Baby Photographs

My first child photo shoot!  Connor came in and was such a little trooper!  He's a very big jets fan so I had a white set with a goalie net in the background to go with his jersey.  I really want to try photographing kids again, they're so much fun to play with and their eyes are so big and beautiful!



Infrared Portraits

 I recently had the chance to borrow an infrared camera for a week, the effects are surreal and alien like.  Unfortunately it's still winter so I was unable to photograph any landscapes that had a drastic change to the image since everything is white and not green.  The camera captures the layer under the skin or under the leaves if you photograph a landscape changing all the colours.

Model credit: Matrasia Klippenstein

Model credit: Matrasia Klippenstein

Model credit: Matrasia Klippenstein

Model credit: Matrasia Klippenstein

Figure Study Photographs

This shoot was a real confidence booster for me, since I haven't photographed many people but it was an awesome experience.  The rim lighting was so perfect on Ace, our model accentuating her beautiful lines.  When I first got a chance to look at these pictures I was both surprised and very happy with what I was able to capture!

Model Credit: Acaica McDonald

 

 

007

I saw the new James Bond movie about a week ago and luckily was able to borrow this 007 Quantum fragrance bottle for a shoot.  I light-painted the bottle to get the lighting just right and did very little post production on the colour and brightness.

I love how well the white and red light mixed together on the textured bottle, and how it accentuates the logo.

Without the long exposure to paint the light, both the white and red lights appear less strong and don't blend.  However, they still give the bottle an interesting look.

Ink Creations

I have a new obsession, ink in water.  I had first seen this on the youtube channel The Slow Mo Guys, they shot acrylic ink into a tank of water and filmed the beautifully expanding cloud at 4,000 frames per second.  So I decided to recreate the effect inspired by the Rorschach psychology tests.  The ink kept reaching and molding into these beautiful shapes, I really love how amazing and complex they look.  What shapes or characters do you see?

You can view The Slow Mo Guys video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzkB574jivA

About Me

My name is KJ Rocan, I've been posting on this blog for two years now and taking photographs for 6 years.  I'm currently in the Professional Photography course at Red River College learning to fine tune and create beautiful images.  This blog is where I share some more intimate details about myself, my photographs, and what inspires me.

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Glass

I have recently been shooting in a studio for the first time, glass and water have become my new favourite subject to photograph.

This shot was extremely difficult to photograph.  It took a lot of trial and error to set up the card in the back to illuminate the liquid just right.

This was the best lighting I've done so far and I'm very happy with it!  A friend of mine helped pour the water while I was shooting.

The same friend helped me with this one.  It was the perfect count down and the very first shot with food colouring.  I was so excited once I saw it!