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Ooooh, the colors here are so cool. Is this the product of the process you were telling me about?
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It is.
These photos don't do them justice...
I used an old digital camera in high school to make a cd to get into the Mass art class.
Looking for photos to put up here has made me want to start shooting again.
I like your work a lot and want to hear more about your movies!
Maybe we could even figure out a way for me to see one.
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I'd love to see them in person then. The colors are gorgeous.
You should definitely start taking photos again. Even if it's just with a regular camera, I think it's great to just have them. And who knows. One of my friends from high school has a camera that if you hold it still enough, it could have been taken from an SLR camera. And it's just super fun.
Thanks! I actually haven't started any movies at this point. I have a lot of ideas though (and quite a lot for a couple of simple animations,) but unfortunately, I don't know a thing about lighting and camera angles and of the like. It'll happen eventually, hopefully this semester, but I really have no clue.
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I'm sure i have those photos kicking around some where...
I'd be glad to show them to you.
On an other note...
Lighting is the most important part of a photo.
You could have the most beautiful subject and with out the right lighting the photo will fail.
I'd be glad to give you a crash course in gorilla lighting sometime...
All you really need to get started are a few flood, spot, and halogen bulbs, two clamp on light things, an extension cord or two and a big sheet of white cardboard.
It usually costs me about $40 to get a lighting kit together at homedepot or some other hardware store.
Start with one light.
Shine it onto your model.
Notice that a single light source gives deep shadows with little detail.
Flood lamps give a softer light, spot lights are obviously more focused and halogen lights give hard light and shadow.
Next use the cardboard to reflect some of the light back on to the model, this softens up and adds detail to the shadows.
Try 3 or 4 different bulbs in the same setup and see what they do.
Next add a second light.
Move it around until you like what you are seeing...
I often put it behind the model to get interesting highlights around her profile.
Other times i put it above her, to the side or even bounce a halogen light off a ceiling or wall.
When i'm using two light sources and a reflector, i'm usually trying to get a 3d sort of lighting.
Experiment and you will eventually develop your own style.
That said, natural lighting is always best especially at sun rise and set...
If you can and its the effect your looking for use a window as one of your light sources.
Sun reflecting off of water is also great.
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Awesome! And I would love a crash course in lighting sometime. I don't know too much (anything) about lighting at this point (except that my photos don't take in the dark XD) and thank you for the tips! I'm definitely going to be referring back to this quite a bit as I begin filming.
Although, I'm having a bit of a dilemma with my major. Through a couple of recent events (and finding out that the film department here does more with short, artistic films, rather than directing and whatnot,) I've been looking at a couple other majors that I might want to pursue, mainly animation and illustration. Photography is an option too, but... yeah. My brain is in such a jumble right now, it's ridiculous.
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I'm sure you'll figure it out.
Could always blaze your own path!
Take what you want from what they have to offer.
Figure the rest out for your self.
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Thanks. 
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