Light Lab Assignment

Fall Sunset in Vermont:

This stage resembles my interpretation of a fall sunset in Vermont. A lot of images on Google used reddish/orange leaves in front of blue skies, and that is where the inspiration for this came from. I used a soft blue for the cyc and lighted the floor in diagonal directions with the shadows casted to look like the leaves.

Spring Sunset in a Gothic Cathedral:

This stage incorporates the variety of examples given when researching “Spring Sunset Gothic Cathedral.” Some images used a lot of pinks, some used a lot of blues, and there were definitely shadows of windows and architecture. I used two different lights for the background, along with a light blue cyc light. I moved the lights around to overlap the colors, create the pink light in between. I turned on a side light with the shadows resembling window frames of sorts and moved it around to reflect against the cyc as well, similar to how windows would.

Noon on a Hot Summer Day in Hawaii:

I knew for this set I wanted to use light blue to resemble the waters of Hawaii. After looking at some examples of the sun in this tropical place, I used the yellow light to brighten the background with a light green cyc behind it. The side lights are creating shadows to give off the feeling of waves in the water, clear as can be.

Winter Afternoon in North Dakota:

For this set, I wanted to give off a cold, but inviting feeling. A lot of examples on Goggle of Winter Afternoon in North Dakota included a warm sun behind all the snow and mountains. That is what these colors are representing, with a warm orange light on the backdrop with shadows casting to look like trees. The floor is a mixture of blues overlapping to look like snow/ice. The shadow in the background is intentional to feel like the afternoon, as sunset soon approaches.