12th Lighting Observation – KS:

Posted on April 24, 2026 by previousstudent
  1. 04/24/2026 – 3:47pm – Hofstra University Office of Residence Life Building
  2. The light is coming from my iphone flashlight. It is shining on the brown, wooden desk that I am sitting at.
  3. The white light seems to be more warm as it shines on the brown wood of the desk. It is extremely concentrated and bright right next to the phone and then the light begins to get dimmer and dimmer as you look away from the phone. It feels comforting somehow. Like a warm sunshine blanketing the dirt of a garden.
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11th Photo Observation – Summer – KS:

Posted on April 24, 2026 by previousstudent
  2. Central Park – April 18th, 2026 – 4:31pm
  3. SUMMER
  4. This is a photo I took recently while walking in Central Park on a beautiful and warm day. This photo fits the theme of “Summer” because it includes the green grass, blue skies with clouds, trees, and overall bright and sunny day that is characteristic of summer days. It was all clear skies and green ground.
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Lighting Observation #11

Posted on April 24, 2026 by previousstudent

1)4/22/26- next to Stuyvesant

2) OBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION: walking back to Netherlands from Student Center, the sun was setting. It cast a beautiful golden light over all the trees, Stuyvesant, and the sky was a slow gradient from pale blue to yellow.

3) SUBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION: everything is glowing from the golden hour of the sun. It bathes the building in warmth that is needed between all the rains of spring. It makes you want to skip straight to summer, to never miss winter.

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11th Lighting Observation

Posted on April 24, 2026 by previousstudent
  1. April 23rd, 2026 – 9:10 pm – Playhouse Theater
  2. I was sitting in the Playhouse Theater during the dance concert, but this observation focuses on the lighting in the transition period between pieces. During the in-between sections, the house lights came up ever so slightly and some light was set onto the curtain, which also reflected into the audience. I’ve always found it interesting that this is done between dances since it takes you out of the performance for a bit, but also would be weird to sit in blackout for that long. I also feel like now that I’m reflecting on it, it’s a good space to let the feelings of the last dance linger before moving onto the next.
  3. The primary light sources were the low house lights and lights on the curtain, which created as a soft wash across the audience. They were dim enough to avoid having our eyes adjust abruptly, but bright enough to read the program if needed. There weren’t any strong directional sources in this moment, except for the lights on the curtain being focused to the center and bottom of the curtain. This made the lighting feel even rather than super focused, which helped the idea that these transitions were part of the giving the audience space to reflect on what they watched.
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Photo Observation #10

Posted on April 24, 2026 by previousstudent

The colors of a fall sunset evoke a lot of oranges and reds. The leaves create this effect for the dying season of summer and warm colors. Especially in the northern regions of Vermont, the coldness of the air combining with the warmth of the fading summer colors creates an interesting lighting challenge. I hoped to achieve this with the hue of yellow that I picked and the background swelling sun as it leaves for the night.

1 – CC026, AutoYoke Ellipsoidal 8B

2 – CC015, AutoYoke Ellipsoidal 8B

3 – CC015, AutoYoke Ellipsoidal 8B

4 – CYC, CC026

 

A spring sunrise in a gothic cathedral brings an earthy but bright tone. It is framed by the lines of the window and it is pale with the feelings of beginning. This also makes for other details with extra vibrant colors coming through the stained glass. 

1 – CC80, AutoYoke Ellipsoidal 8B, Breakup

2 – L89, AutoYoke Ellipsoidal 8B, Window

3 – CC26, AutoYoke Ellipsoidal 8B

4 – L328, AutoYoke Ellipsoidal 8B

5 – CC68, AutoYoke Ellipsoidal 8B

6 – CYC, No Gel

 

Noon on a hot summer day especially in Hawaii feels like pure brightness. The heat is scalding and the sun is at its peak coming right down on its subjects. There have been many photos in recent years showing the lack of shadows in midday Hawaii because of the sun’s brightness and unique angle. I tried to achieve this lack of shadows but couldn’t quite get it right while still maintaining a single light source to represent the sun. I added the leaves to add the feeling of the palm trees blowing in the sky being broken up by the beaming sun light.

1 – CC363, AutoYoke Ellipsoidal 8B

2 – L89, AutoYoke Ellipsoidal 8B, Breakup

3 – CYC, L89

 

Winter afternoons in Chicago have the cold hollowness of any other cold area but with the pressure of the strong winds beating on the people. I also see Chicago as carrying a uniquely professional, corporate energy with towering buildings which the wind weaves through. I sought to capture this with the lines backdropping the portrait. 

1 – CC367, AutoYoke Ellipsoidal 8B

2 – CC367, AutoYoke Ellipsoidal 8B

3 – CC80, AutoYoke Ellipsoidal 8B

4 – CC68, AutoYoke Ellipsoidal 8B, Lines

5 – CYC, L89

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11th Lighting Observation – Mia Gozinsky

Posted on April 23, 2026 by previousstudent
  1. April 20th, 2026 – 8:36 Pm – Northside of the Netherlands
  2. It was a peaceful night, the sky was clear and it wasn’t to cold outside like how the weather has been kinda confusing lately with the constant change in temperature. It was a very peaceful night and the lighting was calming to admire.
  3. Now I bring up this moment in particular cause I took a picture of the very moment cause the moon that night was a crescant moon, but once I took the picture if you take a closer look at it you can see the full moon within it and how the light really illuminated the whole picture all together and it was just such a cool thing to capture.
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Photo Observation Four Seasons

Posted on April 23, 2026 by Jemmi

1) A Fall sunset in Vermont

R15 @full, cyc: R067 down @full, R049 up @full

I used the cyc lights to sort of emulate the colors of the sky, and one light to be the sun. I used the triangle object as a mountain

 

2) Spring sunrise in a Gothic Cathedral

R041 @full, R15 @full, R249 @full

I used some colors and gobos to make it look like the light was shining through big stained glass windows of a cathedral.

