The Mystery of the Women's Eyes

"From women's eyes this doctrine I derive:

They sparkle still the right Promethean fire;

They are the books, the arts, the academes,

That show, contain and nourish all the world.” 

 William Shakespeare

SUNSET. MALIBU

" Blue, green, grey, white, or black; smooth, ruffled, or mountainous; that ocean is not silent..."

H. P. Lovecraft

oil painting by Dmitry Savchenko, acryl, canvas, mixed technique

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OIL PAINTING, ACRYL, CANVAS, MIXED TECHNIQUE

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CONTRE-JOUR

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Contre-jour (French)  for 'against daylight',

refers to photographs taken when the camera is pointing directly toward a source of light. An alternative term is backlighting. The German term is "Gegenlicht".

Contre-jour produces backlighting of the subject. This effect usually hides details, causes a stronger contrast between light and dark, creates silhouettes and emphasizes lines and shapes. The sun, or other light source, is often seen as either a bright spot or as a strong glare behind the subject. Fill light may be used to illuminate the side of the subject facing toward the camera. Silhouetting occurs when there is a lighting ratio of 16:1 or more; at lower ratios such as 8:1 the result is instead called low-key lighting.

Light in our life

"Your life is something opaque, not transparent, as long as you look at it in an ordinary human way.  But if you hold it up against the light of God's goodness, it shines and turns transparent, radiant and bright.  And then you ask yourself in amazement:  Is this really my own life I see before me?"

Albert Schweitzer

"All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow" Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

"Where there is light, there must be shadow, and where there is shadow there must be light. There is no shadow without light and no light without shadow"

 Haruki Murakami

All that we are is a result of what we have thought....

"All that we are is a result of what we have thought: we are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy whenever they speak or act. Joy follows them like a shadow that never leaves them"

Gautama Buddha

Happy Mother’s Day !

" No ordinary work done by a man is either as hard or as responsible as the work of a woman who is bringing up a family of small children, for upon her time and strength demands are made not only every hour of the day but often every hour of the night "

                            Theodore Roosevelt

RUSSIAN VERSION 

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What must I do to become wise?

" A young man came to a sage one day and asked,  "Sire,  what must I do to become wise?"  The sage
vouchsafed no answer.  The youth after repeating his
question a number of times, with a like result, at last left him,  to return
the  next  day with the same question.  Again no answer was  given  and  the
youth returned on the third day, still repeating  his  question,  "Sire what must I do to become wise?"
Finally the sage turned and went down to a near-by river. He entered the
water,  bidding the youth follow him.  Upon arriving at a  sufficient  depth
the  sage took the young man by the shoulders and held him under the  water,
despite his struggles to free himself.  At last,  however,  he released  him
and when the youth had regained his breath the sage questioned him:

 "Son, when you were under the water what did you most desire?"

    The youth answered without hesitation, "Air, air!  I wanted air!"

    "Would you not rather have had riches, pleasure, power or love,  my son?
Did you not think of any of these?"  queried the sage.
 "No,  sire!   I wanted air and though only of air," came the instant response.
"Then,"  said the sage,  "To become wise you must desire wisdom with  as great intensity as you just now desired air.   You must struggle for it,  to the exclusion of every other aim in life.  It must be your one and only  aspiration, by day and by night. If you seek wisdom with that fervor, my son, you will surely become wise."
                                                                                                                Max Heindel
                                                                                           The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception

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"For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven"...

" What is happening now has happened before, and what will happen in the future has happened before, because God makes the same things happen over and over again. "

Ecclesiastes 3:1, 3:15

Michael Kuka and Natalia Lind

Michael Kuka and Natalia Lind are Professional Ballroom Dance Champions and their work has been seen on television, commercials, feature films and theatrical venues worldwide from Moscow, Russia to the Hollywood Bowl. They are co-founders of their very own Ballroom Dance Academy and Ballroom Entertainment Productions in Los Angeles, California.

ROLAND GAJATE GARCIA

Roland Gajate Garcia is the percussionist for the internationally acclaimed television show, American Idol. A dynamic and versatile multi percussionist, Roland brings his talent and energy to the show’s house band.

Roland was born and raised in the Los Angeles area and is the son of renowned percussionist, teacher, inventor, Richie Gajate Garcia. Roland has performed worldwide with such artists as Diana Ross, Bruno Mars, Jennifer Lopez, Carrie Underwood, Beyonce Knowles, Stevie Wonder, Patti Labelle, Kirk Franklin, Gloria Estefan, Gladys Knight, Frankie Valli, 50 Cent and international pop singer, Googoosh.

Roland earned his bachelor’s degree in music at California State University at Northridge and was mentored there by LP artist, Gregg Bissonette.

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AUTUMN......

“Her pleasure in the walk must arise from the exercise and the day, from the view of the last smiles of the year upon the tawny leaves and withered hedges, and from repeating to herself some few of the thousand poetical descriptions extant of autumn--that season of peculiar and inexhaustible influence on the mind of taste and tenderness--that season which has drawn from every poet worthy of being read some attempt at description, or some lines of feeling.”

