ATTRIBUTES: https://www.farmersalmanac.com/st-patricks-day
THEME: St. Patrick’s Day
DESCRIPTION: I chose this photo because I thought the light illuminating the other greenery in the background of the photo was magical and beautiful. Because of the combination of backlighting and ambient lighting, the edges of the four leave clover in the foreground glow, making visible the details of the plant and adding to the experience for the viewer.
ATTRIBUTES: This is a McDonald’s Cheeseburger ad I found on a New York Post article about McDonald’s.
THEME: Advertisement/Desire
DESCRIPTION: I chose this image for two reasons. First, I thought the lighting almost intensifies the cheeseburger, making it much more appetizing to the viewer. The moisture of the meat and the ketchup shines in the light, adding dimension to the cheeseburger and making it look much more real (a quality I imagine fast food restaurants always wish to convey). The bun is perfectly round and plump, creating the ideal image of a cheeseburger, and its curves are highlighted by the sidelight shining on the burger. The second reason I chose this image is that I love McDonald’s cheeseburgers, and I think this image looks extremely tasty.
Date/Time/Location: 4/1/22, Hempstead Turnpike, 9:30pm
Objective Description: As I walked back to my dorm in the cold, a flickering streetlamp shone a warm, perfect circle on the sidewalk below.
Subjective Description: The dark sky made for a shadowy, mostly unseen walk home, eerie and frightening. Very few lights shone in the darkness, except for one by the crosswalk to the Netherlands across the Turnpike. Its beam shone straight down, casting a perfectly circular pool of light on the sidewalk below, which I promptly used as a spotlight (just for kicks). Though I was frightened walking home alone, the streetlight guided me out of the darkness, metaphorically and literally.
Date/Time/Location: 3/17/22, Emily Lowe 216, 10:30pm
Objective Description: Though the room was dim, the light from my computer screen illuminated my watercolors in a rectangle of cool white light.
Subjective Description: As I painstakingly painted the night away, mixing muddy shades of brown and green, my workspace was lit only by the light shining from my computer screen. Bright white and cool, the paintings took on new energy, almost coming to life under the artificial sun. My surroundings were dark; the only other light I could see was a warm streetlamp through the window in the distance, a reminder of the long trek in the cold ahead of me. Even so, I powered through, encouraged by the ever-glowing luminescence of my Mac screen.
Date/Time/Location: 3/10/22, The French Workshop in Garden City, 1:30 pm
Objective Description: The sunlight shone through the window in beams, turning the vines on the wall all different shades of green and creating a magical Parisian atmosphere.
Subjective Description: Energy coursed through my veins as my body soaked up the combination of the caffeine and the sunlight shining through the window. Surrounded by faux foliage on all sides, I took in the different shades of green radiating from the vines on the wall, illuminated by the sun’s warm orange rays. Dust particles danced through the air in the beams, celebrating the coming spring. I felt hopeful, ready for new growth, and driven by the sun’s rejuvenating powers.
DATE – TIME – LOCATION: 3/31/22, 7:00 PM (ish), Brooks Atkinson Theater
OBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION: Spotlights illuminated the actresses.
SUBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION: Light pierced through the air all the way from the back of the house to the actresses on stage at SIX. The sharp white lines trapped the actresses in a prison of light.
Attributes: Google Search
Theme: Advertisement/Desire
Description: I chose this picture for two reasons. One was because I thought it was interesting and effective how bright the lights were against the dark night background as I feel that helped the advertisement even more. The other reason I chose it was because I thought it was interesting that based on where the lights were placed, the angles, and the strength of the beams, a slight hourglass effect takes place as it is brighter right where the lights are but it fades towards the center and the edges. I chose to exaggerate that effect in my lighting design.
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