I started out the day under the impression that I had a centerpiece. The story was about stressed out students, and I figured we could do a pretty cool photo illustration to get the idea across. I figured I’d shoot a few test-frames using myself as the subject to show Keith, the Editor-in-chief, my idea rather than try and explain it to him. Keith looked at the photo and said, “It’s a good photo, but that story already ran.” That means at all of a sudden, at 4pm, I no longer had a centerpiece.
It’s funny that at the end of the day I was sitting at the photo desk in the exact same pose as in the picture.
On to the fun stuff: The photo was shot with a 70-200 on a tripod set on a 10-second timer. I lit the photo with one flash straight overhead triggered with Pocketwizards. The books were all borrowed from behind Jim’s desk.
4 responses so far ↓
lenscapremoved // January 25, 2008 at 3:08 am |
It’s funny how things whip around on you. I hope I can get this yearbook crew cranking to help you out man. I’m trying my best.
Keith Smiley // February 5, 2008 at 7:25 am |
I first skimmed this post and thought “wow, that guy sounds like an asshole.” And then I realized you were quoting me.
sabrina hounshell // February 10, 2008 at 3:32 am |
i love the lighting on this
Aneta // January 9, 2009 at 8:06 pm |
I’m writing an article for school about college and your picture would be perfect for it. The article is not getting published in a school newspaper or anything but we’d still like your permission to use it and how you’d like to be credited.
If you want I could send you a copy of the article when we’re done.
Thanks