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For this post I chose to focus on how refraction and relfection can create entirely novel looks entirely different from any other methods of light manipulation. This is utterly fascinating as a basic, unedited photo, can look like a kaleidescope. This is something that, if given the time and materials, I would love to incorporate into a lighting design.
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Continuing my theme of trying to find the loophole or the less obvious interpretation of the prompt, I was drawn to the life found at night when one isn’t looking for it. Perhaps on the walk home from a friend’s, what would you see that captivate’s you. Neon signs on a closed store always presented a fun juxtaposition. I also love the color used in this photo.
Location: St. Matthew’s Church, Conneticut (on a film shoot)
Time: 2/25/24 1:00pm
Objective: Sunbeams show through light haze inside of a church, creating overlapping beams with areas of light and shadow.
Subjective: Yellow spears pierce through the air. The whole of the room holds its light like a cool, each moment closeley held with mist. You’d feel compressed if not for the lightness that eminates from your chest. The cool air and the warm light intermix in a symphony and in a church you see god.
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For this assignment, I took notes from the natural world. The early morning is the coldest time for anyone who has spent time outdoors. In this image, cold is exemplified by the constriction of color and detail. Just as your hands go numb, the image is faded and holds some vagueness. The mist hides everything past the subject and catches its color before most of it can reach the viewers eye. The subject and its isolated nature also adds to the theme, as it is always so much colder when theres no warm home nearby.
Date: 2/13/24 2:00pm
Location: Regal Cinemas
Objective: The Opening titles are lined with green and magenta on opposite sides. This, I realised thanks to references in last week’s lecture to 3d, gives them the illusion of dimensionality against the flat screen due to the function of our eyes.
Subjective: Bright white fonts blast off of the screen towards me. Their neon glow further calls for my attention. I cannot look away as they continue to approach
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I paid attention to your request that the subject is not inherentlty romantic, but that the lighting is. I thought back to moments in which I felt that the atmosphere was inherently romantic, and recalled the few times that I’ve been able to look out over a city. This feeling of separation from the environment is compounded by the ambient glow of the space. The slight mist creates a dome over the lights and scatters them in all angles. It brings a colective-ness which is not often felt in tbe modern age. Its not straight forward, but it does feel romantic.
Date: 2/6/2024 7:43 am
Location: Outside of Colonial Square
Objective: The Reflection of a window is interrupted by my shadow as I walk by, creating symmetrical motion.
Subjective: The morning light is bounces off of glass from millions of miles away. As a stranger walks past, he catches the light on his skin. In his wake lies a cold darkness that follows his every movment, solitary. However, in this one small space, the absense of light creates another absense, and the shadow is not alone. For a breif moment, it has a friend.
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When looking at sunsets/sunrises, the thing that strikes me most is not the light but how it influences the shadows. This piece, with the shadows of the trees through what appears to be a sheer curtain, diffusing the light, creates a wonderful shape with positive and negative space. The brightness fading upwards is also a beautiful moment.
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