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1. The first picture represents a landscape space. The artist was able to evoke the mood of wonder, and it causes you to reflect on your hopes and dreams, and the overall beauty of life. The deep colors really make you think about a deeper meaning of the photo and the world in general, which is very inspiring that all that could be interpreted just by looking at the picture. John Paul Caponigro took the picture and based on his website it looks like he takes a lot of place portraits, all incorporating some sort of complicated and intriguing subject or background like this one. For this specific portrait of his, level horizon was very significantly noticeable as was filling the frame. There is a lot to look at, but the leading lines in the water cause the eye to be drawn to the sky and yellow towards the back. The picture did not have a name listed but can be found on John Paul's website: http://johnpaulcaponigro.com/.

2. The second picture shows a cityscape space. To me, this photo reminds me of the saying "the city never sleeps". So, the artist was able to portray the mood of excitement and lack of sleep. Although I have no idea if the artist intentionally tried to reinterpret the meaning of life going on, that's the first thing I thought of when I saw the picture, which I think was a cool way to interact with the viewers even if that idea was not at all apart of their concept. The name of the artist who took this picture is not mentioned by their username is asommer. Based on their website it appears they enjoy taking portraits of places, especially city scapes like this one. Rule of thirds is very noticeable in this picture, as is leading lines because our eyes go up with the buildings. The picture is called "Seoul Cityscape" and can be found on http://blogs.adobe.com/digitaldialogue/2012/02/23/south-koreas-digital-marketing-donald-trump-or-sean-connery/sony-dsc/#.VIeE0DHF-So along with a lot of other work by this artist.

3. The last picture is an interior scape, different than the first two because it was taken indoors. Through this photo the artist was able to evoke the mood of serenity and cause you to feel as if you're on vacation. The lighting they used makes the picture look inviting and the leading lines of the trees really draw you into the picture. Greenery Productions took the picture and their whole website is based on interior scapes like this one. As mentioned before leading lines are evident in the picture but framing is too as the trees frame the picture. The picture didn't have a name listed but can be found of Greenery Productions' website: http://www.greeneryproductions.com/services/interiorscape

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I will be printing off the image after I have finished editing it, and then transferring it onto wood. I have not decided for sure which picture I am going to use, but my concept goal is to display a strong sense of lighting in order to really show a mood to the viewer. I am debating between a picture of a city at night that has glowing lights reflecting off the water in order to show a feeling of unhappiness, or a picture of a pier in Florida with bland, normal lighting to give off the vibe of isolation. If I choose the city picture, it will be a city scape space and if I choose the pier it will be a landscape space. The wood will enhance either concept I choose because it is a bland background that will not distract from the picture. But, in a way it also adds to the picture because it gives off a rustic, natural feel that could go along with both isolation and unhappiness. That is how I interpret this experimental printing method though, so I hope I will be able to portray this to the viewer also. My final print will be 8x10 so I need to get a piece of wood that is big enough so I can have about a 2 inch border so you can still see wood once the picture is transferred onto it. I have a lot of ideas right now, but once I begin editing in Photoshop I know I will be able to narrow it down to one that I will stick with and hopefully successfully reach my goal of really having the viewer feel the mood.