the "fireflies" around for balance in post.

Portrait Assignment Idea

2007-02-21T14:11:00.000-08:00

Here is the idea for my portrait assignment. I want to use christmas lights behind black fabric with a self powered lantern. I will use strobes to produce a hair light or edge light. This time we are using digital cameras but I was thinking to shoot a couple of 4x5 transperecy.

MIXED LIGHT ASSIGNMENT / DREAMS

2007-02-16T10:45:00.000-08:00

Today we shot the assignment for mixed lighting. We used the concepts we learned with the ambient light assignment but instead of using an electronic product we used the tungsten lights or the hot lights. My set up was to mimic the desk of a successful musician photographer. I used the strobes as fill lights so the hot lights, which was set up to look like a desk lamp, did not have harsh shadows. The final shot was f32 at 5 seconds.

SHORT STORY/ AMBIENT LIGHT ASSIGNMENT

2007-02-13T14:38:00.000-08:00

For this assignment we had to take a short story for our environment and use a our subject a electrical device that produces its own light. I wanted to do The Christmas Story and use christmas lights but I couldn't find a suitable BB gun (it turned out that our teacher had one). So I turned to the next best thing, Poject 86. The lead singer had published a few books about his travels in the band. In one particular story he talks about a moment where he is half asleep and half awake listening to his ipod and looking out of the van window while traveling to their next concert. He notices a police car driving beside the van on the interstate and comments on how the passenger is chewing on sunflower seeds and spitting the shells out of the open window. This was the idea behind my shot. Using a soft box on one strobe I shot it half power with a f-stop of 16.9 at 4 seconds. We had to use the longer exposure to capture the ambient light. The exposure s after that went as normal (-1/2, +1/2, and +1 stop from the normal exposure whick was f16 at 4 seconds). The hardest part of this shot was arrangment. This included tilting the ipod so that the light didn't reflect into the screen and you could actually view the lit screen.

Ideas

2007-02-04T09:48:00.000-08:00

I have been trying to find the "idea". Here are some of them: taking pictures of different facial expressions using a large format camera with transparencies, taking pictures of license plates, scanning different people's drivers license, take pictures of everyone's kitchen on my hall with medium format or digital, have a camera on an elevator and take a picture of surprised people walking thru the elevator doors. Another idea is to take a picture every 5 steps or 8 steps through my whole day (call the project 8 steps) or every 30 seconds take a picture.

FLATWARE ASSIGNMENT

2007-02-02T13:33:00.000-08:00

We shot the flatware assignment today, Friday instead of Thursday because of a snow storm where she lives 2 hours from school. Some of the student shot on thursday anyway while the others shot today. Zubair and I came in about 1 pm to shoot ours and since he is shooting in digital he gets some experience with the 4 x 5 while helping me. I do what I can. So I wanted to do a college dorm type shot with some blue glass plates that match the fork, knife, and spoon I brought in. I borrowed a book from Valentina to use as a backdrop coupled with Zubair tablecloth that we ironed for an hour trying to get rid of the wrinkles. I shot with a 210 lens this time instead of the 150 mm lens I shot the last assignments with because i wanted to be up close to the cutlery. The best exposure I got with the polariod was #4 (f22 @ 4 sec with a stop and a 1/5 bellows extention.). Going from that Polaroid, which is 100 ISO to the 64T (which is 64 ISO transparency film) and keeping the depth of field that I wanted with f22. I decided to shoot the brackets with the time. So . . . keeping the f-stop (22): normal was at 7 seconds, 10 secwas 1/5 stop lighter, 14 sec was 1 stop lighter, and 5 sec was 1/2 stop darker. Above pictures are of the shoot setup and an idea photo I got from the internet. I developed the pictures and the last image is the one that I turned in for the assignment. I am also planning on keeping the flatware because I am tired of using plastic ones.

Glass Assignment

2007-01-23T14:44:00.000-08:00

Today in Studio Craft we did the glass assignment. The idea I originally had for the assignment was this dreamy concept but it did not work for various reasons (backdrop too wrinkled, etc). Here is what I did end up shooting. The first polaroid was too bright (f5.6@1/4 metering for 64). The second was too dark (f5.6@1/15 metering for 100). The third was right on (f8@1/4 metering for 100). We then shot film transperencies 64T color for 4x5. One shot was normal (f5.6 1/3@1/4 metering for 64) then one open 1 stop, open 1/2 stop, and the last - 1/2 stop. It should be interesting to see how everyone else did.

Open Studio

2007-01-22T20:34:00.000-08:00

Here is a picture I found from the SCAD Open Studio last quarter. The photo grad students did a demo for the open studio exhibition celebrating the opening of the photography floor here at SCAD-Atlanta. This is Prof Turk and I testing out the 4x5 demostration with a polaroid back. The set up was to use strobes to catch the image of the person and then, with the shutter still open use flashlights to draw with the light. Pretty effective since photography literaly means in Greek "to paint with light".

New Stuff

2007-01-20T22:24:00.000-08:00

So, I'm pretty excited because I spent a lot of monies on camera gear. I got a speedlite 550ex. I also got a zigview which is a live view through the eye piece of the camera. It spins 360 degrees so I can see it from all directions. I think this device will help me while taking pictures of bands allowing me to get crazy angles while not having to sit on the floor. I also got film and a printfile case for my negatives. I got some items at the wal-mart for my studio craft glass assignment for tuesday.

Lenny's Bar

2007-01-17T21:06:00.000-08:00

Here are some pictures from Lenny's Bar from the Jan. 10 th. The bands where called Judi Chicago, Tenth to the Moon, Porches on the Autobahn. The first two bands are Atlanta local bands and the last band is from Germany on a cross country tour. They are Electronic/Indie. Check these guys out. They are pretty sweet.

