Archive for February, 2023

Lighting Observation #2

Time: 9:00 pm

Location: Walkway between the Estabrook and Enterprise

Objective: The only light source is a few dimly lit street lamps that line the tree-covered path. The lights cast shadows of the tree limbs onto the dimly lit sidewalk.

Subjective: The lights casting shadows onto the path, with the tree limbs swaying in the wind, give an eerie feeling.

Lighting Observation #2

Date: 02/24/2023

Time: 9:30 pm

Location: my backyard

Objective: Its dark outside and the only light that is on is the motion-censored light right above the trash bin. I was taking out the trash so I was right in the direction of the light. As it hit me, it created a large shadow on the cement of my backyard as well as making shadows of other objects nearby.

Subjective: The large shadows create an eerie yet otherworldly moment. Although the shadows are just reflections of the objects present and myself, the shadows are much more distorted. The shadows of the objects can look like monsters from sci-fi or fantasy films to someone with a high imagination. It added a sense of liveliness to the quiet night.

Lighting Observation

February 19th, 2023 @9:00pm

While my sister was driving me around town, we stopped at a red light and noticed a purple street light.

The street was completely bare and covered in darkness. At a first glance the street seemed completely normal, but the more I looked out into the distance, the more something felt slightly off. Once noticing the purple light, I observed its affect on the street. The purple tint effectively lit the road but left an icy look on the black pavement. This coldness lent itself to an ominous feeling. A haunted aura that surrounded the intersection. Upon leaving the intersection there was a continued eeriness as we drove further into darkness.

Light Observation 2

Date: 2/24/23

Time: 5:50pm

Location: outside the Fitness Center

Objective: The sun is setting way off in the distance, and the lower half of the sky is mostly blocked by trees or buildings. The trees are dark silhouettes against a graying sky, which lightens to orange as it nears the horizon. A couple of outdoor lights on the buildings of Colonial Square illuminate the brick with white light. A window is lit from inside by a yellow light.

Subjective: The sky looks pretty, but cold. The colors don’t evoke any kind of warmth. Looking away from the sunset and into the monochrome expanse of the sky, it is vast and quickly darkening. It’s not quite unsettling but it gives the feeling more and more that something is hidden in the silhouettes. The sunset, by contrast, offers a gentle hint of natural light, while the outdoor lights on the buildings feel very industrial.

Light Observation

Date: 2/23/23

Time: Around 8:15 AM

Location: Netherlands Core

Objective: The sun is still rising, illuminating the tree leaves making them look yellow in the morning sun.

Subjective: Despite no one being awake yet, all the light outside the window makes everything feel alive, the trees glow yellow as if there are higher beings behind them, and the room and spaces outside feel alive with no one to inhabit them.

Lighting Observation

  1. Thursday February 23, 2023 on the corner of 46th Str and 7th Ave
  2. A bright, electronic billboard on the side of a building.
  3. The screen on the side of the building was so bright it changed the color of the sky. It felt like a beacon shining into the sky and changing the mood of the air around me. Looking at the screen face on felt like a spotlight shining directly into my eyes and blinding me. The way that it illuminated the sky was magical because the light reflected off of the clouds like a mirror above the city.

Lighting Moment

Date: 2/23/23

Time: around 6:30 P.M.

Location: Lowe Hall

Objective: all the lights are on in 216, but it’s dark outside

Subjective: There’s only a few other people in the room and a movie is playing on the projector. Despite the harshness of the fluorescents, the space feels welcoming and friendly.

Cold Photo

From:https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/arts-culture/nevada-ballet-theatre-moscow-ballet-each-perform-nutcracker-in-las-vegas/

Theme:Cold

Description: This photo is of Snow scene in the Nutcracker performed by Nevada Ballet Theatre. I really like the use of lighting here making it feel like they are in a chilly winter wonderland which not all Nutcrackers really achieve.

Photo Observation

Photo by Daniel Kulinski on December 4th, 2013

Cold

The white light mixed with a tint of blue taking over this space makes it feel cold and barren. It feels like an abandoned and mysterious place. The absence of light also plays an important part in this picture because the darkness creeping around the edges of the frame make my mind associate this with nighttime which is colder.

Cold Photo

https://images.app.goo.gl/6hP4rS5ndMAKdUm66

Theme: Cold

Description: I chose this photo because the lighting and operation of cryo therapy chambers make everything around them far below freezing. The cold makes it so that your body’s survival instinct kicks in, and blood flow and chemicals in your body start changing, and once you step out they slowly return to normal. The lighting encompasses this same cold feeling, the blues in the background and the white with hints of blue from above the chamber bring out the smoke. Everything is made to look like ice, and the lighting sells that feeling even more.

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