Magazine Shoots

Cover

I decided to make my cover be from Sports Illustrated, because I really love to play sports and I thought it would allow for some really fun athlete photographing. My cover actually didn't turn out at all how I had originally planned, but I really like the final product. I was originally going to use hard lights on either side of the model, but the flash kit wasn't workng, so I ended up just using natural light. I really like how the lighting ended up coming out, and the intensity in my models face is exactly how I was imagining my picture, so I'm really happy with that too. Once I took the picture, I edited the lighting to make the exposure of the model better, and I took the color out of everything except for her and the track. In photoshop, I used many different text layers fort all the text on the cover. Getting the word "Illustrated" behind my model was the most difficult part, but I'm really happy with how it all ended up coming out! I referenced a photographer named Walter Looss, who does a lot of both studio athlete photography and on location photography for Sports Illustrated magazine. His website- http://walteriooss.com

Advertisement

My advertisement is for a company that sells lots of track and field equiptment, M-F Athletic. I took this in the studio with two lights on either side of the relay baton. The hardest part about lighting this photo was to get it bright enough that you could read the writing on the baton, but not have it so bright that there was a big glare on the metal. I did the most work on this picture in photoshop. First I brightened it so the baton itself was very clear and stood out more. Then, because the lettering on the baton I used was very faded, I had to go along every word and paint black back in to make it look new. There were also many scratches on the baton, so I used the spot healing brush and clone stamp tool to get rid of those. Overall I'm pretty pleased with how this ad photo came out!

Inside Shoots

To take this photo, I used one hard light on the right side of Gabby. I really wanted to create a hard shadow on the left half of her face. The shadow isn't quite as prominint as I had hoped for, but I still like how it came out. I fixed the lighting a little bit in bridge, so the right side of the models face was lit better, and in photoshop, I fixed her hair because there was one big strand sticking out on the right of the picture, and I also fixed some blemishes on the model's skin. I really like how symmetrical this shot came out, and I like the meoodel's expression.

To light this portrait, I had two lights on either side of my model, and then another light behind her illuminating her hair. After I took it, I brightened up the picture just a tiny bit, to make sure the model's face was well lit. In photshop, I whitened the model's teeth, fixed a little bit of the frizz in her hair, and took away some blemishes on her face. I really like how this portrait came out, and my practice with studio lighting helped me a lot to take this shot.

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Carpenter Leads Colonel Girls to First MVL Victory, Continues Basketball Career in College

On Friday, February 10th, the Brattleboro Union High School Colonel girls basketball team played their first Maple Valley League game in Manchester Vermont, against the Burr and Burton Bulldogs. They pulled off a 54-41 victory over the hosts, and Brattleboro senior Gabby Carpenter led the way for the Colonel girls. With 17 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, and 2 steals, she was a huge contributor to a great start of the MVL tournament for her and her teammates. The Lady Colonels would go on to have a 4 and 2 record in the tournament.

Carpenter had an outstanding season with the Colonels. Being a five year varsity player, she grew to be a key to the Colonels success, and did an outstanding job captaining her team throughout the season. The 5’11” center was a top scorer in many games during the winter season, and she recently was chosen to be a member of the Vermont Senior Allstars game, and participated in that game on March 25th. Soon she will be continuing her basketball career at Castleton College in Castleton, Vermont.

The Castleton Spartans head coach Tim Barrett has made Carpenter his latest recruit,  and she has officially committed to attend in the fall. Barrett was present at numerous Colonels matches during the season, and made the decision fairly early on that he wanted to include Carpenter as the newest member to his college team. Her skill and effort will inevitably help the Castleton Spartans in their 2017-2018 season.

Sports Illustrated March 2017

Danielle Wood