Denny Henry

The Corcoran re-designed their gallery and college websites about a year ago, and their image needs changed with the new website.  The new layout of the website use a lot of narrow horizonal images, and I've been shooting with that in mind. 

The clip below is from the Corcoran's monthly newsletter that has a similar need for long horizontal images. The image is a panorama of the 2010 Corcoran Ball.  If you look close you can see the video camera for the Time lapse , clamped on the right side of the second floor railing. 

Last week I shot a portrait of the director of the Corcoran's library, Mario Ascencio.  I arrived after the library was closed for the day, so that we could use the stacks for the backdrop.  The lighting was a simple two light setup.  In the top photo there is a softbox above the camera, and a SB-800 clamped to the shelves above and behind Mario.  I also put a reflector below the camera to soften the shadows. 

More images after the jump

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Tomorrow I will be shooting the commencement ceremonies for The Corcoran college of Art + Design.  For this years graduation I will be producing video along with still photographs. I'll be setting up my video camera at the rear of the DAR Constitution Hall and running audio off their sound board.

Since the camera will already be set up, and plugged in to their audio system, I had the (possibly over-ambitious) idea to stream the video feed to the internet in real time.  The setup is fairly simple. during the ceremony, my video camera will recording to mini-dv tape, as well as transfering the video signal to my laptop via firewire.  I'm running a second audio cable from the sound board to my laptop and streaming the feed via ustream.tv. 

Assuming everything goes as planned, check back Saturday May 22nd starting at about 4:00pm to see the live stream below.

Update on Monday, June 14, 2010 at 8:00AM by Denny

Edit: The stream went off without too much trouble.  Images and a portion of the video are now online on the Corcoran graduation webpage

The Corcoran College of Art + Design annual Halloween party was last week. This was my first year shooting the event, and it didn't disappoint. There was a strong turnout of students and a lot of quality costumes.
The winning costume in the costume contest

A few weekends ago I went with students from The Corcoran on the yearly apple picking trip. Like any college, The Corcoran is always looking for images of happy students participating in school activities, and the trip was a great opportunity for that.