“Four Seasons” Light Lab

1. Fall Sunset in Vermont – Since Vermont is a colder state, I tried to use more cool tones, in the cyc, while also still adding in some gold/yellow hues for the fading sunlight. Most of the lights I used were also set to a much lower intensity to achieve this look. I made sure all the focuses were soft so everything blended together more too!

2) Spring Sunrise in a Gothic Cathedral – I LOVE HOW THIS TURNED OUT IN MY OPINION! I wanted all the light to come in from one place as if they were coming in through a stained-glass window (or windows). I used the window gobo on a pink, blue, and green light, and then the lined gobo on a pink light set to a high degree and softer focus layered over the window pattern. I also used a few gold lights on soft focus and low intensity to make more sunlight looking streams and set the cyc to a low intensity gold!

3) Noon on a Hot Summer day in Hawaii – I was trying to achieve the look of what’s called “Lahaina Noon” which is something that happens in Hawaii and causes shadows on vertical objects to kind of disappear. It was really hard to achieve in light lab but I did my best, and I also added some blue and green to the cyc because those are colors I associate with Hawaii.

4) Winter Afternoon in Chicago – I went with a lot of cool toned lights in this one and set the ambient light to high. The cyc is a mix of white on top and a super light blue/teal on the bottom. I added two lights on a soft focus with no gobo set to a cool white to imitate the sun through clouds, and then two more set with dot gobos focused on the floor to sort of look like snow!