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Brick. House.

Hans Rupert — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:20:37 +0000

Shake it down, shake it down now… At the last River District Association Red Ball, the theme was a ’70s disco party, and these girls really brought down the house. Photos of parties & events like this are always a blast. All the lighting you see here was produced by us to replicate the ’70s [...]

Chromazones revisited: pick a color, any color

Hans Rupert — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 21:52:47 +0000

If I told you I could create any one of the colors you see above at a client’s request in under 5 minutes, would you believe me? What if I told you I’d do it all in camera, without ever launching Photoshop? Or, that I could deliver the precise RGB or CMYK values, and assure [...]

Cycloramas: nothing else will do

Hans Rupert — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 10:16:39 +0000

Seamless paper comes in some lovely colors. But, it doesn’t come in every color, and certainly not in 20ft. widths. Plus, paper wrinkles, tears, gets dirty beyond salvation, and frankly isn’t exactly “eco-friendly”. That’s why I really love our studio’s cyclorama. We had some friends over for dinner one night, and all the kids wanted [...]

Measurbation

Hans Rupert — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 06:13:07 +0000

I have a good friend, Stan Jirman who’s an engineer at Apple. He’s also a hell of a photographer. And, he’s got the Swiss penchant for precision that makes him almost a poster boy from the Land of Perfection. There’s nothing I’ve ever seen him do that didn’t require his thorough, scrutinizing attention to detail – [...]

Where noir.net gets its name

Hans Rupert — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:30:38 +0000

A long time ago when I was starting out in this little Midwest city showing my work around, a lot of the comments were “it’s so dark & moody”, “are you sure this isn’t too dark?”, “why such deep shadows?” and the like. Well, it did win me some pretty handsome jobs, but I was [...]

Theme Shoots: Valentine’s Day

Hans Rupert — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 08:06:16 +0000

So, we’ve been kicking around the idea of trying to do more thematic shoots for consumer work around the studio. The idea here would be to bring a more commercial flair to the consumer work we offer too. With Valentine’s Day upon us, we thought we’d give the process some time to see if we [...]

One light to rule them all

Hans Rupert — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:21:22 +0000

Okay, so I light with panel style scrims a lot, everyone knows this. It’s an old Hollywood way of controlling light, and I’ve found it to be the most versatile, flexible, beautiful way of setting the proper diffused value of subjects. Now, I’m not opposed to softboxes, nor do I have anything against them philosophically. [...]

Digital Darkrooms: Color vs. B&W

Hans Rupert — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:20:56 +0000

Okay, so I just got a gibe about how if one does capture in color with a digital camera, that it still cannot match the quality, tonal range or beauty of B&W film. Once again, I say poppycock! Let’s have a look. My friend Jim Moore needed a quick shot after hours for a FOID [...]

Get McMahon

Hans Rupert — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:44:12 +0000

My 1st assistant photographer, Aaron Spain booked the studio for a shoot with local musician and minor legend, Dan McMahon this week. Aaron’s trying to build his portfolio out, and Dan is looking for, well some new looks. Aaron really wanted to work on some B&W techniques, and has been really enamored with lots of [...]