Magazine Cover

So this was my original vision when we were assigned the magazine cover assignment. I used a strong rule of thirds keeping in mind to leave room for the graphic designer to ad text and what not, and i shot the subject weighted right as if leading right into the magazine. With all this being shot and thought out, I then realized magazine covers are not horizontal. -_-

So I re-shot vertical. This was my second shot. I found it to be harder leaving breathing room for text and things without having the background too cluttered and distracting. It would've been easier to accomplish that if it was a shoot in a studio but that's not the type of magazine I was "shooting" for.

This I would say is my final one. I've seen issues of this magazine ( Equestrian) and many others where the title of the publication is behind an important part of the photo, in this case the subjects head. And there's room on the sides for other texts. But I put all three up to see what you guys think!

RAW v.s. JPEG

After the last assignment we had I was really interested in all the differences between RAW files and JPEG files, besides the obvious. This website was really basic in explain everything but I really liked the breakdown at the end where it suggests what you should shoot in for all different types of photography. It's not saying you have to but they're just suggestive accurate reasons why one format would be more useful than the other. Definitely really helpful and you should check it out :)

http://www.slrlounge.com/raw-vs-jpeg-jpg-the-ultimate-visual-guide

We were talking a lot about proper exposure between the subject and the background so I was really consious of it during this shoot. Shooting with a polorizer filter was making the exposure of the sky and the horse too dark so i took it off, metered the two and came out with this. I've also been trying to remember to get close to my subjects. I don't really ever zoom in that much because it throws everything off, but i usually am pretty consistant with how far I am from my subjects. I shot this as close as I could get with a 55-80mm at f/4.0

Strobist

http://strobist.blogspot.com/2011/09/bjorn-stopped-by-house-on-way-home.html

I love this site. I always visit it time to time so that I have lots of new blogposts to read instead of just one or two. Always learn about new techniques for lighting photos, learn new strobes and other photo stuff, see awesome photos. The way he writes is also relaxed so it doesn't get dry. awesome site :)