Originally, I presented the first three photographs as the style of Tice's photography that I would like to emulate.  However, I later observed that the third image had a very different feeling than the first two in terms of the environment.  The first two have an industrial or downtown type of feeling, while the third is more residential.  The first two feel as though they are in an area that should be busy, but Tice just happened to capture a moment of calm, while the third seems as though it would almost always have this calmness to it.  So, I looked at more of Tice's work, in search of another photograph that seemed to better match the theme of the first two.  This photograph, though it does not have the industrial feeling, does strongly say "downtown" to me, and also captures an instance of calmness in front of what seems like it should be a busy theater.

This photograph is very interesting, as it shows a theater that one would expect to be bustling with activity. It is noted that this theater is certainly not abandoned since the sign is lit. Perhaps he shot this picture during a show so that everyone was inside; during the calm between the flow of people into the theater, and the excited rush out after a show. I can just imagine people beginning to burst through those doors at any moment. This picture is well balanced; the entrance is well centered, and the sign is located just above the middle of the photograph, to balance the lighter wall in the lower portion of the image, and the darker wall in the upper portion. The contrast between the background of the sign and the lights is very nice; it causes the sign to pop, drawing a viewer’s eyes to it at first glance. Though this photograph is very simple, it leads the viewer to imagine the background behind it; as in all of Tice’s photographs, it causes the viewer to think.

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