Armada Skis

So this is the photo i was trying to reproduce. It's an advertisement for Armada Skis featuring Tanner Hall.




I took a photograph of my roommate Scott in the light studio and superimposed it onto a photo I took over spring break in Colorado.

Studium / Punctum

In this shot, studium is the cluttered, cozy feeling of a desk mid-study session, lit by warm light. The punctum is the shadow cast on the subjects cheek, giving him a gaunt look, very much at odds with the studium.



In this photo, studium is the odd feeling that the mask evokes, a sense of false perfection. Punctum is the contradiction created by the water droplets, almost erotic.

Una Idea

I'm thinking about reproducing Avedon's style by taking pictures of my roommate against a white background. To attempt to reproduce the light in his "In the American West" series I plan on bouncing the flash off of white foam board and perhaps using the umbrella. I also was thinking of asking my subject a question, or telling him a story designed to catch him with his guard down. What do you think?

now i'm a strobistist