Lighting Observation #6

Posted on March 8, 2026 by Grace Mitchell

1)  3/6/26 – 6:30p – Aunt’s hotel lobby

2) OBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION: sculpted white staircase illuminated by six small floor lights. Next to it is a mirrored ball with a slice through the middle, light pours from the center and onto the wall and staircase.

3) SUBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION: white light reflects off the white staircase and makes the space feel brighter than it is. Due to the floor lights you can see the curve of the staircase reflected in the mirrored surface of the ball. As the light spills out of the inside of the reflective ball a stark line is created on the wall. As the line of light gets further from the origin the edge becomes softer.

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Lighting Observation #5

Posted on March 7, 2026 by Saniy Coates

1) March 6th- Outside of Hofusa

2) I was walking to Hofusa to get myself some well deserved dinner when I noticed something. As I walking closer, it was pretty dark but from the distance, there are a set of lights that are extremely bright outside of it.

3) The lights reminded me of when you would see a lighthouse from the distance. The lights reminded acts as a guide to figure where you need to go on a lighthouse. So, I immediately started thinking of that when the multicolored lights.

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Lighting Observation #5

Posted on March 6, 2026 by Grace Mitchell

1)  3/4/25 – outside Netherlands Core

2) OBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION: single yellow/amber light lights the surrounding brick wall. There is a ring around the center of the lamp creating a shadow that separates the light into 4 quadrants around the light.

3) SUBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION: yellow light cast from the lamp looks like a reverse butterfly shadow, where instead of shadow cast from the wings it is light. There is no other light, the lamp casts a very low golden glow onto the floor and snow below. It feels like a butterfly spreading its wings and flying off into the night.

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Photo Observation #5

Posted on March 6, 2026 by Emily Giammalvo

  1. August 5th, 2025 – During a production of Spelling Bee
  2. Theme – singular artificial light
  3. This photo was taken while I was working on a production of Spelling Bee. In this scene, in order to have a supernatural look, Sam who played Jesus in the scene, was lit up by one light below and behind him. It helped make it look like he was floating and glowing.
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Lighting Moment #5

Posted on March 6, 2026 by Emily Giammalvo
  1. Thursday, March 5th, 2026 – Looking out of my dorm window
  2. I had just finished getting ready for the day and I finally opened my blinds and looked out of the window. The rain was coming down and it was gray outside which normally feels sad, but the temperature outside was quite a bit warmer than it’s been so the warmer rain made the day feel brighter and nice. Inside felt nice and cozy.
  3. There are times when lighting will make me nostalgic. This rain felt like the rain that you get in the summer after lots of hot days. There was something about the bright gray lighting and slightly warmer temperature that even though I should be wanting hot sunny days right now, the rain felt good. It wasn’t super dark it felt more like a go outside and play in the rain kind of lighting and it made me happy. (until I got soaked walking to class of course.)
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Lighting Observation #5

Posted on March 6, 2026 by Jemmi

1. March 6 2026, 12:38am, path between alliance hall and the student center

2. Outside my window it was pouring and looked to be slightly flooding. The lights from the student center reflected off the water on the ground, disrupted by fast ripples made by the rain.

3. This scene gave me a serene feeling. The bright light on the student center hitting the layer of water made it look almost like the moon reflecting off the ocean at night.

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5th Lighting Observation

Posted on March 5, 2026 by Mia Gozinsky
  1. March 5th, 2026 – 7:26 Pm – On my way back to the Netherlands
  2. Rain was really coming down, of course, as soon as I got out of class, it had to be pouring, but the lamps lit the way, and the way that they reflected off the rain made it better cause it distracted me from the fact that I was walking in the pouring rain.
  3. The mood lighting was the lamps outside cause even though, like I said, it was pouring rain, the way that the raindrops reflected off the light and the sounds of the rain against my unbrella was pretty calming.
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Photo Observation #4

Posted on March 5, 2026 by Tessie Schultz
  1. April 25, 2025 7:11 PM, NY
  2. Bizarre
  3. I chose this picture due to how the light is hitting the moon in the ceiling. This moon was so large and a sphere, yet the way the light is hitting it, plus the light on the inside, it almost looks 2D. It is hard to capture in the image how large it was and the fact that when you entered the cathedral it looked like a flat hanging until you got closer.

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Photo Observation #4

Posted on March 5, 2026 by Maggie Dippel

2)I took this photo on 3/3/26 at The Shed in Manhattan

3) Bizarre

4) This is a photo from a Mitski concert I went to this week. She is an artist who plays a lot with contrasting visuals and sounds in her performances. Here, thee white spots of light give the impression of stars which make sense with the sweet song she is singing, but the large red beams read as bizarre to me because they don’t exactly fit the feeling of night sky or ethereal love in the way the music and stars do. This adds a layer to her visuals that contextualizes the love she is referring to as also the fiery passionate kind, the way that we usually associate red with love. The amount of texture on stage along with the straight beams of red and white light is automatically bizarre and fills the stage with life.

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Photo Observation 4 – Stanley Morgan

Posted on March 5, 2026 by Stanley Morgan

1) August 27th, 2025 – Downtown Wakefield, Massachusetts – 8:05 PM

2) Theme: Bizarre

3) I chose this photo for bizarre due to the fact of how vibrant the light reflects off of the water, especially with the grey sky present. The fountain is a beacon of bright light sprouting up from the Earth, and catches your eye from afar. The sky and rocks around the fountain are grey and muted, exemplifing how bright the light is. The warm light peeking out makes the photo complete, as you don’t notice it at first, but it adds to the contrast of the blue wonderfully.

 

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