 Jane Austen, Persuasion

JEWELRY PHOTOGRAPHY

Everyone knows that photography is a form of art made possible by light. If there is no light, art photography cannot come to life. Light is the essense of photography.
There are different lighting techniques used,- side lighting, front lighting, use of available natural light, direct lighting, diffused lighting and spot lighting.  Each of this technique yields different effects. You can see in this example, that  fine details are important, and you need to know how the light is working . I am talking about modern fashion classy look . You need  capture the beautiful feeling of the jewelry, to show the clarity of colours and lighting.  And when you will hear " I wanna buy what she's wearing! " , - it's gorgeous ! You sold it ! Nice job featuring a product  :))))

   

ANNA EASTEDEN

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Anna Easteden enjoys a career rich in experience and wide in range as an international model, TV, stage and screen actress, and humanitarian activist.
Easteden is known for her performance as Bee Sting on “Who Wants to Be a Superhero?” as well as notable co-starring roles on “Bones,” “Days Of Our Lives” and “Passions.” She also played Nicole Brown Simpson in a Japanese TV movie and took on a lead role in the short film “Harmless,” winner of 2 prestigious film festival awards.
Personally recruited by multi-award winning director Mika Kaurismaki (who’s directed the likes of Johnny Depp, Julie Delpy and Henry Thomas), Easteden is slated to star in his upcoming feature film “The House of Branching Love” (“Haarautuvan Rakkauden Talo”) set for release in her native Finland in Fall 2009. Easteden will also work alongside Oscar® nominee Rinko Kikuchi (“Babel”) in the Japanese remake of the Oscar®-winning American phenomenon “Sideways” – currently in post-production for a 2009 release.
Easteden was born in Finland and raised on her parents’ dairy farm. At the early age of twelve, Anna’s career took its first major stride when she won a national modeling contest and appeared on her first Finnish magazine cover. Shortly thereafter, Anna received an international modeling contract with a major Japanese modeling agency and promptly relocated to Tokyo where she appeared in advertising campaigns for such mammoth international corporations as Sony, Phillips, Oricom and Wacoal – to name a few.
Easteden’s modeling career next swept her off to such global destinations as Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Zealand, Slovakia, Guam and finally the United States. Once on US soil, Easteden quickly landed a series of major modeling gigs with Calvin Klein, Hermès, Salvatore Ferragamo, Diesel, T-Mobile, Avon, Jockey, Chevy and Nissan – and has been featured in such magazines as Cosmopolitan, Harper’s Bazaar and Marie Claire. Easteden’s interests also include those in the humanitarian arena. Not something one might expect from a fashion model, Easteden conducted a comparative legal research study on the different aspects of asylum procedures in selected European countries for United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Bratislava, Slovakia. Her research impacted the Slovak National Asylum Legislation, which was in the process of amendment. Anna then continued her work in Bratislava, with an international partner of The Foundation for a Civil Society (USA), where she involved herself in the “Citizen Campaign OK ’98″ for free and fair elections.
Easteden currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband. In addition to her modeling and acting, Easteden enjoys traveling, cooking, writing, and lending a humanitarian hand to a number of her favorite non-profit organizations.

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"Child of light " and "Child of darkness"

 
"In a profound sense every man has two halves to his being; he is not one person so much as two persons trying to act in unison.  I believe that in the heart of each human being there is something which I can only describe as a "child of darkness" who is equal and complementary to the more obvious "child of light "

Laurens van der Post

    DMITRY SAVCHENKO ART PHOTOGRAPHY

Los Angeles, Art Photography, Celebrity Photoshoots, Fashion, Jewelry, Hollywood Actresses, Opera   Singers, Ballet, Theatres, Galleries

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HIGH-KEY LIGHTING

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-key_lighting

High-key lighting is a style of lighting for film, television, or photography that aims to reduce the lighting ratio present in the scene. This was originally done partly for technological reasons, since early film and television did not deal well with high contrast ratios, but now is used to suggest an upbeat mood. It is often used in sitcoms and comedies. High-key lighting is usually quite homogeneous and free from dark shadows. The terminology comes from the key light (main light).[citation needed]

In the 1950s and 1960s, high-key lighting was achieved through multiple light sources lighting a scene—usually using three fixtures per person (left, right, and central) —which resulted in a uniform lighting pattern with very little modeling. Nowadays, multiple hot light sources are substituted by much more efficient fluorescent soft lights which provide a similar effect.

The advantage to high-key lighting is that it doesn't require adjustment for each scene which allows the production to complete the shooting in hours instead of days. The primary drawback is that high-key lighting fails to add meaning or drama by lighting certain parts more prominently than others.

Most recently, shows with bigger budgets moved away from high-key lighting by using lighting set-ups different from the standard three-point lighting. Part of the reason for this is the advent of new lighting fixtures  which are easier to use and quicker to set up. Another reason is the growing sophistication of the audience for TV programs and the need to differentiate.

The term "high-key" has found its way from cinema into more widespread usage, for example referring to an event that requires much organization or is subject to a great deal of publicity

LOW-KEY LIGHTING

   

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Low-key lighting is a style of lighting for photography, film or television. It is a necessary element in creating a chiaroscuro effect. Traditional photographic lighting, three-point lighting uses a key light, a fill light, and a back light for illumination. Low-key lighting often uses only one key light, optionally controlled with a fill light or a simple reflector.
Low key light accentuates the contours of an object by throwing areas into shade while a fill light or reflector may illuminate the shadow areas to control contrast. The relative strength of key-to-fill, known as the lighting ratio, can be measured using a light meter. Low key lighting has a higher lighting ratio, e.g. 8:1, than high-key lighting, which can approach 1:1.

The term "low key" is used in cinematography to refer to any scene with a high lighting ratio, especially if there is a predominance of shadowy areas. It tends to heighten the sense of alienation felt by the viewer, hence is commonly used in film noir and horror genres.

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