Feeling Blue is a Hue Too "Boo!"

My subject for this image was the side wall filled by an ocean of reels of film, possibly celluloid ones, contrasted by the white screen. I was able only to take one picture due to my puzzlement of the blue spot on the bottom of my phone. I hadn’t used a flash since I wanted to capture the natural lighting inside of Echo Park’s Film Center after an inspiring screening of Gillo Pontecorvo’s film The Battle of Algiers. The blue spot had really baffled me as I stared intently at my phone. This lady from KPFK asked me if I was okay. I showed her my phone telling her I wanted to capture the filmstock but instead got this creepy blue hue on the bottom dominating the picture. Not wanting to be rude and continue to capture “the right shot” as this lady genuinely wanted to converse, I was left with this image. I wanted to capture the different colored filmstock and just general vibe from the environment. It felt more of a record store to me, an odd interpretation seeing as how there were so many amazing vintage cameras along the opposing wall and just general movie stuff like cinematic seats. The front part of the ceiling was lit by an upward facing lamp whose bulb I can only speculate was using an edison light connector as well as the other lights behind a makeshift wall separating the back office from the screening room. The light was very warm and dim, naturally since one’s eyes must adjust after being in the dark for over an hour, not bright and cold like a doctor’s office higher along on the Kelvin Scale(Yes, I just had to:)