Pinhole Websites

2007-01-17T20:51:00.000-08:00

I found some website on pinhole cameras. Here is one. Here is another. Also here is a site where you can buy laser cut pinholes for camera. Enjoy.

First Studio Assignment

2007-01-16T14:20:00.000-08:00

For studio class today we took pictures of our objects. I went before class to PPR to buy a seamless background for class. I bought the 9ft, of course, because I had to be difficult and it barely fit into my car. It was the first time I had to put the back seats down so I could have the tube run from my trunk to the windshield. I also spent about $45 bucks on it so I hope that I can get my refund check soon to pay for the rest of the gear I need for the class. So here are the setups I ended up with and the resulting picture. The first picture I shot at F8 at 2 seconds with no exposure compensation. The second picture was taken at f16 at 2 seconds also with no compensation.

first class assignment

2007-01-15T20:03:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow is our first class assignment. We are going to shoot in class 3 similar white objects on a table. I am going to use 3 pizza boxes from mellow mushroom. I am going to try to get a seamless tomorrow morning before class probably from PPR. I am going to shoot the table top with a light from the side and a reflector on the other to even out the light. I am going to have the seamless curved up in the background and shoot level so that the boxes seem gigantic and like a city. I am looking forward to shooting this assignment. I am also looking forward to see how the critique goes with our teacher. I have high hopes for this class and so far it is coming through.

RESOURCES

2007-01-15T19:54:00.000-08:00

I found some really great places for photography supplies. One place is called PPR and its located on 11th st. You can get many different kinds of film and also rent tons of stuff. Another place is showcase. Check it out here. Another place is samflax. Here you can get paper supplies and get your matte cut along with frames. You can also get painting supplies, drafting supplies, and drawing supplies. The people are really nice and helpfull. You can also get portfolio supplies.

PINHOLE

2007-01-14T23:21:00.000-08:00

I am really excited because I found online a guy who posted on his blog here how to make a matchbook pinhole camera. The opening is 24mm x 24mm opening so I should be able to get alot of images from one roll of film. I am also going to try to make a pinhole camera out of a cigarette box. These two ideas will go along with the other pictures I have done with the digital pinhole camera. I might try some other ideas with the digital pinhole. I think I'll buy some color lights to use in the studio.

birthday

2007-01-12T13:37:00.000-08:00

Today is my 24th so I thought I'd give myself a cake.

Over Break

2007-01-12T13:22:00.000-08:00

Here are a few pictures that I did over the Christmas break. I made a pinhole camera from a body cap for my digital. Here are the most intersting ones I thought. I liked the circle effect on the lights they are on the first 4. Just click on them to see a bigger pics and you can see the effect better.

glass project idea

2007-01-12T13:10:00.000-08:00

So I have this idea for the glass project. It will prob be perfume or a bottle of some kind with a girl standing next to cropped so you cant see her face with her nad laying on the table or the bottle. I want diffused light like in the picture so that it looks dreamy or as if the light was coming thru the curtains. I cant really find a picture close to what I an visualizing but something from a vogue magazine.

the beginning

2007-01-12T12:47:00.000-08:00

This is the beginning of the my blog for my studio class I'm taking at SCAD-atlanta. In here I hope to write down ideas and other things for class and other stuff I'm thinking about. I hope you likey. Check out my portfolio on the web.

Lee Jones Photography

Pieces At Atlantic Station Show

SHOW VIDEO FROM ATLANTIC STATION ! ! !

Old Video from WW II

Documentary Video

Video Panorama

New Video

Last Week

Seventh Week

Sixth Week

Fifth Week

Fourth Week

Third Week

My Second Week

The first week

Orientation

KA-CHUNK

New Video

More Videos By Me

May 7th Exhibition with THE OPAL GALLERY

INDIE PEACE at THREAD HOUSE in ATL

Picture from SLP

New Assignment for Current Magazine

New Video I did

Publications

Lee @ Miami Art Fair

Art House Porfolio Show

INDIE PEACE VID

INDIE PEACE

A Million Little Pictures

My Pictures From Last Shoot

5 assistants, 3 clients, 2 models, and a partridge in a pear tree

Table Clothes and Publix

Break and Lighting Set-up

Doc Chey's and Layer Masks

Availibility and Staples

Pictures from Aug 2 Shoot

August 3 and Pre-visualization

August 2 and Photoshoot

August 1 and Pre-Pro Number 2

July 31 and Scouting Again

July 26 and Pre-Pro Meeting

July 25 and Scouting

Food and Pre-Production

Stock Photography and a Gas-Powered Generator

Estimates and Shooting for Ebay

Errands and Meeting

Photos From Whimsy Press Photo Shoot

Product Shoot

Errands and Stuff

Dillard's Debriefing

Pictures From Dillard's Shoot

PHOTOSHOOT FOR DILLARD'S

Second Day at SLP

Long Time, No See . . . .

First Day of Internship @ Scott Lowden Photography

Toned Cyanotypes of Alternative Processes

How Bazaar

PICS FROM RFD GALLERY EXHIBITION

RFD GALLERY

New Photos

HOME TOWN WRESTLIN"

Issues In Contemporary Photography FInale

Cliche Verre

Issues In Contemporary Photography According To A Pink Bear in a Tutu

New Video

SFT VIDEO BLOG

Smile ideas

If you were wondering . .

Final Class

hasselblad manuals

Portrait Assignment

Portrait Assignment Idea

MIXED LIGHT ASSIGNMENT / DREAMS

SHORT STORY/ AMBIENT LIGHT ASSIGNMENT

Ideas

FLATWARE ASSIGNMENT

Glass Assignment

Open Studio

New Stuff