To achive this picture I made the shutter speed at 15 seconds, and the aperture was f 22'. Allegra had to stand very still for 15 seconds then I ran around her with a blackberry flash light on. I made lots of weird shapes and made it very waving and swirly. The camera used was a Canon Rebel T2i.

Portrait of federico da montefeltro By Piero della Francesca

I found this picture and I was immediately drawn to the lighting of this picture. I only used one light in this picture to accomplish the shadowing by the eye, under the chin, and by the side of the nose. It was angled on about a 45 degree angle, and for it to tilt down a bit to create the shadow on his neck.

These are two photos for 2:1 ratio pictures, but just from two different angles. She has no unflattering shadows by her nose or anywhere else.  She has more light on the left then the right to help equal out the shadowing on her face. Personally my favourite picture is the first one because the shadowing gives her jaw a nice outline and the lighting also accentuates her cheek bones.

Finding the letters for my name was sometimes a challenge, the hardest letters to find was an S, K, and a J. Everything else i had to look for, but they were easier to find. Through this process i've basically learned that you can make or find something out of anything, you just have to look for it.