Tag Archives: lighting

Class Demo: Food

Posted on April 22, 2017 by ndking

Thursday (4/20) I did a demo of food photography for the Lighting Class.  In a class lecture on the previous Tuesday we discussed plated vs. studio food issues and advertising vs editorial style shooting and I showed them a number of examples. The … Continue reading →

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WRIST WATCH DEMO IN CLASS

Posted on April 13, 2017 by ndking

For my Lighting Techniques class, the next assignment is jewelry.  For the first demo I decided to do a watch since it combines issues of reflectivity (metal band and bezel) and transparency (the face) for a fairly simple starting point.  … Continue reading →

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LIGHTING DEMO – Light Meter

Posted on February 19, 2017 by ndking

Well, Spring 2017 semester is well underway and after preliminary calibration exercises to help students learn the abilities and limitations of their cameras, in the lighting class I did a demo for the 2nd shooting assignment: a Product that is … Continue reading →

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Boot Demo for Lighting Class 

Posted on February 18, 2016 by ndking

This week’s assignment for the lighting class was to create a catalog cover shot of something solid and textured. It could be anything but had to be larger than a watch and smaller than a suitcase — basically something that … Continue reading →

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Commercial Break: Demo for Lighting Class

Posted on April 17, 2015 by ndking

We interrupt the Taos Trip series (there will be one more post — No. 7 — but all the images and narrative are not quite ready) to bring you a quick demo shot for the lighting class at City College. … Continue reading →

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Demo in Studio: Lots of Texture for the Lighting Class

Posted on February 27, 2015 by ndking

This week I shot a demo for the lighting class to illustrate lighting to emphasize texture.  Their assignment is a solid textured object in which the texture is an important sales feature of the item they have chosen.  To show … Continue reading →

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Last Shot Before Death Valley 

Posted on April 16, 2014 by ndking

My Landscape Class’s field trip to Death Valley kicks off tomorrow morning when we will all hit the road and head to a most unusual place. It is a place at once terrifying, especially if you were a person in … Continue reading →

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Another Lighting Demo: Light Tents and Painting with Light

Posted on March 3, 2014 by ndking

UPDATED! It looks like this is going to be a frenzied week after a week of quiet and much needed rain.  It started today (Monday) with a demonstration for my lighting class at City College. The topic was shiny/reflective items … Continue reading →

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Full of Beans in the Middle of Nowhere

Posted on December 1, 2013 by ndking

It started out as a plan to produce a fun shot for the Sinclair-King collaborative food portfolio.  The concept Cynthia had was to find a spot in the wilds where we could stage a campfire scene with beans in a … Continue reading →

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Planning for a Workshop

Posted on November 28, 2013 by ndking

San Diego — I guess I’ve been a producer too long but I am driven half crazy by presenters of seminars and workshops who can barely spell “project management” much less demonstrate it.  Relying on their subject matter expertise, which … Continue reading →

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