Composite

An assignment I did before I left for my intern. A portrait composite with the portrait in studio and the background on location.

Self Promo 1

Story time.... the first time I attempted to shoot spaghetti I dove right in and photographed it and prepared like I would eat it. NO NO NO. Food that is for photographing is hardly ever edible. Well I prepared it to eat. Quite frankly it looked like dog food. I learned from it, took the criticism, and this is take 2. I am much happier with this version than I was the first... Hint  it never got posted. 

Self Promo 6

Sexy, Bold, Shadows and Glitter.

 Canon 5DM2 with a 24-105mm 

Self Promo 5

For my last two promos I went sparkly. 

I shot this with a 645 Digital Back with a 120 macro Lens.

I wanted detail and crisp. 

Pano

My pano.

beautiful horses.

 country.

5DM2. 17-40 mm

26 frames

Courage

Our Client assignment #4 we had to photograph eggs.

Our one rule was he had to be able to see a dozen of eggs, no more no less.

I chose to support Breast Cancer Awareness. 

Butterfly....

I found him at work being blown away by the wind.

Self Promo 3

CBR 600 rr

Every day I attempted to photograph this bike it rained. Finally when the sun comes out I am at work until 8pm. In the end it worked out beautifully. I knew exactly what I wanted the final image to look like and that is what I am showing you. I used my Nikon D5000, 55-200mm lens, SB-600, Cactus to get the flash to fire. I really hope you enjoy.

Time Lapse

Back Together Again from steffanie strickland on Vimeo.

My time lapse video

Self Promo 4

My dads cruiser.Such a beautiful thing it is.

 This is not what I imagined my final photograph to look like, but since the weather was not cooperating and when it finally did, the arrangements of who was going to drive it for the shot and getting it back to the owner in time was not working. In the end I learned to have a better plan B. Hey, I am still learning! So instead of having someone drive the bike along the back curvy roads with a beautiful blue sky and puffy cotton ball clouds with some hills and land in the background, I had to improvise. Details on this bike was difficult. Chrome everywhere. I was in every angel of the bike. 

Enjoy!

Boating

The Boat.

Baydin Lake.

Camping.

Fishing. 

Fun. 

PIE.

We learned how to make a little world today. I went to the playground to shoot mine and now it looks like a pie. This is not my final, so don't judge. This was a LAB. But i thought it was cool. 

Interior Living Space

Client #2, we had to shoot an interior living space. The object was to have even lighting, one direction of lighting to only cast one shadow. One sun- one shadow. I used two broncolor strobes, one to the left of her bed and the other is placed slightly out of her bedroom door to right of the computer. I used a 

17-35mm lens. I am really pleased with the outcome of this photo shoot. With no tips from the instructor on how to light it but kust to dive in he was pleased with my work. My thought process was, Does this look like something that could go in a catalog? Close because the S is crooked but everything else is nicely thought out. A special thanks for my model and her mom and dad for letting me use the space. My close friend Sammantha and her living space.  

Center of Attention

Making this was not easy. I didn't have a clue on how to make an arrangement. The concept is very clear... broccoli looks like a flower and I wanted to place it somewhere unexpected. I like the idea and how the photo turned out. This was for our first client assignment, we had to photograph vegetables. I set the place but the lighting is to cold. but this is exactly how I envisioned it.

Enjoy! 

Self Promo 2

Raspberry Cheesecake

Oh So Good. 

This is one of my self promo. 

I am very pleased with the outcome.
Nikon D5000. 18-55 mm

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

A classic car is a work of art. I can look at these babies all day long. Would gladly test drive a select few =).

Back in Time

VW Bug

Ford Roadster

Lonely

All alone after a noon shower

Summer Time

The Beautiful Model Ashley Brinkley

Simple Love

Sam Trotter

Make-up--> Angela K

Digital Back

Details in the Shop

With a purple gel this is a detail shot from my industrial project. I love the purple gel on this. It makes for an interesting look. 

First Look

Model- Sammantha Trotter

Make-up - Angela K

Alpina- Digital Back

Focus-Move-Hold-Click-Click Again

73 Ford

My Composite with a new look.

Using some Light room Presets.

Experimenting. 

I like it.

J.H. Adams Inn

Alpina-Camera

4x5 Ektachrome Transparency-Film

Beauty at 6-ish

 

Nikon FE2 35mm

The beauty of it all. 

Shot with an Alpina 4x5 film camera. 

 table top assignment

Ektachrome Transparency Film that expired 2006.

Amazing.

Tea Time

Very first shot. See the line down the middle and the white balance was way off. The line was the hardest part about this assignment. 

Product lighting assignment. This was difficult. I really wanted to do something with a bit of a challenge, as if the assignment wasn't hard enough. Well.. I got what I wanted. This took two hours to shoot and get the final image that I imagined. No reflections of me, white balance correct, objects reflecting in the metal have close to color matching as possible. I used five lights. Several objects reflecting light. I tried so hard to get rid of the the black line going straight down the middle. 

Crystal

This is my glass that I turned in for my glass assignment for my product lighting class. I photographed two different glasses but really liked how this one turned out. We had to create a dark image and a bright image. ENJOY!

Nathan Dixon

I seen him walking with his bike in downtown greensboro and I chased him down in not a creepy way. I just had to have his photograph. He was really cool to talk to and had just an awesome story to tell. Bike riding is a healthy addiction to have.  Nathan had a dream that just would not leave his thoughts. Sitting in class daydreaming of when he might have a chance to bike the US. He drops everything, informs his family and takes off with a mission in mind. Visiting some relatives along his long journey, by the end of the year he will have visited all the regions of the US. Good luck Nathan!

Stranger Danger... Whoop Whoop.

HDR Tone

This totally fits his personality. 

Steven Dowling.

Tattoo Artist in Downtown High point. 

Fabulous.

Americana!

At the grasshopper game all the little kids ran for the fowl balls falling towards the fans.

HDRing It Baby!

We could pick any photo we wanted and turn it crazy looking and wild. Just plain out un-natural. I really love doing the HDR project for my custom color printing class. 

Bokeh

Ms. Lindsay, thank you for modeling. I originally had photographed my nephew but did not like the outcome. Mainly because he wouldn't corporate. This is my Bokeh for my small format assignment.

You were Framed

For our small format class we had a framing assignment. You are looking through a Sinar-F1 camera with the ground glass and the lens removed. Thank you Josh for modeling.

Blue

For product lighting I photographed my necklace and my favorite peace of pottery. Used window light and reflective material underneath and a big fill card. I loved doing this assignment. I was really pleased with how this turned out.

Cat Fishing

            I watched the whole thing. Gross but so interesting. He was caught, hung, and stripped.

Face to Face

This banner ties in with our 36 people project. We had to pick our 6 best from our 36 and print a banner  8' tall with our photos 6' tall with an inch of border and a quarter in between. The easy part was putting them on the canvas. The painful part was printing it. It took forever because I was trying to get the color correct and not waste a ton of paper. I met some pretty unique people though. They were great to talk to. left to right---> Danielle young, Xavier Adames, April Thompson, Aaron Rosa, Nathan Dixon, and Dresean Williams.

NiNjA!!

Meet my mini reptilian king. 

Light Extravaganza

Small Format---> Creative time. This assignment was a little challenging but fun. I used a piece of material that gave the reflection that I wanted, slowed my shutter to 20 seconds and popped some red gel. I really liked the outcome. Enjoy!

Human Burger

For a moment when they all come out on the field I thought they where sumo wrestling, but then I heard they had to race to make a human burger. Oh that was so funny. Ready, Set, Go!