This weekend has been pretty boring so far. My cousin came down on friday and we got baked, ate alot of junk food that i have just recently been feeling, and laughed a lot. It was pretty fun. Yesterday, i literally stayed in my pj's all day and did nothing. I have been so lazy and unmotivated mostly because my roomate charity is away for the weekend, and i don't really hang out with the other two..and i'm broke, that helps. I took out the garbage...that was fun i guess.

Somedays i really miss fredericton, but most days i'm okay with where i am right now. There are lot's of very attractive people in this city, and it keeps me amused. I want to go shopping. That's really all i have to say for now.

what did you learn today?

SO today, for classes, i had "digital", and then following that, i had a class just on lighting...imagine, an entire semester on "lighting". it's actually a lot sweeter than it sounds. Anyways this is what i learned today.
I'll start with my digital class this morning.
Reasons for digital imaging? immediate results, easily manipulated, easily transmitted.
one mega pixel= 1 million pixels...thats a lot
the only real problem they have had with digital cameras so far is that digi cameras have a sensor in them to replace the film that a regular camera has...SO peoples pictures have been coming out effed because when you change the lense on your digi if you dont baby it, because of static dust particles cling to the sensor inside your camera causing little annoying black dots on your prints. what a piss off.
if you FOR EXAMPLE worked for say a paper and wanted to get a picture of a class you would use a wideangle lense to make sure you get everyone in the shot.
If you want to keep the quality of photos on your computer DO NOT save them as a jpeg because everytime you resave it or want to edit it, it's quality will become less and less. tiff files suck too because they're huge and take up so much space on your computer. SO save it as a raw file...if you have a nikon=ref.
kodak= des.
and olympus/canon=cr2.
there is an amazing photo editor program called adobe light room. AMAZING!!! and it's free...right now anyways. at the end of february it will be expired and they will be selling it.....
Now for some "lighting" info
diffuse light is very little or no shadow...or flat
specular light is like a pinpoint light source.
you would use diffuse light if you were taking like a baby portrait....so the lighting makes the subject look gentle, soft, pure, good.....goodness
specular would be used for more mysterious, dramatic, scary, drastic, evil subjects.
different directions of light.....
front lighting (directly in front) it doesnt really show depth or texture , its very bright, good colour, and kinda boring.
butterfly lighting....for glamour shots.
the light is coming from the top of the subject at a 45 degree angle creating a shadow under the nose that looks like a little butterfly.
side lighting...
from the side on a 90 degree angle, creates dramatic shadow, depth and texture, and a high contrast.
back lighting..directly behind the head creates a ring of light around the subjects head.
rembrandt lighting is 45 degrees to the side and 45 degrees above the subjects head creating an upside-down triangular shape on the shadowed side of the face....its crazy i saw it.
top light just highlights the hair and isnt that great at all.
monster light is like when you stick a flashlight under your chin.
That's all i can really remember right now.
I'm in debt. that sucks.

the end

1. i have decided to write some stuff down..but just random...that is all.
   new brunswick
   well im a little depressed i dont have many friends but tis life and i will get over it.
   i have lately been noticing people that ive never noticed before...like the old crossing guard with the stutter. (he was cute)
   im pretty stressed
   so much shit to do for school
   im working everyday this week
   all the people that work at american eagle are beeches....but theyre pretty nice to me just not the customers.
   i recently went to a sarah slean concert with my B EFF
   it was rad
   when i listen to her cd i get an image of an old woman singing instead of her.
   i just had a lindor chocolate
   getting my hair cut tomorrow
   christmas is coming christmas is coming
   my last day of school is on a monday....how lame is that
   im lonely
   and i am in love
   i think that is all
   for now
   except for i like brocks cartoons.....they make me laugh
   OH YEAH and i drank too much on halloween and was throwing for the entire next day....and logan made me laugh while that was happening...you can guess the rest.
   
   OH lucky ME
   LA LA LA LA LA LA