Lighting Observation

Posted on February 10, 2016 by previousstudent

Date: 2/7/16

Time: 6:45 pm

Location: Witches Brew

Objective Description: The sun had already set and it was dark and cold outside. As my friend and I entered the doors into the Witches Brew, it took a bit of time for our eyes to adjust to the dim yet warmly-lit glow of the Christmas lights and red incandescent bulbs setting the atmosphere for the calm, comforting, warm and inviting environment.

 

Subjective Desscription:

The warm, orange glow reflected softly off of the clear frosted windows. Strings of lights illuminated the dark and enclosed shelter from the frozen fallen snow. A string of multicolored warm bulbs radiated against the pale windowsills illuminating hues of oranges and reds. In the chandeliers hanging gently above fortunate tables lit a purposeful red glint from the differently-shaded red bulbs warming even the dark, wooden ceiling. Every ounce of cold and frigidness left my body as I was embraced by warmth from every direction. I’m not quite sure if the temperature within the Witches Brew was actually as warm as it felt, but rather that the ambiance of the lighting was warm enough to make me physically feel it.

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Photo Observation 3: Hampton Court

Posted on February 10, 2016 by previousstudent

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I took this photo inside one of the courtyards at Hampton Court Palace in London.

Theme: Cold

Description: The dark, brooding clouds of grey swirling smoke hover ominously over the tall, dark branches reading desperately towards the sky. Silhouettes of surrounding trees offer no comfort as the warmth from the Sun’s rays diminishes between the murky overcast, and the drab, damp cement. A cold dampness hugs the tree with an icy pinch, giving way to the chulled tears from the sky’s frigid and brisk ducts. Streaks of pooled water gather at a diagonal just waiting to freeze over. Even the last remnants of light, are turning cold.

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Photo Observation: Cold Lighting in a Movie

Posted on February 10, 2016 by previousstudent

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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 scene which gives a feeling of coldness to the beholder. It is like an ocean’s wave’s tears have gone and made themselves at home in the scene, but the tear drops do not fall everywhere. They leave some shadow to contrast the hue of the watery lighting. Due to their hue, soft illumination, and saturation, the wave’s tears, the lighting, might actually subconsciously induce feelings of cold. The lighting contains such a gloomy cold feeling that it touches the mind and instinctively prepares it for darker emotions like those that one might feel after watching someone suffer. The feelings of the lighting are sad, cold, and isolated. This lighting would fit well with a scene of someone stranded in the tundra. It is so cold that it can be seen as being devoid of the warm sunny day and something of the cold, dark night.

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Photo Observation 3 (cold)

Posted on February 9, 2016 by previousstudent

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Screenshot of video by Nacho Guzman

Theme: Cold

Description: The photo uses all blue light to illuminate the woman’s face. In contrast with the dark black background, she appears cold and icy.  Her white shirt also absorbs the blue lighting giving her an overall icy glow. She appears to almost be frozen in time.

 

 

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Lighting Observation 3: Flame in the Snow

Posted on February 9, 2016 by previousstudent

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 buried in the snow but still on. It glowed through the snow.

The little ball of yellowish wonder that was the light shown through the snow like a porous sea sponge. The light poked happily through the pores and holes of the snow. The little fire encased by the snow was warm and comforting; its warmth and blaze was like that of a hearth at home. Although shrouded in the snow, the light was not mysterious, hidden, or imposing but rather it was inviting, charming, and marvelous in nature when compared against the other street lights and its immediate surrounding. Put up next to the darker hues or shades of the not as well-lit snow around it, the golden light only seemed more gentle and kind. Simply put, the light in this moment had a warm, homey feeling in its small gentle but not dim glow that issued from beneath the snow.

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Photo Observation-Cold

Posted on February 9, 2016 by previousstudent

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Photo Taken by Lavada Nahon, Dec. 2013

Theme: Cold

Description: This is a photo taken of Philipsburg Manor, an 18th Century historic site in Sleepyhollow NY a day or so after it snowed. The normally flowing dam is slightly frozen over and covered with snow along with the rickety bridged. The light is dark and gloomy causing the already called air to appear even crisper in December. The grey of the sky also shows the possibility of snow again in the future.

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Lighting Observation #3

Posted on February 9, 2016 by previousstudent

Date: 2/4/16

Time: Right before midnight

Location: 48th floor of the Marriott Marquis, The View Restaurant and Lounge

Objective Description: The light in the distance was bright and never ending. It was always strong enough to illuminate the city’s sky.

Subjective Description: As I looked out over the city toward the Hudson River millions of tiny lights decorated my view. As the restaurant slowly spun toward the river it was hard for me to look at anything but the beautiful night sky of the city, one in which night is never dark but always illuminated with night life and the promise of what is to come.

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Hofstra Snow – Tia

Posted on February 8, 2016 by previousstudent

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2) Photo Credit: Me

3) Theme: Cold

4) Description: This is a picture I took directly outside of Lowe. The trees had just collected the snow that had fallen and the sun was just starting to peek out. The light in the picture fades from gray on the outside to a brighter white in the middle. I associate this with the feeling of “cold” because of the sensory response to snow. Cold also seems to be associated with “bare” to me and while the snow is clean it also looks bare.

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Lighting Ob #3

Posted on February 8, 2016 by previousstudent
  1. 2/8/2016, 8:12 pm, Walking from Netherlands to Vander Poel
  2. Objective Description: lights from the street lamps and the few stars visible above
  3. Subjective Description: small pools of light from each street lamp. The light coming from the lamps are an orange-like color that have a film around them.
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Monday Morning Dreariness (LO2)

Posted on February 8, 2016 by previousstudent

2/8/2016 8:50am Hofstra U., Hempstead, NY

The gray clouds and the white-out of snow falling coming in through the window of the classroom bounces off half the desks, while the depth of the window sill cuts a sharp shadow across the row closest to the window. The light is quite bright, and monotonous across the sky, even as the constantly-moving flurries of snow provide lots of minute movement against the backdrop.

The blank, bleak fuzz of snow whirling against the bare branches of the trees is one hell of a white noise, mind-numbing static to this dreary Monday morning. Though there is a lot of energy in the flurry of snow in the air, as it falls and melts, it seems to sap any energy out of those on the ground.

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