Mysterious!!!???

I thought this lighting was interesting. I found it online just browsing for something else. I love the way the hard light is hitting her face. The dark shadows formed from the use of hard light make the picture look very mysterious.

In addition to the hard light, the color of the light seems to be slightly different from tungesten or daylight, which adds to the unique lighting of this picture, but I don't exactly know what was being used to form this. Also, I like the eyelight demonstrated here. The eyelight makes her look innocent. This picture expresses a lot of meaning. I thought this was lighting was appealing and attention-grabbing.

Picture of mine...

This is a picture I took for a photography class. The reason I like it is because of the way it finally turned out. I did alter it in photoshop but the original picture looked like this without the color difference. The reason I like it from a lighting standpoint is because the way I had to set this picture up. I set the ring on the side of a lightbulb with a piece of sticky tack so it would not fall. I then used a flashlight that had bluer light and put that behind the bulb shining up inside of it. I used the blue light because the flash is very white/blue opposed to the tungsten orange in most flash lights. Then, in the front, I used an external Nikon flash to get the glitter of the diamond. I like how you can see the edges of the right glow because of the light coming through the light bulb. I really liked how this picture turned out.

Jennifer Thomerson

This is a picture I found on the internet. I like the lighting in this photograph because I think it's interesting how the moonlight coming in the window is lighting the whole scene. It is causing shadows of the window panes on the floor and shadows on the wall. It is shedding light on the stairs and wall and also highlighting the boards on the floor and leaning against the opposite wall. There is also light on the ceiling and a shadow caused by the framing of the hall.

Flower Picture- Artisa Ricks

I found this picture just surfing the internet and it immediately caught my eye. I love the natural lighting from the window and how it falls directly on the flowers and the table. The light eventually hits the floor and makes the floor more interesting. It is something about the orangey light that I really like. I also like how everything to the sides of the window like the walls are dark. It is like to sit in that seat makes you golden and thats automatically where you want to be. The focus of the picture is everything in front of that window and nothing else matters.

NPR story about Roger Deakins

You should all watch this on NPR.org, and listen to the descriptions of the shots as you play them. Wonderful stuff.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114249616

I was lucky enough to work with Roger on The Hudsucker Proxy, and I find his work incredible. One of my biggest regrets in life was going back to grad school instead of taking some time off to work on The Shawshank Redemption, my favorite film.