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Posted by previousstudent on March 2, 2017 under Light Observation

March 2nd at Banana Republic at 5:00pm
The rays from the sunset were so strong that they were reflecting off the windows of the other stores and into ours.
Sometimes it is easy to forget how powerful the suns rays can be. I had this moment when I had just finished my shift at work and was walking out of the store. Until this point, I had only been under florescent light and walking into the natural light was a wake-up call. It warmed my body and stunned me because it was so bright. It was an overwhelming experience.

Posted by previousstudent on March 2, 2017 under Light Observation

Location: Lawrence T. Hubert School of Comm 2nd floor slide theater room during Senior Film Class, February 28, 2017 at 3-6:30 pm.
Objective: The lights are all turned out in the showcase room. Only the glow from the projector and the two computer screens illuminate the audience from the front.
Subjective: When other students are showing of their projects, all I want to do is hide away. Since I am shooting my senior film on March 23-26 and still do not have everything set, there is a constant fear of failure. This showing is a reminder that I have not done any shooting yet. So, I wait in the shadows, wondering if I will be able to sit up front and be shown through the light.

Posted by previousstudent on March 2, 2017 under Light Observation

Thursday, March 2, 6:08 am, My bed
Bright light coming from the window.
I was lying in bed, still asleep as I had about two hours before I had to get up, when all of the sudden the heavy wind outside blew the cloud away that was blocking the sun from my window. It felt like the light of a thousand suns burning past my eyelids and into my eyes, waking me up despite the blinds being closed. I didn’t know what was happening at first, I was being forced awake far earlier than my brain could comprehend. I felt disoriented, but as my brain began to catch up with my eyes, I felt angry. I was angry at the wind that was now loud enough to keep me awake, angry at the sun for being too bright, and I felt angry at Hofstra for giving us low-quality blinds without allowing us to cover the windows with anything else.

Posted by previousstudent on March 2, 2017 under Photo Observation

Taken by me from the back of a camel in Israel.
Theme: Shadows
I took this picture in Israel last summer, and it is honestly one of my favorite pictures from the trip. Shadows are interesting because they can disguise something or morph it, like when you’re a little kid and you feel like a giant with your long shadow, or it can be an exact outline of its creator, as it does in this picture. It tells the story in literal black and white, almost as if these shadows were made for the purpose of telling a story as they would be in theatre.