Brian Swanzey

The sun was harsh for a 4:15pm shoot. No golden light as I thought it would be. The sun was still around 1pm. Springtime threw me off. My shutter was 800 with an f/stop of f11 and also used 640 shutter speed with the f11 f/stop.

WB was set for direct sunlight. No tripod or flash was used.
Tried to use the shade, but again the sun really burst through and created ugly shadows that made the subject look like a tiger...

Amber Charlebois

I used the flash, bounced off the side, not the ceiling.
Shutter was 125, f/stop 4.5 with my WB set at FLASH.

Not much to say. It went well. The lab wasn't really spectacular as labs go, so the challenge was the right background.

I arranged beakers and tubes etc., prior to the shots.

Bob Wang

The day was cloudy, and I adjust my white balance as such for the outdoor shot on the steps of the mansion.

I used a friendly shutter speed of 125 with an f/stop of 4.5

For the indoor shots at the chair and window, I was using the tripod. Shutter was set at 30 and the f/stop 4.8. We were shooting with overcast cloudy natural light at 3:45pm, so the natural lighting was certainly not like I like it. I think I nailed a nice serious shot. The one where he is not smiling, but in serious thought waiting for me to set up.

I sometimes take a shot just after I set the camera, for two reasons- one, to catch them less contrived for the shot and the other because you almost always get a great unexpected shot from it. I was bouncing the flash off the wall for this as well.

Joel Harmon

Part of my workflow now, is, that I arrive well before the shoot and check my light source and camera settings. I usually find a passersby and ask them to pose for me.

For Joel Harmon I was at f/stop 5.3 shutters 30, 40, 60 with flash and tripod.

I am finding it has been easier now for me to engage the subject more. The more I make them at ease, the easier and the quicker the shoot. The less painful it is for the subject, makes for an easier transition to the next setting and pose. They don't feel rushed.

Libov, Howard

Used a tri-pod with strobe and wink light. Also used a diffuser on the wink light.
Ultimately the wink light looked better with the diffuser on it. Still picked up flash reflection in his glasses. I asked Howard how to avoid that and looked slightly down with eyes looking up towards me. I will remember that for the future as I know I will have subjects wearing glasses.

I failed to write down my settings however and I shot these two weeks ago.

I am pretty sure I adjusted my white balance to fluorescent lighting and ISO at 400. I can only guess that I was in the 125-250 range? But maybe lower to around 60 with an fstop of around 5.6

Rene Steinke

I was able to set up before Rene arrived. I even shot a few faculty members that were passing by.
I used the tripod for the seated window shots.
White balance was mixed, I tried sunlight and fluorescent settings....
Shutter speed of 60, fstop/4.3 & 5.6
On the stair stoop in the mansion I used the wink light with a diffuser. Getting the right light was hard. Shutter was about 125 with an over exposure of .5, I was getting dark images before this.
Outside was better using white balance of direct sunlight and shutter to around 400, fstop 5.6

Alice Shumate

Wonderful subject, great to work with. Used both tripod for indoor shots and wink light with diffuser. Indoor, shutter speed 60 with an fstop 4.5,5.6
Outside no tripod or wink. My shutter was between 500 and 1250 depending on the position of the sun and subject. The sun was pretty harsh for 11:15am. I realized at the time I was getting the butterfly effect. I hoped later they wouldn't be too much of a distraction in the shot... I made sure to change my white balance a little more consistent this time. It was becoming more of a natural ritual now....