head shot

©2006Rachel Cummings


I shot this for James (one, of our many head shot assignments) I really wanted a natural but different kind of head shot, so I took Grant t o a park in Burlington and started shooting. I used natural light, I shot on my canon 20D settings were ISO 100 f/5.6 at 1/6.

Concentration Assignment

©2006 Rachel Cummings


This assignment was for Chucks commercial class. The assignment (client 2) was was to choose a model and do a on-white-backgrouond head shot. I approached t his assignment by asking my roommate to be my model, and went in and shot where chuck and the rest of the class set up the lights, reflectors, umbrellas and other photographic lighting. For this shot I used the Mamiya RZ-67 with a 150 mm lens. My settings were f/8 @ 1/60.

Jack

©2006 Rachel Cummings



i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)
i am never without it (anywhere i go you go,my dear;
and whatever is done by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear no fate (for you are my fate,my sweet)
i want no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;
which grows higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)
-e e cummings

riley

©2006 Rachel Cummings

As days passed on a family trip, I began to get bored. Riley, my cousin, was eating supper and I noticed the light hitting her face as she turned around to see her Dad. I grabbed my camera and began shooting.
I picked the photo as my first entry because I thought it displayed what I truly love about photography, amazing timing and beautiful light.