“‘Tropo’ meaning turn or change, and ‘cell’ because of the cellular structures it emulates.” -Max Stuebe
Max, a third-year UO Product Design major, asked me to photograph his final project involving CAD and 3D printing. Since I primarily shoot portraits, I took on the project to push myself outside my comfort zone. I collaborated with Charles Northern and Max Unkrich to curate multiple moody lighting set-ups in alignment with Max’s vision board.
I learned how to...
-enhance a product’s features using lighting techniques
-execute product arrangement
-collaborate with a designer outside the SOJC (School of Journalism) and gain insight into their process