Individual Outside Portable Light Reflector Project

This project was assigned in my Advanced Television Production class with Mr. Harwood. We went outside to take pictures with and without light reflectors. The three photographs are: Person shot in harsh glare with sun directly behind; Person in same position with reflector bouncing sunlight onto subject’s face showing improved face lighting; Wide shot showing reflector in use to redirect sunlight. 

Person shot in harsh glare with sun directly behind

 Same position with reflector bouncing sunlight onto her face showing improved face lighting; 

Wide shot showing reflector in use to redirect sunlight. 

Four Classic Portrait Lighting Techniques

The four classic portrait lighting techniques are the Rembrandt, Split, Broad and Butterfly lighting. In my advance TV production class, we learned and executed the 4 techniques.

Rembrandt Lighting consists of the key light, fill light and back light, you could find the definitions of that on one of my other blog posts below.

Split Lighting requires the key light only.

Broad Lighting consists of using the rembrandt lighting setup but the subject's face has to be turned off center so that the broad side is more exposed.

Butterfly Lighting gets its name from the butterfly shaped shadow that is created under the nose by placing the main light source above and directly behind the camera.

                                                                  Rembrandt Lighting

                                                                     Broad Lighting

                                                                Butterfly Lighting

                                                                       Split Lighting

Three- Point Lighting

Three- Point Lighting

Three- point lighting is a method used in media e.g., video, film, still photography and computer-generated imagery.  It is a simple technique using key light, fill light, and back light to cast different lighting on the subject.

In my production class, we were asked to execute and photograph three-point lighting. 

These two photos show all three of the lights. The key light (the light to the right) this is the primary light positioned over the interviewer (Jalen Ryant) and the guest (myself). The fill light is the center light and it used to to create the light across the guest's face.

These photos are close-ups used to show the light across the subjects face.

These photos show a different perspective on the video interview scenario. It allows you to see the subjects face and the camera.

Obama Interviews

This was a project in my TV Production and editing class. This video shows students sharing their thoughts on the Election and Obama's legacy.

Please watch and feel free to comment.

Chestnut Street pedestrian bridge

This was a project in my TV Production and editing class. This video is showing the progress of the new Chestnut street pedestrian bridge being built on South Carolina State's campus. The bridge was approved to be built on a $3.5 million dollar budget. In August, SC State received addition money to complete the budget. The bridge is scheduled to be done soon

Sequence Film

This was a project in my TV Production and editing class. In short, we were instructed to shoot sequence film of a classmate leaving class and going outside. The goal was to shoot and direct this in 10 frames. Watch below.

Kaepernick Caught In A Blender

The Media and False Narratives

San Francisco 49ers quarterback, Colin Kaepernick, made headlines once again for comments on Fidel Castro.

On August 30 2016, Kaepernick arrived to a press conference wearing a shirt that showed pictures of Fidel Castro and Malcolm X. These pictures were captured during Castro’s visit to Harlem in 1960. In which Malcolm and Castro met and spoke about the oppression of Afro-Cubans.

In a conference call with the South Florida media Wednesday, Kaepernick praised Castro’s ideals on education. “One thing that Fidel Castro did do is they have the highest literacy rate because they invest more in their education system than they do in their prison system, which we do not do here, even though we’re fully capable of doing that,” "I agree with the investment in education. I also agree with the investment in free universal health care as well as the involvement in helping end apartheid in South Africa," said Kaepernick.

He then stated, “I’m not talking about Fidel Castro and his oppression. I’m talking about Malcolm X and what he’s done for people.” By saying these things, he thought that the media would portray his comments in the right fashion but that did the complete opposite.

Kaepernick this Sunday choose to clarify his comments and talk briefly about the misconception of his words. "Trying to push the false narrative that I was a supporter of the oppressive things he [Castro] did is just not true," Kaepernick said. "I said I support the investment in education, I never said I support the oppressive things he [Castro] did."

Kaepernick truly showed the world once again that the media is responsible for false narratives. His choice to stand for educational advances over prison investments is something that is getting over looked. The focus has become idealizing an oppressor in Fidel Castro, which was never his intentions, as he as previously stated.