Photo Observation #8

Posted on March 19, 2013 by previousstudent

1) blackjack

2) http://texasentertainmentgroup.com/attractions/casino/blackjack-casino-tables/

3) Dealer’s Choice

4) Well I took the Dealer’s Choice theme a little too literally. This is a picture of a Blackjack table (in case you couldn’t figure it out). What I find intriguing about this picture is how the light is focused solely on the table. Aside from the hands that creep into the light, the only thing lit are the cards because those are the only things that matter, a basic lighting principle, I’m sure. It also adds this feeling of powerful manipulation. Not being able to see the figures placing bets and controlling vast amounts of money, except for when their hand occasionally  slips in to do something, gives it a mysterious quality of outside forces acting upon the situation that one is entirely unaware to.

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Photo Observation: Dealer’s Choice

Posted on March 18, 2013 by previousstudent

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2) taken by Scott Cook in Kansas City, Missouri

3) theme: Dealer’s Choice

4) I was thinking about natural disasters today, I have no idea why, and was thinking about how anxious they make me feel and decided that was a good choice for my picture observation.  I chose the green sky right before a tornado hits.  This green light is a mystery to me, I don’t know why the sky turns green, maybe it is due to the clouds and how they react with the sun reflections, but I do know that as soon as I see those green clouds, I know a tornado is going to hit.  I have been through two tornado’s growing up, so the green sky is a warning that makes me anxious because I don’t know where the tornado is or when it will touch down.  The green fills me with unease because of how choppy it is and how it isn’t a smooth color, there are blacks and greys in the sky that makes it so different from the green in the Northern Lights.

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Lighting Observation #8

Posted on March 18, 2013 by previousstudent

1) 3/18/13 at 4:10pm, looking out my window

2) the sun lighting up the street

3) This light makes me feel tired and depressed.  I love seeing the sky and the sun because it makes me happy and energetic to do things, even if it is just to relax in the sun.  However, when I looked out my window after returning back from classes, I saw no sun and a grey toned world that seemed devoid of life or energy.  This immediately made me want to take a nap and sleep until late spring, when I know the sun will be out.  The yellow rays of the sun are greyed out due to the clouds and the smog from the city, causing the most boring grey to light up my street.  I feel completely drained of energy and I know it is because of looking outside and seeing this grey blue light that does not give off any energy or life.

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Photo Observation 7

Posted on March 15, 2013 by previousstudent

1.Hot Sun

2. http://insideevs.com/nissan-reacts-to-leafs-dropping-battery-capacity-in-southern-us-resolution-drawing-near/hot-sun/

3.  Theme: Hot

4.  There are a lot of different locations and scenarios that can represent “hot” but in the end they all come down to the sun, our source of heat and life on this planet. In this picture I particularly liked the slightly wavy quality it has, which reminded me  of extremely hot summer days back home, when it gets so hot you can start to see the waves of heat coming off the road.

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Light Observation 7

Posted on March 15, 2013 by previousstudent

1) DATE-TIME-LOCATION: 3/13/13 11:00 AM, Outside the Library

2) OBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION: The sun is high in the sky and shining brightly.

3) SUBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION: It is finally bright enough for sunglasses! I always see the need for sunglasses as one of the very first signs of spring, which could not come quick enough this year after a long, dreary winter. It may still be pretty cold, but the bright, inviting sun is sign enough for now that spring is on its way.

 

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Lighting observation #6

Posted on March 15, 2013 by previousstudent

1. My room Monday March 11th, 8am

2. Walking into my room the sunlight is coming through the blinds and filling the room with light.

3. As I enter my room sleepily, the imitate bright light hits my eyes. The light was able to reach through the cracks in the blinds and illuminate my entire room. The light gave enough brightness and warmth that there was no need to turn on a light, it made everything visible. The bright light made everything feel warm and opening the blinds it appeared to be that way.

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Photo Observation #6

Posted on March 15, 2013 by previousstudent

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2. http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/african%20sunset?before=17

3.  Theme: Hot

4.  When I think of hot I immediately think of sun, and summer. But even hotter to me would probably be the sun or summer in Africa. In thins picture the sun is setting over the vast terrain, and illuminating the sky with a glowing orange light which to me makes the picture feel even hotter versus a blue sky. I also like how the zebras are in the picture it makes me think that they’re probably out getting the last of the sun before it disappears for the evening and the cold begins to come.

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Light Observation #7

Posted on March 15, 2013 by previousstudent

1) Studio, 3/15/13, 2:16am

2) Only half the studio lights are on, the side with the windows is dark and the side without has florescent lighting.

3) With the amount of light split directly down the middle, there is a discombobulating sense of inequality in the room. The side with the light is a stark white walk, creating a strange, bright, artificial glow from the left side of the room. The side that is not lit is dark, but not foreboding. The warm orange streetlight glows from outside, and creates long shadows on the desks. Although brightness is normally preferred and seems happier, there is something about the darker side of the room that is comforting, relaxed and warm.

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Photo Observation Week #7: Hot

Posted on March 15, 2013 by previousstudent

hot

 

2) http://grist.org/cities/l-a-braces-for-hellish-heat-waves-while-world-leaders-diddle/

3) Theme: Hot

4) When I think of the word “hot”, I think about parking lots in the summer. Anyone who has tried to run barefoot across the pavement in late July sunshine in Connecticut knows that it is not a pleasant experience. This picture expresses the hot, muggy feeling of those summer afternoons. The orange light makes it so that although the sun is bright, the sky is not, the looming haze of humidity overshadowing everything on earth. Even the sun looks distorted in this haze. The seeming ripples at the bottom of it’s orb make it look as though its melting in this hot and sweaty world.

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Light Observation 7

Posted on March 15, 2013 by previousstudent

1) 3/13/13 9:30 P.M. Outside the playhouse

2) The slim crescent of the moon in a black sky without stars. The real light of the moon in contrast to the artificial light of the lamps and buildings

3) Surrounded by light, sometimes we are blind to the reality. What we now view as commonplace is only a production of our needs. The pure heart of the moment is that there may not be light. We take for granted the gifts light has given us. At the same time we have learned to be unaffected by where the orignal light came from. Seeing the pure white light of the moon, however small. meek, or hidden, is a reminder of our roots. It shows how far we’ve come.

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