Today you will be writing about this self-portrait image by artist Alex Stoddard. Now that you have made your own self-portraits, think about the great difficulty the artist must have gone through to get this shot. What equipment might he have used? What do you think the lighting scenario was? Where was this photograph made?
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Ryan Kyle
10/26/2017 11:32:30 am
The image is of Alex Stoddard standing next to lightning striking the ground and making the dirt fly off of the ground. Alex is wearing grey sweatpants and is in the middle of the desert. The image uses a lot of blue, green, and yellow. The light of the image is all dark except for the area around the lightning. Alex looks to be standing on a hill from the loo of the background but it could just be a higher point in the desert he is in. He appears to be calmly looking at the lightning while being right there and not flinching at all.
Marynez Cantu Cardenas
10/26/2017 11:46:04 am
This amazing self-portrait image was taken by the artist Alex Stoddard. There is many concepts that go along with this photograph. There is a wide variety of lighting throughout this picture. It seems to be the darker stage of twilight and there is clouds which may indicate that there is a lightning storm going on. The actual light comes from the lighting itself and it is what brings this photograph alive.
Maria Tirado
10/26/2017 11:46:34 am
This image is of a man, Alex Stoddard, the artist of this picture, looking off into the distance to what appears to be a dark sky with a lightning bolt. The main object in this picture is kind of split into two main parts. I believe Alex is the main person in this picture, since it is a self portrait, but the lightning bolt also captures our eye. This image is using really dark colors so that the bright light of the lightning bolt stands out. The artist is also wearing light colored clothing and no shirt to stand out in the night. The artist and main object seems to be standing on an isolated hill, maybe to give a little bit of suspension and mystery to the picture.
Larissa Esparza
10/26/2017 11:48:42 am
This images pictures a boy in his pajama pants without a shirt and is barefoot. The boy is walking towards the edge of a hill ledge. At the tip of the ledge there is a lightning bolt. The lighting bolt is bright and white while the surrounding sky is a dark blue almost purple color. There are a couple of plants that frame the bottom of the lighting bolt the lightning bolt is landing directly in the middle of the plants. The rest of the land is empty and looks kind of dry.
Marissa Elizondo
10/26/2017 11:49:21 am
This picture is of Alex Stoddard standing in front of a lightning striking on the ground. Alex is standing barefoot on a hill while wearing grey sweatpants. The lighting streak sparks as it hits the ground. This picture uses a lot of blue, yellow, and some green. This picture was clearly taken at night because of the dark sky and the light used in this image is coming from the lighting streak.
Jessica Mims
10/26/2017 11:49:47 am
This image, by Alex Stoddard, is a self portrait. He is standing under a lightning strike in an open field. He is wearing pants, but not a shirt, and his back is facing the camera. The sky is dark, it is probably night time, and the lightning is illuminating the sky. The colors in this image are colors we would see in nature; green, tan, and dark blue. The sky is cloudy and it sets up the mood for the photo, which seems to be intense and eerie.
Troy Rollwitz
10/26/2017 11:50:00 am
In this self portrait taken by Alex Stoddard we see him standing shirtless on a hill. He is not wearing shoes and his feet are muddy. He is overlooking the landscape and the picture was taken from his back side. There is a giant white lightning bolt that is striking right in front of him. He has a small white glow around him from the brightness of the lightning. The main colors being used are blue and white. All of the lighting comes from the lightning bolt.
Josh salehi
10/30/2017 11:20:55 am
Zach Burgos
10/30/2017 11:35:50 am
The image is of Alex Stoddard standing in front of a lightning bolt in the middle of the desert. The colors the image is using are cool colors, such as blue, and a bright light with the lightning. The lighting is from a somewhat studio setup because I believe that there is a light in front of Alex. The photo is most likely a composite of photoshop with Alex’s own photo of lightning and him in the desert in front of a light. The objects in this image are Alex, lightning, and some desert plants with grass.
mikaela mumme
10/30/2017 11:41:57 am
This image is of a young man standing outside right in front of lightning. Where he is looks very secluded. There are no buildings adding to the feel of the picture. The lighting is very cool in tone and well lit. This picture was taken at night or very early in the morning and and it is dark outside, so it is hard to tell if another source of light was used or if the image was composited.
The image by Alex Stoddard is a photo of a dude getting really close to "lightning". I put lightning in quotations because the lightning is obviously fake. Look at the night sky, clear as day. How could there have also been no reaction to this guy makes it also insane. He is also shirtless so he should have gotten severe scars on his body.
Kate Madison
11/1/2017 09:28:22 am
This image is of Alex Stoddard standing in what looks like a desert at night as lightning strikes down either in front of him or above him. This image is using mostly dark colors for the background, a bright light for the point we are most attracted to, and natural colors for the bottom of the image. The lighting is dark shadows in the background and what could either be a very lucky picture of natural light or something that’s shaped as a lightning bolt and is studio set-up. The objects in this image are mostly Alex, dried bushes/grass, and a lightning bolt. In this image Alex has wandered out into a desert during a thunderstorm. Comments are closed.
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