Breakfast

This photograph is a study in false perspective. The subject is a peeled orange. My hope is that the first impression the viewer has is of a subject sitting on the floor within a few feet of a door of some kind with light shining through and under. In fact, there are two sources of light that are separated by a distance of about 8 feet. The main light source is the morning sun coming through the kitchen window (roughly 8 feet from the subject). The second source (the bright spot at left-center) is only a few inches from the subject. It is a reflection being thrown by the beveled front of the stove. That these two light sources seem to combine into a single plane of existence is a remarkable illusion in my opinion. Other aspects of composition took a back seat to this effect and in retrospect I would have liked to have had just touch of fill lighting. Perhaps even a small bounce card of come kind throwing some of the sunlight onto the unlit part of the subject.

Aperture: 2.8
Exposure: 1/2,000
ISO: 100

School Lunch Program ad for new employer

This half page print advertisement is for Lanakila Pacific's School Lunch Program. While the program is for children, the ad is geared towards an adult audience.

The project took about four hours and will be printed in the April issue of "Island Scene" -where it will then fall upon 300,000+ sets of eyeballs.

This is not necessarily an art piece that comes from the heart, but I enjoy the overall asthetics.