Light in the pool 2:30 pm

I sat under an umbrella and noticed the way the sun light was spreading across the pool area. On the water, the light made it possible to see that the water was moving due to the jets. Without the light, I may have never known that the water was in motion. the light formed figure 8 type designs on the surface and some light poured in deep to illuminate the bottom.

One of my favorite things about the sun on in late afternoon is the long, unidirectional shadows it casts. shadows of the palm trees, fence, umbrella, and chairs were being cast onto the ground. another thing that happens in late afternoon is that objects have a light and shadowed side. the part not in direct path has a much darker, less colorful look. As I looked at the fence pillars, I could see the definite line where the sun could not reach and the objects took on darker colors.

The umbrella I was under filtered/diffused the light so that there was a shadow but not as harsh a shadow as opaque objects.

Metallic or hard plastic had lines of reflections. On round objects, the very point of the curve where light reflects back.

Street light night light

There is no need for a night light in my room. there is no need for a desk lamp. My desk is near the window and the window lets in light. Yes during the day...but also during the night. It is not like sunlight's yellow bright light, this light is an electrical orange you might see around the vicinity of a prison. About ten feet away from my window on the second floor stands a massive street light. It comes on around 6:30 and doesn't shut off until mid morning. this street light would serve as a great nightlight if i ever needed one. It does work as a good desk lamp though. when I close my venetian blinds, the light is cut it slits that line my wall. the blinds look whitish orange as they absorb a small portion of the light.

anything in its path is illuminated by the strips of light. the object's shadow is then printed on anything behind it in such sharp lines.

As the lines of light move their way into my room they bend over my desk, being sure not to break itself. sometimes the lines look blurred on other surfaces, the light is a sharp orange illumination. light gleems off of anything metallic or smooth plastic... my phone, a picture frame, plastic bag, tin can, surf board, and door knob.

small lights from electronics also stand out in the orange stripped room. red numbers on the digital clock, blue dots of the hard drives, yellow from the amplifier. my computer screen also holds off the orange strips but when the screen saver comes on, it gives into the piercing lines and over the dark screen orange flows.

light comes through the cracks around the door from the hallway, but it is still dimmed due to the orange.

you may wonder "is it possible to sleep in this?" It is not...naturally. I have constructed a heavy dark curtain to shield the light rays of this midnight sun.

Mary Lea

This is my grandmother. she is a wonderful photographer. I don't know the author of this photo however, I like the composition and the fact that she is holding her beloved hasselblad. the things she captured and places she went with that camera are inspiring.

she is publishing a book of her stories and photography... it should be a nice book to look at.

mother

this is another one of my grandmother's photographs of my mother in her hippie prime playing guitar in front of what looks like a riot...I think it was another image of a Vietnam Protest.

Horse in the Sky

this is my grandmother's best selling photograph as well as her personal favorite. An abreviated version of the story is that her love for horses drove her to photograph them, so she took some shots of riders riding at dusk. In her dark room she discovered an image in the clouds behind a rider that is strikingly similar to the horse in the photo. this photo has not been doctored in any way as it was taken in 1966. I put her name on it in this online version because she is scared of loosing it on the internet.

This is one of my favorite photographs of all time and inspires me to look into the clouds.

NY skyline

this is a composite photograph that my grandmother put together using a photo of the New York skyline that my mother took on her 6th grade field trip, and some clouds that my grandmother photographed. Its dreamlike look and skillful dodging attests to my Grandmother's great darkroom capabilities before computers could achieve unreal things.

Eugenio Recuenco

This photo is by Eugenio Recuenco a quote from his website "is a spanish photographer who is a pain in the ass because he always insists on doing whatever he wants." His work is very beautiful and inspiring.

The Assignment

Part A

Running around looking for things that may make some strange, or necessary sounds to add to the bank was exciting. working with the nice mic was also a pleasure as the sounds we captured were much clearer than we could have done with just the camera mic..
The sound blog listening excercises were a bit different for me. In the blog excersises, I was able to sit for 10 minutes, close my eyes and truely listen to my surroundings. however, in the sound scavenger hunt with our groups, i found that I was not as aware of the surrounding sounds, and because of the equipment load and other group members, i also feel as though the equipment load and other people around were stressants prohibiting me to tap into the surrounding sounds.

Never the less, we captured some cool sounds and we were all very excited about showing them to the class.... since the assignment called for 10 min exact, we thought we would edit all of our sounds down to 10 min becasue we had taken multiple takes of some sounds. So into the computer it went and like cancer it spread, creating files in other classes folders. FCP would recognize the file, so Imovie was our last resort. cut the clips, and made it tight into 10 min. We exported to tape... but not really. Exporting wouldnt work.

Over the next couple days we would spend over 5 hours tinkering around with the file trying to export it to tape. the final plan was to get my little miniDV camera and print to tape that way. it worked thankfuly.

Part B

As I sit in Bear hall waiting for my tape to capture, I am going over sounds and ideas in me head and trying to relate them somewhat to our given title "a house divided against itself cannot stand". so far the computer is going great, and i hope it will stay that way.
The main idea running through my brain is that we have some sort of harmoneous sounds going along, then some shreik, then a time of pause mayvbe with some ticking (my group got a clock sound) and then chaos comes. loud sounds are sometimes broken by remains of the harmonious sounds but they are again overloaded by the loud sounds.

the image in my head is that its a nice house at the begining, then something happens and then the waiting time is it splitting (ahh maybe use some zipper sounds) then all hell breaks loose and peace tries to come back but a house divided against itself cannot stand.

easy in thoughts, i wonder how it will be with sounds... so many sounds to chooose from.

Bear

sitting in Bear Hall's editing lab. It sounds like this.

airconditioner+monitor buzz+mouse clicks+typing+foot shuffle+chair squeeks +hands on desk+Lexi humming+ticking clock+door opening+miniDV case opening+backpack zipper+books slam+flip flops filp flopping+locker opening+door closing+cough+rolling chair = bear 202

Fremantle Doctor

An overcast day at the beach yielded a sounds smothered by wind and waves. Sitting in the sand with your head close to the earth, you may hear more than the overpowering sounds of the wind and waves. A low, sort of muted through transfer hum can be heard from the ground. The earth emits a rumble as the waves crash on it's shore.

standing on the beach, the wind passed over my ears and created a hoosh sound that was constant. As i turned the position of my body, I could hear it less or more. It reminded me of sailing with my mother and how she taught me to know exactly what direction the wind is coming from by feeling and hearing it evenly on each ear.

The occasional bird squawk or person's yell were audible over the wind and waves but not much else.


(picture is of my girlfriend's ear and the overcast sky)