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Light Observation 10

1) March 3, 9:23PM, Dressing Room

2) Contrast of colors on people in the dressing room

3) I was taking pictures for the designated Instagram account for Richard II. I got a nice picture of Jenna Davi doing Justin Valentino’s makeup for his role as the Duchess of York, but I didn’t know why I preferred that picture to others I had taken. I did not that I had to turn off a set of lights that were glowing behind them and making the picture impossibly too dark or too bright. Once I did turn them off, I came up with a well-lit and balanced image. It wasn’t until the editing process that I noticed that the image had some really great color contrast in the lighting. There was a light coming from the right side of the image that put hints of red on Jenna’s costume and face and Justin’s hair. There was another source of lighting that was more blue and shone blue on the top of Jenna’s forehead and the back of Justin’s head. The color contrast surprised me because when I think of the dressing room, I think of dull, washed out white light. But this image proved that there are some great dramatic tones to be found there!

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