A few weeks ago, I was hired to photograph The Colorado School of Mines at Tiger Energy Services. The undergraduate students made a visit to the Tiger workplace to get a feel for what an engineering plants looks and functions like. I'm sure it wasn't their first trip to one, but probably a first that they had a photographer follow them around like paparazzi.
This took place very early in the morning and I had to be in Signal Hill before I started my other full-time job. I took over 200 photos and relied on my 50mm f/1.4 lens since I was indoors under low light. I also used my wide angle lens to capture how vast the plant really is. I shot in color and changed a few photos to black and white in post-production. Black and white gives the photos a "rough" feel and since I wasn't in a mall, I didn't feel as if color was necessary since there's not much color to steel bars anyway.
The students were jotting down notes as they went from station to station and honestly, I had no idea what any of their instructors were telling them. I guess I'd understand if they were talking about f/stops and depth of field. Anyway, overall, this was a 'walk in the park' job. I was looking for facial expressions since the main focus was people. You also have to remember to use the correct lens and exposures. Low light obviously means open aperture and an average shutter speed of 1/80. Don't forget about your ISO either!
That's all for this shoot. Here are the students being interested in...who knows what.
See ya!
Jake
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