Final Exam: Pictures!

Here are all my pictures for the final exam - I know we were only supposed to use 5 photos but these are all so great and I just couldn't choose!

This first picture (below) was taken at a The Fray concert. The show was amazing! As you can see from the picture, the lighting created an atmosphere that made me feel like I was at a rock show. The picture is slightly blurry and out of focus, but I like how the colors blend together as a result. Another aspect of the show I really enjoyed was the sound. A lot of artists today can be characterized as "studio artists" meaning that their studio recordings sound great with the help of effects like auto tune, but they sound horrible live. Pop artists often lip-sync to avoid disappointing their fans. I have heard The Fray on the radio and after seeing them in concert, I can confidently say that they sound just as good live - the sign of true artists!

The Fray's stage production crew shows off their lighting skills!

The following two pictures were taken in Italy. The first picture, taken from above a structure of ruined pillars, has some great angles. Because of where the shadows are, the viewer of this photograph is able to discern where the sun was when the picture was taken! This gives the photograph more context like the time of day and the position of the photographer.

I love how the lighting on the second tier of this building point upward creating beautiful, yet slightly eery, shadowing. This lighting reminds me of when we learned about overhead and underneath lighting. Characters in scary movies are often lit from underneath their faces, giving them a creepy look.


The next three pictures were all taken while I was in Paris over the summer! In the first two pictures, I am in Giverny, the village where Monet lived! We walked through the gardens that he had man-made near his house so he could paint there! The lily pond was inspired by his famous paintings. Natural lighting is hard to deal with because you never know how it is going to come out on camera. I love how the sun is lighting my face in the picture on the left. The picture on the right, however, was taken in a location where the sun created too much lighting in the shot. 3-point lighting is so much easier to control!!!

Good lighting

Too much light

The third picture from my Paris trip is a picture I was inspired to take on my iPhone as I walked with my school group across a bridge. I even uploaded the picture to Facebook that day with the caption "Music on the streets of Paris!" I was even practicing the principles of Edutainment back then!

Music adds to the beautiful scenery on the streets of Paris!

The following three pictures are great examples of how a specific sight - a certain color, object, etc. - can function as a symbol that makes an audience feel a certain way. In other words, the sight can affect the audience internally. In all of these pictures, the Christmas lights make me feel excited for the holidays coming up, as well as nostalgic over holidays past. 

It's my favorite time of year at Loyola!

The campus is beautiful for the holidays!

 

I'm standing in front of a massive Christmas tree in Boston with my cousin, Jacquelyn!

I love the contrast of colors in this photograph (below)! Standing outside of Versailles, my red dress and pink umbrella really pop against the neutral colors (shades of brown, beige, and gold) around me like the ground, the castle, and even the other people's clothing. I also love how the castle's structure and the angle this photograph was taking makes it look as though the castle is framing the sky. The walls of the castle on the right and life sides of the picture really invites the viewer into the scene.

I felt like Marie Antoinette standing outside her castle!