Lorrie Kazan Psychic Readings

Lorrie Kazan Psychic Readings

Week Ten: Most Awesome of Awesomeness

This is a picture that I took at the beach on a beautiful spring evening. I had just went out to dinner with a friend, and we walked to the shore and watched the sun set. I remember feeling very blessed to be surrounded by this immense beauty. The sun was just clearing through strips of clouds, and it gave the illusion of cotton candy that reflected off of the waves. I always wish I could go back to this one moment, and am then reminded of the significance of photos :).

ps. sorry about the timing...

Week ten: ideal lighting

Whenever I think of ideal lighting for taking pictures I always think of bright cloudless days, but on this particular day it was stormy and every picture came out clear and bright. Maybe it was the warmth of the sun mixed with the coolness of the stormyness, but this proved to be great picture taking lighting.

Week 10: Out with a Clown

Last Thursday, after the ill-fated 11 o'clock Clown Show, I found a clown named Penny wandering around next to the call board.  I took her out to get pizza, which she promptly topped with Redvines.  I took the picture partly because of her look of amazement and partly because a Redvine pizza is an atrocity that should never again see the light of day.

Once I got over the look on Penny's face, I noticed the way that light interacts with different surfaces; for instance, the light that's hitting the table is reflecting up and hitting Penny's chest and the bottom half of her face.  I hadn't really considered the way that different surfaces can affect light; kind of like when Dan and Stacy take off their glasses when we're using them as models in class.

Week 10: Morning Fog

I took this photo on the way to school in the early morning and I found the lighting to put me in a certain mood of uncertainty. I was also not feeling totally awake so I felt this to be indicative of how my mood was. Not fully up and aware I was just on the road and not really sure of what was ahead of me even though I had a destination planned. Even though it was daylight we all still had our car lights on because of our strong desire to see and know whats ahead although we never fully do. This for me represents mans understanding of the importance of light.

Bryant Cook

Week 10: Capture the Beauty

The first picture I took was one night after the rain. I saw this and had to take a picture, it just so looked pretty, live, standing there seeing this. I like how the lights are being reflected on the floor, like it would on the stage. There is red, yellow and some white, in between the colors there are dark spot, due from not receiving light. Overall I love this picture, it gave me a feel loneliness but re-freshness.

The second picture I took it while I was in the car heading for a camping trip. I saw this and I had to take a picture because I thought I would never see this again, so beautiful the way the clouds are sitting over the mountain-hills. The source of the sunlight brought beauty to this scenery. The clouds are white on top with some shadows in the middle, to completely gray on the bottom. Then the clouds give the mountain-hills some depth with the shadowing. Also the blue sky above the cloud is a darker blue than the bottom of the cloud, where it is light blue. I couldn't stop smiling while looking at this it was breathtaking, so happy i caught a perfect picture of it.

I always like to observe my surrounding and I love when I catch a beautiful moment. I always take a picture of them because every moment is unique it will never be repeat. Life gives us beautiful moments that should be cherished and not taking a picture of it is just wrong. Lighting is all around us, every day, every night ect. If it's by sunlight, moonlight, or electricity, it is everywhere. I have always appreciated lighting because is what gives us those beautiful sunsets and interesting outdoors or inside want to take a picture moments. Taking this class has opened my eyes even more about lighting and I appreciate it even more, especially everything that goes into lighting design. 

Thank you so much. ^__^

Week 10: Natural Light

I took this picture around 10 AM last Sunday. What struck me most about the light that day was that was sunny and bright, but never felt too hot - the color temperature itself was rather cool! I never would have noticed this if it weren't for our class. The light was bright and the sky was clear - a perfect SoCal day - but the light was never so bright that it hurt my eyes. The light was cool, and this quality made it soothing. I particularly enjoyed its interplay with the pale green tree, forest green tree, and blue sky. It brought a relaxing, serene, and peaceful warmth to the scene - it was calming. The colors were only accentuated by the light. Overall, I just noticed how color and light can play together to create a sense of calm and how odd it was that such a bright day is not particularly a "hot" one in terms of color quality.