Week 5 - Silhouettes

This is the view outside my apartment door. I try to soak this in every time I leave my apartment to give me a little peace at the beginning of my day, especially when the sun is just coming up. I took this picture one morning this week when I noticed that the mountains were in silhouette. I was intrigued by the colors in this landscape because when I think of silhouette I normally think of the dancer on stage being completely black with a bright, bold color behind them. This idea of silhouette always led me to feel that the use of it was more theatrical or jazzy or mysterious, so I was under the impression that it would not be useful in setting a calming scene. This picture changes my perspective on the uses of silhouette, because I realized that it's just a matter of playing with color as well as including lights besides just a cyc. This realization made me think that there are probably many more possibilities that I haven't thought of and I can't wait to play around more to find them all.