Light Lab: Four Seasons

1) A Fall sunset in New England

For this image I wanted to capture the warm golden red feeling of the leaves on the ground with the color of the sky right before the sun officially goes down. To achieve this I used lights 1 and 2 to have no gel at full 90 degrees in the breakup gobo. Light 3 is at full R49 at 90 degrees. Light 4 is at R21 full at 70 degrees. Lastly light 5 is at L151 75% at 90 degrees to brighten up the image a bit more. The cyc is lit with the bottom at full no gel and the top at full at L151.

2) Spring sunrise in a Gothic Cathedral

For this image I wanted to capture the visual of bright light streaming through a large window. In my head I had this image of orange, and red coming through the window at the beginning of sunrise through a stained glass pane. To achieve this I used light all from one side on an angle. Light 1 was in the upper downstage right corner with no gel and the window gobo at 26 degrees at 75%, Light 2 was on the middle tree at the middle spot at no gel full, Light 3 was at the same level as Light two on the most downstage right tree at R49 at Full. The last two lights are most downstage and directly above each other from the floor up at full R51. The top and bottom of the cyc are lit at full L151.This image captured a warm glow of the sunrise with the ambient light off to simulate a darker environment like at cathedral. 

3) Noon on a hot Summer day in the Caribbean

For this image I wanted to capture the feeling of a hot day but still relaxing. I added a breakup gobo to simulate the idea that the person was under palm tree still feeling the heat but not quite to its fullest extent. The cyc was lit at the top with no color and bottom at R68 full. Light 1 was from the middle top light at 90 degrees full with a custom orange/yellow color, light two is at quarter downstage let at full R21 90 degrees. Light three is at the opposite quarter full no gel. Lastly the middle back top light is lit with the breakup at L201 70 degrees. To me this images shows the heat of being outside in the Caribbean but also the coolness that comes with the ocean breeze and costal air. 

4) Winter afternoon in Canada

For this image I used all cool white and blue toned colors. Again using side light to achieve the look that the light was coming from an outdoor space. Because the sun is typically more on the side during the afternoon I chose to have all the lights stage right. Light 1 was at full R68 from the upstage right upper corner. Directly on the other side of that at the front of stage right was light 2 at L201 Full with the breakup gobo at 90 degrees. This added more texture and helped to simulate what the texture of snow might look like. Light 3 was the upstage right light closest to the floor at R80 full. The last light 4 was at full on a custom color that was a yellowish white. The cyc is fully lit with no gel. This image feels very cold and feels like there is a lot of white/blue overlap simulating how snow can sometimes reflect and go from white to a blue shine in certain lights.