Sihang Zhang

2011-10-07T12:46:00.000-07:00

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NYC

2009-11-30T16:49:00.000-08:00

Additional Portrait for Portfolio

2009-11-29T21:44:00.000-08:00

These are my homemade portraits of my friends in Gainesville, FL, during Thanksgiving break. Thanks to the contributions of Liuyi, Cui Xi, Zhang Yun, Wen Jing and Jiawei. You guys ROCK!

ISO 250, f/6.3, shutter speed 1/160 sec.

ISO 200, f/6.3, shutter speed 1/200 sec.

ISO 200, f/6.3, shutter speed 1/200 sec.

Photo Illustration-Emptiness.空

2009-11-15T22:50:00.000-08:00

“It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything.”
--- Tyler Durden, from "Fight Club."

Buddhism is about emptiness, and emptiness is about the ultimate freedom which is apart from the material world. Only if we lose both self and ego, we will reach the emptiness and then come back to the reality with a free soul. Our senses are hinder from what we see, we hear, we smell, and what we speak. So I put the Chinese character “閉," which means "close" on my face to isolate my senses from this "Samsara" and trying to feel the ultimate freedom.

Thanks to Krista and Huimin to help me out through this assignment. It was fun to experiment and learn!

ISO 200, F-Stop 9, Shutter Speed 200. Light sources: two soft boxes and a back light.

Aerial Workshop 11.8

2009-11-14T13:42:00.000-08:00

Thanks to my professor Kent Miller who made this mission possible, and the amazing pilot Craig Beins, who gave us this incredible experience!

Fashion

2009-11-01T21:15:00.000-08:00

China junior Shangxian Ma makes some ballet moves in a black dress at Central Michigan University photo studio Sunday evening.
ISO 200, F/11, Shutter speed 1/250 sec. Two soft boxes.

China senior Cheng Song poses in falling leaves at a parking lot at Main Street, Mount Pleasant on Sunday night.
ISO 640, F/9, Shutter Speed 1/100 sec. I used one strobe with umbrella to light up the subject 2 feet in front of him.

China junior Shangxian Ma jumps in the air in her Comme des Garcons outfit at Central Michigan University photo studio Sunday evening.
ISO 200, F/11, Shutter speed 1/250 sec. Two soft boxes.

China junior Shangxian Ma covers herself with a bag at Central Michigan University photo studio Sunday evening.
ISO 200, F/11, Shutter speed 1/250 sec. Two soft boxes.

Location Lighting

2009-10-16T23:31:00.000-07:00

f/6.3, shutter speed 1/200 sec, ISO 320

f/6.3, shutter speed 1/200 sec, ISO 320

f/6.3, shutter speed 1/125 sec, ISO 320
Central Michigan University sophomore and photojournalist Victoria Zegler brings her style to the swimming pool at CMU Student Activity Center on Friday, October 16, 2009. I put 2 strobes on light stands one with an umbrella on it. I put the one with umbrella 5 feet away ahead of her and the other one about 6 feet the other side away from her.

f/9, shutter speed 1/125 sec, ISO 200

f/7.1, shutter speed 1/160 sec, ISO 200
Central Michigan University sophomore Victoria Zegler hides herself from the cold Michigan weather in a car by North Art Studio on Friday night. I used one strobe for these bottom two pictures. The strobe was bounced to an umbrella outside the car about 3 feet away.

Still Life Lighting Set Up

2009-10-04T22:37:00.000-07:00

Still Life 2

2009-10-04T22:25:00.001-07:00

This is what the lipstick made of- flower & raindrops. I shoot this with the same lighting set up as the first one, which is setting a softbox behind the subjects. But I change the lens from the 70-200mm to a 28-135mm one in order to make a more closer shot. I used a black board as the background color to make the drop more distinguishable. ISO 200, F-Stop 4.5, Shutter Speed 300.

Still Life 1

2009-10-04T22:12:00.000-07:00

A Pepsi is murdered by a pack of Coke in Central Michigan University Photography Studio on a silent Sunday night of October 4, 2009.
The light is from a softbox behind the subject. I shot this with a 70-200mm lens, setting ISO 200, F-Stop at 4.5, and Shutter Speed at 250.

Paint With Light #3

2009-09-21T03:44:00.000-07:00

ISO 200, Shutter 30 sec, f/8.0. Light source: small flashlight
Kate Moss leads the fall fashion trend on the cover of September's W Magazine. I put the magazine on a table and set the shutter at 30. I paint her face with a small flashlight, then move the magazine to paint again, move again and paint one more time.

Paint With Light #2

2009-09-21T02:01:00.001-07:00

ISO 200, f/8.0, shutter 30 sec, light source: 2 strobes.
Elena Zhang immerses herself in some red and blue light in a bathtub. The light setting is inspired by Miu Miu's commercial modeled by Katie Holmes. I found there were different colors of lights on Katie's face and body, so I tried to strobe Elena first at the front with a red gel at 1/2 power, and strobe her back , (or the right side of her) with a blue gel at 1/1 power, because the blue gel was thicker and darker.