Week 8- Cats love Christmas - Lu

 

This is my cat Baby, and this year he'll celebrate his third Christmas. In this picture he was on the table playing with the Christmas decorations we were putting up in the house. I think this is an interesting picture because of how many lights sources are in it and the contrast between warm and cool colors. The warm yellow Christmas lights are right in front of him and on an angle that lights mostly the left side of his face (or stage left if this was to be on a stage context :)), creating some shadows on his right side. I like how these lights reflect on the gold and red decoration around him and on his eyes. On the background, although it is blurred,  we can see two main sources of light, the TV on the left and the Christmas tree right behind Baby (and more on the upstage right side). Both sources are adding a cooler light in contrast to the ones coming from the front. I think that the lights all together add layers to the composition of this picture and the feeling of it is of a warm happy Christmas night. Baby doesn't like pictures, but he let me take a few more of him, I think he liked this setting. 

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  1. Lonnie AlcarazNovember 30, 2020 at 8:52 AM

    Very nice photo - so much depth - and, you have a wonderful connection to the color and angles and the feelings we pull from it :) Nice post

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