Photo Observation #3

Posted on February 17, 2012 by previousstudent

2) Saturns moon Rhea, taken by the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on May 8, 2010

3)Photo Theme: Shadows

4) This is a photograph of Rhea, one of Saturns moons and it’s rings. This photo fits the theme of the week because it the shadows, not only give the items definition, but it’s the reason we see the items in the photo. Because of the shadows being created by the sun shining on saturn, we may notice each crater on Rhea, and we can tell that it’s not a circe, but a ball because of the definition that the shadows are creating. Since we are looking at the rings, almost straight on, the background is a well lit “backdrop” created by Saturns brightly lit atmosphere, nicely  decorated with strokes of shadow from the rings.

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Photo Ob#3

Posted on February 17, 2012 by previousstudent

2. http://www.smashinglists.com/25-marvelously-captured-shadows/

3.Shadows

4. This is a photo with a lot of ambient light that creates the right conditions for this shadow to happen. Judging by the bright light and green surrounding the shadow I would assume its spring time as things are blossoming. Many may look at this eight-legged shadow coming down on them as menacing but I think the spider fits right into the world of spring. The fuzzy outline and clearly portioned spider indicates that the source is directly above to object and probably far away. This shadow has some movement to it. It suggests that the spider is either coming or going from that spot on the leaf and this shadow is simply the impression he is leaving.

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Photo Observation 3

Posted on February 17, 2012 by previousstudent

 

A photo I took at the abandoned LA Zoo in Griffith Park, Los Angeles< CA

THEME: Shadows

Visiting this abandoned zoo was the creepiest, most surreal experiences I’ve had a chance to document and photograph.  The original zoo was opened in 1918, and most of the buildings we visited were build as WPA projects in the 30s.  Closed in the 1960s and rebuilt at another site, the original site was eventually converted into a picnic area with cages and buildings left to crawl around in.

While we were never sure quite what lived in the cages, the standard setup was a public “viewing” pen below, and a staircase leading up to cages and beds behind.  I came to the top of the stairs and turned the corner to be hit by this sight.  All traces of life there were gone, only steel bars and Guillotine doors, concrete and brick—all covered in graffiti.  Light poured through the cage door and the stairs at the other end of the hall.  The bars on the “kennel” broke the sunlight across the floor.  Most places the cage doors on the outer walls were bolted shut, but with this one open, natural light illuminated up the cold and forgotten home that was once a reality for the zoo’s residents day in and day out.  There is no warmth in this place, even the sunlight that makes it in is dull and greyed.

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Light Observation 3

Posted on February 17, 2012 by previousstudent

1) 2/10/12 – 11:34 – Staten Island Ferry

2) OBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION: The lights inside the Ferry were fluorescent and bright, while it was pitch dark outside, and I could see the lights from the city.

3) SUBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION: I winced as the bright fluorescent lights hit my eyes. I sat down in one of the plastic blue seats that reflected the harsh light. People around were talking, there were babies crying. There was a general air of hustle and bustle about. I looked out the window and much to my surprise found a calming peacefulness outside. In the pitch black of the night sky, I saw the many lights from the city. These lights were twinkling like little stars, and kept me calm and content for the whole ride.

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Photo Observation #3 – Shadows – Lee Moore

Posted on February 17, 2012 by previousstudent

 2. Lauronsky’s Flickr Photostream, Photo of the British Museum’s Great Court

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauronsky/2539931859/

3. Shadows

4. The glass roof of the British Museum’s Great Court projects a geometric image of stacked triangles onto the interior walls of the space. This picture is particularly beautiful because the light has such an unusual, cool teal quality which makes the photograph seem almost underwater. The shadows themselves  are distorted and pulled by the curve of the wall and and twisted almost beyond recognition by the stairs. The absence of people in this photo, coupled with the strange greenish lighting and distorted patterns creates an otherworldly uncomfortable atmosphere suitable for a tomb. It is especially appropriate because what is a museum if not a tomb for beauty?

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Lighting Observation 3

Posted on February 17, 2012 by previousstudent

1) 2012-02-16 10:17 PM, inside the design studio, Lowe 216.

2) Lee’s laptop illuminated her face, the colors shifting changing as she browsed various websites.  She was slightly backlit by the glow from the lightbox.  The rest of the lights were off while Katie traced her figures on the light box in the corner.

3)  It’s weird to see how attached everybody is to their laptops.  We don’t even need the ambient light any more, we lock ourselves to an illuminated keyboard and screen, plug in the headphones—one doesn’t even need anything else.  I look around the room, everyone is either hunched over their drafting table trying to peer through the low light, or staring into a computer screen, their eyes tracking back and forth. In the dark, each screen-person becomes it’s own self-contained environment, a sort of isolated ecosphere in the darkness.  I look across and see Lee among them, browsing something online.  She remains almost completely still while images continue to shift before her, the light from the screen changing every few seconds.  Greens.  Blue.  Grey.  Red.  Bright.  Dark.  Hot.  Cold.  Her hair picks up the tones in various combinations.  One minute “Atomic Turquoise” pops bright, another second “After Midnight Blue” has ignited on her temples.  Katie is done and the lights are turned back on.  The studio returns to it’s dull fluorescent and students return to their work.  The life of the color in the room is washed away, lost in the banality of low-cost illumination.

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Photo Observation 3

Posted on February 17, 2012 by previousstudent

2) http://pinterest.com/pin/16958936066580151/

3) Shadow

4) This photo depicts the shadow from sunlight blaring through a beautiful wall of colored windows. The wall itself is a beautiful rainbow of color. Since the sun is at an angle, the shadows from the windows are cast so that it feels like cans of paint of all of the colors of the rainbow have spilt across the floor towards us.

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Lighting Observation

Posted on February 17, 2012 by previousstudent

As I was walking to class Thursday morning at an ungodly hour (any time before noon) it was raining, and the puddles on the ground created a mirror like smooth surface that held a reflection of the trees above them.

As I looked down at the puddles, I saw a reflection of twisted bare limbed trees, superimposed over the mottled browns and grays of the concrete sidewalks that crisscross all over campus. I watched as the raindrops hit the surface of these puddles and made the trees dance and turn on the surface of the water, as though they were part of another world. The reflection was not merely an imperfect and broken representation of the real trees above, but an image of another world locked just behind the surface of the water, separate entirely from the concrete below that did not twist with the ripples of the water: the cold concrete of reality.

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Photo Observation

Posted on February 17, 2012 by previousstudent

 

This is a picture from National Geographic.

The theme is shadow.

This photo creates a truly amazing effect, because what you see in the image is not the camels themselves, but their shadows. While the camels appear small and unidentifiable since the picture is taken from directly above them, their shadows make perfect cut outs on the sand, the images larger than life and perfectly defined. This shows the ability of shadow not only to conceal, but to define a scene. Shadows are a reflection of life, often distorted by the angle of light, and lacking detail, they retain the essence of the things that create them.

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Light Observation 3

Posted on February 17, 2012 by previousstudent

1. 2/13/2012, design room, 9:42

2. Abby had a blanket on top of her head and the light box was on creating very deep shadows on her face accentuating her features.

3. I was sitting over by the middle window in the design room on my computer. Abby was behind me with a blanket over her head tracing costumes on the light box. I turned to ask her a question and she lifted her head and I freaked out a little. With the dark blanket over her head and the light box highlighting her features so sharply she looked like the grim reaper. The large shadows on her face made her seem dead. I laughed about it after but it was pretty creepy for that split second.

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