Posts Tagged ‘sunset’

Four Seasons: Virtual Light Lab Project

1. A Fall Sunset in Vermont

Instruments 1-4 are hung USR using gel R32 at full with a 36 degree flood and soft focus. Instruments 3-6 are hung two positions below instruments 1-4 SR and are using gel R40 at full with a 36 degree flood and soft focus. The top cyc lights are using gel R74 at 80% and the bottom cyc lights are using gel R11 at 65%.

The lower hanging lights are representative of the direct sunlight as it is about ti set while the upper hanging lights is the brighter pinker light that fills the sky. The blue light on the cyc represents the color that slowly takes over the sky in a sunset’s last few minutes.

2. Easter Sunrise in a Gothic Cathedral

Instrument 1 is hanging in the upstage SR corner using gel R45 at full with a 50 degree flood and soft focus. Instrument 2 is hanging in the upstage SR corner using gel R68 at full with a 50 degree flood and soft focus. Instrument 3 is one hanging position below instruments 1 and 2 SR; it is using gel R13 at full with a 50 degree flood and soft focus. All instruments are using the “Breakup” gobo.

The gobo is giving the impression of the light coming through a stained glass window, along with the colored light that the Sun gives off when shining through the stained glass. The light is coming from SR like the Sun has just begin rising in the East.

3. Noon on a Hot Summer Day

The bottom cyc lights are using gel R75 at full. Instruments 1 and 2 are at the downstage corners using gel R313 at full with a 90 degree flood and soft focus. Instruments 3, 4, and 5, are center stage using gel 313 at full with a 50 degree flood and soft focus.

The direct overhead center stage light represents the direct overhead Sun at noon and the light that the corner instruments give off helps fill the space to give more of a hotter feeling. The blue cyc gives the illusion of the Caribbean sea.

4. Winter Afternoon Just Before the Snow

Instruments 1-6 are in every corner hanging position with gel L201 at full with a 90 degree flood and soft focus. The top and bottom cyc lights have no gel and are at full. Instrument 7 is DC using gel R67 at full with a 90 degree flood and soft focus. Instruments 8 and 10 are in the downstage and center hanging positions that split center and SL; they are using gel R67 at full with a 90 degree flood and a soft focus. Instrument 9 is in line with instruments 8 and 10 at the upstage hanging position; it is using gel R67 at full with a 50 degree flood and a soft focus.

There is a flood of white light that gives off the harsh white hue that Winter air seems to have. The flood of blue is the Sun’s Winter Light, and the more distinct blue beam shows where the Sun’s afternoon light is directly coming from.

Sunset Post

This photo is a Daruma Sunset taken in Kochi Prefecture, Japan. The lights emitted from the sunset are a vibrant red and orange and give the effect that the sun is sitting upon the ocean. There is an almost smokiness to the way the light is scattered across the sky. This lucky sunset makes the rest of the sky brighter, turning it from a normal blue color to a dusty purple. The way the light reflects on the ocean makes the water shine and gives it a crystal-like effect.

Lighting Observation- 2/12/2021

1) DATE-TIME-LOCATION: 2/10/21- 5:30 pm- My dorm room (3rd floor of Vander Poel Hall)

2) OBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION: The sun was in the middle of setting and reflecting off the tower across from my building.

3) SUBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION: As the sun slips further and further below the trees, its reflection follows the slow pace. The vibrant orange tones light everything in their path, creating an aura of warmth across the snowy grounds. The clean snow sits like pools on the grass and the sun’s path spills into the collected flurries with a growing crescendo.

Photo Observation

2) This photo was taken by Micaela Erickson

3) THEME: Sunrise/Sunset

4) DESCRIPTION: The snow sits upon the trees illuminated by the last light of day. The sun still shines bright, its light peeking through the trees even as the light fades into night. Blues, pinks, oranges, and yellows mingle together, their pastel gradient gives a sense of peace and calmness. Everything is quiet yet so bright. Sunsets in the snow leave a subtle smile on those around. 

 

Photo Assignment 2-11-21

2) Attribute the Photo, tell us where it came from.

