Bonus blog: what I WISH I could have done for my final

Ironically enough, I took this picture the exact night of the day I present my final "Our Town" cues. I think I literally grumbled out loud out of frustration when I noticed the sky that night. The purple hues didn't photograph as nicely as it looked from my own eyes, but the gradient effect shown here was also stunning in the sky. I really like how the trees seem to glow in the moonlight, but it's probably also with the help of a streetlamp nearby. I wish I had knew the techniques used to create this specific type of night sky. I've seen something similar to this idea used recently in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and it was beautiful then too. It wasn't as gradient, but I think that's because in the time setting of that play, there probably isn't as much light pollution as is prevalent in this picture.