Light Observation #3

Posted on February 21, 2025 by previousstudent
  1. February 19, 10:23 PM
  2. The string lights hung above my bed
  3. With the overhead lights off, the tiny little string lights were the only source of illumination in the room. They were a crisp yellow color, each small bulb hanging over a printed photograph. The lights were strung from one end of the wall to the other, giving the room a soft amber glow. It barely covered one half of the room, not nearly providing enough light for day to day activities, but it gave a beautiful glow to the room that reflected the hour of the day.
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Light Observation #3

Posted on February 21, 2025 by previousstudent
  1. 2/17/25 – 8:23pm – Westborough, MA
  2. The Christmas lights on the trees in the center of the rotary in my hometown. Specifically, as I am driving around them.
  3. As I enter the rotary, I see the expansive arms of the currently barren maple trees approaching. They are sprinkled in warm-toned Christmas lights, creating a beautiful display in the center of town. As my car gets closer, I look up to see them now overhead. The circular motion that I am driving in makes it look like they are also spinning above me, like a blanket of fireflies all moving in unison against the darkness of the night sky. While this moment only lasts a few seconds in reality, the mystical feeling of this moment makes an otherwise ordinary trip feel much more enchanting.
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Light Observation #3

Posted on February 20, 2025 by previousstudent
  1. February 20th, 2025 at 6:14 pm – Sitting at a booth in bits and bites
  2. The overhead light fixture above the booth is starkly illuminating the space, giving me a headache
  3. The overhead fixture casts a harsh and unflattering light over the booth, creating a brightness that feels more glaring than inviting. The light is sharp, bouncing off the table’s surface in a way that makes it impossible to ignore. It’s too bright, too artificial—almost buzzing in the background, making my eyes strain and a headache start to creep in. Instead of creating a cozy atmosphere it feels overexposed, as if the space is under a spotlight.
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Photo Observation 2 – Cold

Posted on February 20, 2025 by previousstudent

 

  1. Photo Found Online
  2. Cold
  3. This photo caught my eye because of the hanging trees—the way they drape in front of the background creates a sense of depth, as if you are about to walk through them into a desolate landscape. The  image is dominated by deep, cool blues, while the overcast sky diffuses the light. It enhancing the idea of a cold and somber atmosphere. The snow covering the ground emphases the stark and wintry feel of the scene.
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Photo Observation 2

Posted on February 20, 2025 by previousstudent

Seekonk, MA around 2011 or 2012

Cold

This photo was taken when I was a child and my oldest brother was throwing me into a thick pile of snow in the driveway. It is a snow covered scene which shows that it is cold but I think that the complete lack of warm toned light shows that as well. There is a light dusting of white across the whole scene because it was actively snowing and the sky is a monotonous grey. Without any variation in color or texture in the sky, the scene feels deeply cold without any room for warmth or even just coolness.

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Photo Observation #2

Posted on February 20, 2025 by previousstudent

  1. Netherlands Dance Theater from a piece called “Figures of Extinction” – 2023
  2. Cold
  3. This photo is a still from a work called “Figures of Extinction by Nederlands Dans Theater. This picture is very cold to me because there is something unnerving about the energy with just the hands illuminated. It feels like the hands are coming out of darkness searching for something but they are met by a harsh white light. You can just barely make out the faces of the dancers but that is not the focus of the image. The limbs feel detached and to me appear like the branches of a dead tree or a tree without leaves in the wintertime. This image feels cold due to the harsh lighting and physical detachment portrayed.
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Photo Observation #2

Posted on February 20, 2025 by previousstudent

The Vampire Diaries, Season 1, Episode 14

Theme: Cold

Upon first glance there is the obvious. Two of these characters standing close together, leaning on one another. The way that they are dressed, bundled and buttoned up in coats and hats letting you know that the weather is cold. The way the light hits the characters in this photo is also very telling. Coming and hitting them in on their right, illuminating half of their face, casting a shadow on the other half of their bodies. The way that the lights and shadows work together in the photo work together to amplify that it is night, and that they are cold.

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Posted on February 20, 2025 by previousstudent

Photo taken by me, Hofstra University, 02/12/2025, 9:26am

3) THEME: cold

4) DESCRIPTION: The first true snow fall of the semester. Airy and soft the overcast of the clouds in the sky illuminates the Earth with the brightest white light. The snow is still powdery, as the sun has yet to warm the earth and melt the snow, before it eventually freezes and turns to ice again. The white winter rejects the sun, and its rays bounce off the trees. the rocks, and the dirt.

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Photo Observation #2

Posted on February 20, 2025 by previousstudent

Photo taken by me, Feb. 15 2025

Theme: Cold

It was snowing this day. Snowing but only sticking on the harshest and coldest of surfaces. Still it was as good a day as any to explore and find some joy and newness in the stark beauty of what was a very cold day, as is obvious in the picture. I do not refer to the actual temperature, but the stark whiteness that washes a sort of melancholy peace over the world. There is no warm bright sun to reassure and comfort, just the full brightness of the sun dispersed over the cloud covered sky, somehow almost giving the feel that the whole word is under the brightest of spotlights, on display and exposed. Without us looking for the good it easy for this cold atmosphere to remind us of the emotionless and the clinical.

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Photo Observation 2/20

Posted on February 20, 2025 by previousstudent

Photographed by me January 13th in Manhattan

Theme: Cold

A busy winter afternoon outside the Starbucks reserve in the city. People are pacing up and down the street, business calls are being made left and right, and cars are honking simultaneously. The sun is running away from us, and it creates a dim light. This forces the car’s headlights to look even brighter, highlighting the nasty traffic taking place. I feel this image represents what New York is in the wintertime, it’s not the wonderland you see in the movies.

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