I took this photo in January of 2021 on my way home from Myrtle Beach, SC. (So this picture was taken somewhere in SC.)

3) THEME: Sunset/Sunrise

4) DESCRIPTION: The sun always manages to fight through its cloudy roadblocks in order to brighten the sky. Amber glows bright and warm amidst the continually darkening skies. A layered farewell before the night sweeps across the golden light.

Photo Observation

  1. Title: “Sunset in the Bronx” 
  2. Discovered through Imgur, uploaded by “symbiiotic” on January 3, 2017. Time unknown.
  3. Theme: Sunrise/Sunset
  4. This photo is a blend of colors towards the end of a sunset, an evening sky covered with dark blues, purples, and the tail end of light pinks and bright yellow colors. The photo was taken from a train platform high above the ground. I chose this photo because it feels close to the end of a night where things are winding down from the day and it made me feel at ease. I like the perspective from the platform, which is outside, above ground, and in between lamp posts. Even those lights hitting the concrete create this nighttime feeling, contrasting the vibrancy of the sunset occurring quite nicely. I also enjoy the smallest detail, the green signal light in the far left, which is distant but still illuminating. 

Lighting Observation 10

April 13th at 7:31pm, outside of the Student Center, walking past Bill and Alliance halls.
I had been walking back from dinner with one of my friends, and I noticed that the sky had a really interesting color scheme going on that night.
Ok, so there’s this book, called Mistborne, or something like that. Anyway, I’ve never read it, but the cover has this really pretty color schematic of these purples and pinks blending in to one another. That was essentially what the sky looked like. It was this beautiful blend of purples and pinks, with just a hint of an orangey-yellow sprinkled in. The colors were streaked in a repeating pattern, so it went purple, pink, orangey-yellow, pink, purple, and repeat. It was partially obscured by the dorm building and a few trees in the way, but because of the sky’s color, as well as the fading light for the day, these things were all cloaked in shadows, making them appear black. I’m pretty sure that part of why they appeared this way was because none of these objects were in the direct path of the fading sunlight, but the contrast reminded me, again, of a YA fantasy over.

Light Observation 8

Date.Time.Location- 4/3/19. 6:30 PM. The choir loft of my church

Objective description- I was spending a late night at my church making sure things were in order for a youth gathering we will be bringing our kids to in July to Minnesota. I sat in the choir loft by our enormous pipe organ as I looked through the paper work. As the sun began to set outside, the orange strips of light began to shine through the stained glass window directly opposite the organ. This strong and yet rapidly fading orange light filled the choir loft and the sanctuary beneath.

Subjective description- It is moments like this that truly allow me to sit back and take inventory as I reflect on another long day come to pass. The natural lighting that the church takes advantage of really has a way of reflecting ones emotions at any given time. During this time of the day I was exhausted after a long day at school and at work and these orange beams of light were showcasing their strength through their intensity as they managed to slither and slip their way through the stained glass and into the choir loft before settling down in the sanctuary beneath my. These beams reflected just what kind of a day I had just had. This was a day of action, a day of work, another day of trials and tribulation. These beams of orange were strong and yet they were rapidly dwindling in their power as the sun returned to its place of rest as the moon took over the sky once more. These orange beams beckoned ever stronger, they symbolized an ever approaching time of rest. These beams filled me with the kind of warmth and reprieve that comes with wrapping oneself in the covers of their bed as they drift off into a well-deserved deep sleep at the end of a long day. These rays of orange worked there way around the loft and enveloped me in their warm embrace so as to tell me “your job is through, and now it is time to rest”. It was these exact beams of orange that motivated me to make the short drive back home and allow myself to be whisked away to the realm of dreams before having to start the cycle over again the following day. This day had dwindled away and the new one would soon be arriving when the sun returned to the sky.

Lighting Observation

1) DATE-TIME-LOCATION: Dorm Room- 7:30pm

2) OBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION: light from a sun preparing to set drifts in from an east facing window while I’m laying in bed.

3) SUBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION: It was a long day, and it felt like the universe was agreeing with me as the sun set over the horizon. There was still more to be done, but it would be okay to take a break for a while with a quick nap.