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5/5/2026 - Go forth and SEE THE LIGHT! Have a great summer! - Rych
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5/5/2026
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Final Project and Final Exam Due by 5/12/2026, 12:30pm on Canvas
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4/30/2026
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Work on the Final Project. This week's Lighting Moment will be the last blog entry of the semester. The last class session on 5/5/2026 will be for final exam review and questions on the final project. The final exam is cumulative for the semester. The final exam must be completed on Canvas by 12:30pm on 5/12/2026. The final project must be submitted to Canvas by that time as well.
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Tag Archives: Gwendolyn
Lighting Observation 7: Church illuminated by the Artificial Sun at Noon-Night
7 March 2016-6:40pm-A church on the streets of NYC (not far from Penn. Station) The front of this church was lit up with several large film lights to make it look like day on the outside perhaps while a film … Continue reading
Posted in Light Observation
Tagged Artificial light, Bright light, Bully, Cameras Rolling, church, Dark and deep shadows, Day not Day, Fake, False, Few Shadows, film, Gwendolyn, heaven, hot, Imitation Sun, Light surrounded by Darkness, Lights from side, Lights on Crane, night, Noon, Noon-Night, Scant, Streets of NYC, TV, warm, white
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Photo Observation 7: White Christmas Hot Spot
My camera automatically took this photo while I was filming a community theatre production of White Christmas back home in Maryland. The theme is “single source; artificial light.” There is only one light on the actor at this point in … Continue reading
Posted in Photo Observation
Tagged Automatic Photo, bright, Darkness, deep, Gwendolyn, hot, shadows, Single source artificial light, Spot, Video Still, white, White Christmas
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Photo Observation #5: FUN! in the Sun, a childhood playground
I took this photo last spring break in Washington D.C. The theme is fun; this photo fits this theme, not because sun rhymes with fun, but because sunshine has many positive associations with it. The sun beats down on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Brightness, Cartwheel, childhood, Crave, Delight, Energy, Frolic, fun, Gwendolyn, Hot Monster, illumination, Opposite of Winter and bored, Pearl, Play, Play for Eyes, Sunshine, Vibrant colors, white
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Lighting Observation #5: Sand on the walls of Breslin
22 Feb. 2016 – 1:19pm – 2nd story Breslin Hall The sun shines through a dirty window and also appears to reflect off of the bricks on the exterior of the building some. This shines a textured and patterned light … Continue reading
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Tagged beach, Breathe, breslin, Bricks, Color tone, dirty Window, Doors, gobo, Gwendolyn, mood, sand, Stains, sun, Transporting, Wall, water, Waves, window
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Photo Observation #4: Hot as Oranges in Florida
I found this image online. It can be found at flickr.com. The lighting theme is hot. Orange, red, and yellow may be cooler in terms of degrees Kelvin but they are associated with warm things like the sun and fire. … Continue reading
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Tagged Colorful, Desert, Fire, flame, Gwendolyn, Heat, Hint of Color, hot, Mars, orange, Red, Red Hot, Red Hot Dress, Red Hot Pepper, sand, silhouettes, Sky, Sky Reflects Heat, Star, sun, white, yellow
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Lighting Observation #4: Fluorescent Ghosts
2/12/16 – 6:27pm – Hammer Lab The fluorescent lights are reflected through the glass to appear to be a double set on the other side of the glass despite there not being any fluorescents there in those exact locations over … Continue reading
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Tagged Bland, Bleach, Campaign of terror, dead, Fade, Flat lighting, Fluorescents, Ghost, Gwendolyn, harsh, I don't want to study here anymore., Inhumane, Jellyfish, Light Observation, Lighting Observation, Many boxes, nightmare, Reflection, Stale, Stare, Two bulbs, Two Eyes, unnatural
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Photo Observation: Cold Lighting in a Movie
This photo is from the blog TheLiontheWitchandtheWardrobeMalfuctioned.wordpress.com, which took it in turn from the motion picture Pan’s Labyrinth. The theme is cold, and the lighting is cold in this still image. The lighting spreads a cool blue wash over the … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, Blue, Cold, cool, Devoid of Warmth, Dreamless, Freeze Frame, Gloom, Greenish Blue, Gwendolyn, Hopeless, Isolated, light, night, No Sun, Ocean, Pan, Pan's labyrinth, Peril, Photo Observation, Photo observation 3, Sad, shadow, Stranded, Tears, Wash, water, Waves
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Lighting Observation 3: Flame in the Snow
2/8/16 – 6:00pm Student Center Hofstra Shuttle Stop The light is a ground light in a little island with a tree in the middle of the walkway that is nearby the shuttle stop. When this moment happened, the light was … Continue reading
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Tagged Charming, Cold Snow, Comfort, Flame in the Snow, golden, Gwendolyn, happiness, home, Homey, light, Light Buried in Snow, Lighting Observation, Lighting Observation 3, night, Porous, snow, Sponge, Treasure in the Snow, warm, Warm Light, wonder
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