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The Painter   By: Eric Michalski

  This is a portrait of my friend and classmate Cassidy that I took for an assignment at OSU-IT in Okmulgee, Oklahoma.

One day we were cleaning out the old lockers in the photography department and I found this awesome face mask used for developing film back in the day (these lockers hadn’t been opened for at least eight years lol.) Once I saw this mask I knew I had to use it in a photo somehow. Then I got the idea to try and find an automotive paint gun and use it with the mask. So, my friend Seth let me borrow his paint gun.

I wanted to give the illusion that Cassidy was actually laying down some paint in a paint booth. So I got a ton of those little packets of powdered creamer for coffee and had my buddy Michael blow the creamer behind Cassidy, and it turned out better than I could of imagined. I am really happy with the photo I got just out of finding an old air filtering mask. I’d love to hear what you think of it.

Shot with my Canon T2i w/ Sigma 50-200

-Eric Michalski [email protected]

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Here is another Panorama that I took, it is the view from my new dorm room at OSU-IT in Okmulgee, OK. One day I noticed that the clouds were looking amazingly awesome so I knew it would be a good sunset to do a panorama of. I couldn't of imagined how beautiful it actually looked untill it was time. I love all the colors in the sky, and I really like how those colors are reflected in the wet pavement, the windows, and other places in the photo.

I hope you all like it, and I'd love to hear what you think of it.

Shot with my Canon T2i w/ Canon 18-55mm

-Eric Michalski 

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This is a Portrait Panorama of my friend Lendzee that I shot for an assignment at OSU-IT. The assignment was to take a panorama photo with a portrait in it. So I came up with the Idea to use lights in a line in the background and I really like the effect it gave to the photo. One of the requirements for this assignment was to put it together by hand and I decided to not blend it together because I really liked the look it gave to the photo.

I hope you all like it, Let me know what you think!

Shot with my Canon T2i w/ Sigma 300mm 2.8

-Eric Michalski [email protected]

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Hey Everybody, This is one of my recent Product shots that I did at OSU-IT. Our assignment was just an open ended still-life for Studio class so I decided to try another alcohol advertisment shot. I thought of the idea of sticking a screwdriver into an orange to illustrate the drink named a ‘Screwdriver.’ Since I knew I wanted to use oranges, I figured I would go for complimentary colors and do blue and orange. So I got the bottle of Skyy because it was a nice shade of blue, and I searched through my tool boxes looking for my blue handled screwdriver.

I hope you all enjoy the photo! I certinely enjoyed taking it. I’d love to hear all your comments!

Shot with my Canon T2i w/ Sigma 50-200

-Eric Michalski www.ericmichalskiphotography.tumblr.com [email protected]

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This is a Portrait of my friend Cassidy at OSU-IT. We had an assignment to take a portrait of a fellow classmate that shows part of their personality. Cassidy is really passionate about music so I wanted to display him rockin out. I really like the contrast of the lighting.

Let me Know what you guys think!

Shot with my Canon T2i w/ Sigma 50-200

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Here is a Portrait of my friend Summer that I took for my portrait photography class at OSU-IT.

We were learning more about lighting patterns and combining different accent lights. I really like the lighting in this and I got a very nice and natural smile from Summer.

Shot with my Canon T2i w/ canon 50mm f/1.8

Lemme know what ya think!

Thanks,

-Eric Michalski

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Here is a Photo i took recently for my Studio II class.

I really enjoy this lemonade so I thought i would use it in this still-life. I wanted to exaggerate the fact that its blue raspberry lemonade by painting some blue food coloring on the lemons that I cut up. This was a fun photo to experiment with, not to mention that the tear-down of the setup for the shot was very refreshing since i finally got to drink the lemonade.

Lemme know what you think!

Shot with my canon T2i w/ sigma 50-200

Thanks,

-Eric Michalski

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Hey Everybody! Here is my latest assingment photo for my Studio 1 Class at Osu-it. We had to do a splash shot, so i decieded to throw on of my Nissan emblems in a large bowl of water and it turned out better than I imagined. I love how the splash makes the shape of the emblem.

This Photo is basically a Self-Portrait without me actually in it. My favorite color is green, and my race car is a '93 Nissan 240sx. I hope you guys enjoy this photo. Let me know what you think!

-Eric Michalski [email protected]

Shot with Canon T2i w/ Canon 18-55mm

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How do you make okmulgee look soooo enchanting??? I lived there forever and it never looked that way to me EVER lol

Haha, well thank you. Its definitely not an easy task.

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Man you get some awesome shots out of your T2i!

Hey, Thanks a lot, I appreciate it. You do some very nice work yourself. Are you shooting with that canon AE-1?

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Hey Everybody! Here is a photo that I took yesterday in the studio. I really enjoy wearing Puma Shoes. So far i’ve had more than ten pairs but this is my first pair of white/red ones. I knew that I wouldn’t be able to keep them clean so I figured that before I wore them I would take a photograph of them. Let me know what you guys think of it!

Thanks,

 -Eric Michalski Canon T2i w/sigma 50-200 [email protected]

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Hey Everybody! This is the latest photo I took for my Studio 1 class. The assignment was to take a still life of a product and this is what I came up with.

I decided to use this Colavita Extra virgin olive oil because I really liked the shape and the color of the bottle. Then I came up with the idea to surround the oil in olives. Finally, the real sugar on top came when I thought of squeezing one of the olives over the bottle and capturing the drop of fluid from the olive.

I am very happy about the way this shot turned out. I really like the highlights on the sides of the bottle, and I love how the drop turned out. Many thanks to Kipp Chandler my awesome hand model.

-Eric Michalski [email protected]

Shot with my Canon T2i w/ Sigma 50-200

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This photo that I took recieved a Bronze medal in the 2011 Brass Ring contest! I was so excited to win my first award as a photographer. It was definitely a feeling I won't forget.

You can check out all the winners at: http://www.brassringawards.org/winners/index.php

-Eric Michalski

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Here is a Photo that I captured for my studio class at OSU-It. The Assignment was to shoot something glass and give it a black outline using some different lighting techniques.

I decided to take this photo because I really enjoy St. Paddy's day. My Grandma used to own an Irish pub/restaurant when I was younger and every year around St. Paddy's day they would serve green beer. I wanted to replicate this childhood memory in this photo.

I hope you all enjoy it, and remember; there are great photos everywhere you look, you just have to keep your finger on the trigger and shoot as much as you can.

-Eric Michalski. shot with my Canon T2i w/sigma 50-200

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Dades Gorge in Morocco

Photo by Rosino

 Didn't take this one but i would love to drive this road!

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Hey Everybody! This is my latest assignment for my studio class. We had to use the 4x5 large format adapter to shoot a product still life. I decided to use this bottle of Gin because I really like the shape of it and I thought of this idea for a photo.

I really like how I was able to capture the pour so crisply. I misted water on everything to give the photo a ‘wet’ feeling, it almost makes you thirsty just looking at it. I spent about 5 hours setting up all the lights and making tweaks to the composition of the shot, But thanks to Nathan Harmon and some of my awesome classmates, I got the shot just right. I love how this picture turned out. Im so glad I pushed myself to try this.

Let Me know what you guys think of it!

Shot with a Canon T2i w/ 4x5 adapter w/ 80mm

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Okmulgee Spillway By: Eric Michalski

Hey Guys! Here are some photos that I took this evening at the lake in Okmulgee. I really like all the different colors in the sky and how that reflected on the different surfaces.

Shot with my Canon T2i w/ Sigma 50-200