Cups2- Jena Gewirtz

Cups- Jena Gewirtz

Assignment 1

Welcome New Lighting Class

Looking forward to the semester!

heres my bottles. PS, I'm sorry Heidi, I just remembered we had class..at 9:30 pm. 

Jana Coleman Lighting 463D

Atlanta Skyline

I grew up in Atlanta, so I've seen this photo hundreds of times. I've always loved how the city skyline stands out against the sky in this picture. It is interesting because the light is not only creating depth in the photo, but defining the buildings in it too. The natural light from the sun in this photo is especially interesting because it is a relatively soft light (because it is at sunset), but because of the angle it is shot from, it creates hard shadows on the building and gives them a solid outline. Had this been shot in the middle of the day, the buildings would have appeared to be flat against the sky because there would not be any defining shadows and the sky would have almost appeared white because the sun is so bright. I also really like how the car lights blend and streak on the highway. I'm not sure how exactly that effect is done, but I'm pretty sure it has something to do with the exposure time of the film. Either way, it looks really awesome. Although I love the city, Atlanta's skyline is not that fantastic, but the lighting in this photo took the relatively plain subject and made it interesting.

I came across this picture on the internet and found it to be very interesting and quite amazing. I love the way the hard light hits between the trees and creates such beautiful shadows. It reminds me of a warm summer day in which you are 0nly able to find shade behind and within trees. The right and left sides of the picture is drastistically different from the center as it is the beautiful hard light that defines it best. Jana Coleman

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.

This is a picture I took two Easters ago when I went home to celebrate the holiday. I shot this in my Grandmother's back yard with a simple Kodak still camera. I like this picture because for me it symbolizes the season of Spring. Obviously, all lighting was natural, with an afternoon sun filtered through tall pine and gum trees and coming from the upper left-hand corner of the photograph. The sun is harsher on the tips of the pink petals, which washes out the flowers a bit. However, I do not mind this because the focus is on the butterfly, with a softer light enhancing the yellow and black of its wings.