 

3) Noon on a hot Summer day in Hawaii

L201 @Full

I wanted to imitate specifically “Lahaina Noon” which is when the sun is in a specific position that nothing casts a shadow.

 

4) Winter afternoon in Chicago

no gel @full, GL201 @Full

I edited the circle object to be like a snow bank that the person is standing on.

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Four Seasons Assignment

Posted on April 23, 2026 by previousstudent

1) A Fall sunset in Vermont

1 and 2 G R21, 3 and 4 G R8, 5 G R54, At 506 G R359

Cyc lights 2,3,6,7,8,9 G R019, 4,5 G R010

I chose these colors because in the research I did I saw warm oranges and yellows with just a hint of a cool purple in the sky. I wanted to use the cyc to blend the red and yellow, concentrating the yellow in one spot as the sun coming down.

2) Spring sunrise in a Gothic Cathedral

4 G R55 at full, 5 G R51 at 75%

In my mind the light would be coming through a small window high up in the building, so I placed the cooler light overhead at center and the warmer light right upstage of it, so it could be coming from the same window. I chose warmer lights to indicate the spring sun because the nature of the cathedral already made it feel cold.

3) Noon on a hot Summer day in Hawaii

1 and 2 no gobo at full, 3 G R302 at full

Cyc: Bottom no gobo, top G R302

I increased the beam width on this one and placed the lights at a high angle to make the sun look hot and place the sun at its highest point. I only added the pale bastard amber color to a few lights to make the sun look warm without washing the whole thing yellow.

4) Winter afternoon in Chicago

1, 2, 3, and 4 G L201 at full with a beam width of 50 degrees.

I chose to fill the stage with cool white light because I feel like a Chicago winter is cloudy and snowy so the sky is bright, but the sun is not particularly visible from any specific angle. I didn’t make it too bright because in the winter the sun sets in the late afternoon, so I figured the sun would be at a pretty low angle.

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Four Seasons Lighting Project

Posted on April 23, 2026 by previousstudent

Autumn Sunset in Vermont –

Gels: R361, L201, R21, R008, R54

Gobo: Abelite 015

In my research as well as my personal experience, I believe the most beautiful sunsets in Vermont is those that stream through the trees. With this said, I added some trees into my light lab. In my research, most of the sunsets were a cool orange tone, with some soft hints of purple.

Spring Sunrise in a Gothic Cathedral –

Gels: R005, R356, R008, L201

Gobo: American Pro 1254

Based on my research, I wanted to play with having the feel of the sunrise, as well as having colors of the stained glass shine through. With this, I went with warm colors, as well as a very warm yellow for the gobo reflecting the pattern of the window.

Noon on a Summer Day in Hawaii –

Gels: R361, L201, L151, R064

Gobo: Brighter 17

In a lot of my research, the light present during noon on Hawaii was mostly cold, in contrast to how warm the colors present on the land. I wanted to get the blue of the sky, as well as water reflecting, and I added a slight gobo to signify light hitting the ground off the trees.

Winter Afternoon in Chicago –

Gels: L201, L151, R361

Gobos: Dots

In my research, there was a lot of cool tones of white, especially as much light reflected off snow. With this, I added a gobo to signify snow reflection off the ground, as well as ambient light in cool white. As it’s present in Chicago, there’s a lot of warm lights from the city, hence why I used a warm yellow to signify a streetlight streaming down.

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Photo Observation #10

Posted on April 23, 2026 by previousstudent

Theme: Four Seasons

Lighting Key ^^

1) A Fall sunset in Vermont: I found a beautiful picture of a boat on the ocean as the sun was rising (man = boat). I used the blue lights on the ground to show the water, the yellow lights represent the sun coming over the surface of the water, barely lighting the boat up. I used the cyc to emulate the sky as it brightened. No gobos were used.

cyc @ 75% (top: R80, bottom: R059), 1@full R15, 2@full L151, 3 & 4 @50 R68


2) Spring sunrise in a Gothic Cathedral: three of the four lights focused on the man use the window gobo to replicate the morning sun pouring through a church window, while the fourth was used to add more light to the space. The blue and pale red on the cyc are showing the stained glass effect.

cyc @95% (top: R68, bottom: R15), 1@Full G351 (no gobo), 2@full R15 (window gobo), 6@full R11 (window gobo), 7@ full L151 (window gobo)


3) Noon on a hot Summer day in Hawaii: there is a moment at which the light is directly overhead and there is little to no shadows cast, except for straight down. I ended up having to use multiple lights to try and cancel out the shadows cast by the others. No gobos were used, the color used was L201 which provided the light with enough warmth that the sun does on pavement.

1@full, 2-5 @75 (soft focus) ] all: L201


4) Winter afternoon in Chicago: I used the cyc lights to represent the light from the sun on a cityscape and sky. The orange lights coming from the side represents the warm light from the sun shining as it begins to set. The blues on the ground are meant to show the reflection of the light off the ice and snow on Lake Michigan.

cyc @ full (top: R80, bottom: L192), 1@full R63, 2@75 R15, 3@full R15, 4@75 R63, 5/6@50 R80

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