who's that lady?

This week we had to shoot a portrait of a classmate in two lighting situations: just one light and maybe a reflector and then in a multiple strobe head fiasco. I shot Chen, who is an exchange student from Beijing studying architecture at Mizzou.



Chen Yang doesn't want to be a photographer, but rather, an architect. "I'm taking [advanced techniques] because there's a connection between all types of art," she said. "Like, when I design a building, maybe a church, I think about light. There's a special kind of beauty in that."

one light source:


In order to study architecture at the University of Missouri, Chen Yang moved away from her family in their native Beijing to a small midwestern college town. Never does this duality in her life represent itself more, Yang says, than in opportunities to shop. "There's only one mall here! At home, we have so many."

What do you think?
-p.

studio studio studio

So Stonacek and I spent some time in the studio yesterday so I could practice with the lights before I actually have to do it for class. Yum yum.
I stole these photos from him on facebook, which is hamfisted with its color processing so I promise the colors look better. I'll re-upload when I get copies from him.