Lighting Observation 1 (Week 2)

Posted on February 8, 2011 by previousstudent

1) February 7th, 8pm, outside Home Depot

2) Looking upwards through the clouds at the flashing light on top of a smokestack.

3) It was a cold, rainy, misty night as I was walking into Home Depot. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a light flash and thought it was lightning. My careful observation revealed that it was a large flashing light way up high on top of a smokestack for a factory or something. The dark purple and gray clouds obscured my view of the light itself so it flashed through the clouds much like a thunderstorm. The clouds were moving quickly due to the wind, changing how bright and how clear the light was. The flashing lights created brief, stark shadows against the clouds and sky. The dark sky and weather created an ominous, creepy, and almost scary feeling as I looked up. It was so high above that I had to crane my neck and the smokestack looked even taller than usual, almost like a foreboding tower. The combination of all these elements created an unsettling feeling, such as one you would find in a horror film.

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1st lighting observation

Posted on February 7, 2011 by previousstudent

1) Feb. 6th – 4:02 p.m – driving my car on the Connecticut 15 highway: I was driving back to school this past Sunday when I had my lighting “moment.”

2) The light/glare  from the horizon that hit the moving cars on the highway.

3) As I was driving back to Long Island after visiting my younger sister at school for the weekend the sunlight/glare from the horizon made the driving visibility very difficult to see the cars in front of me. The sun would hit each car as it drove by and I could watch the light pass over the top of the vehicle and then come right onto my windshield making it hard to see the road in front of me. It only lasted for a minute until trees or other cars or the light changed and the glare was bothering someone else. Then it would hit me and my car again so much so that I had to drive with my car mirror down in front of me and I had to lean my chin back so I could make out the road. It was cool to watch the sun pass over each car like a tidal wave of light and heat. Every time it got to me I felt like my car was glowing. The intensity was so great my entire car lit up. It was the perfect time of day when the sun is starting to go down and its not quite dark yet but you can tell that soon day will pass into night. The last stroke of the sun had its power on those of us on the road that afternoon as we struggled to see the winding road in front of us until we each respectively got off at our destinations.

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Lighting Observation 1 week 2

Posted on February 5, 2011 by previousstudent

Where: Saturday, February 5th, evening, approximately 7pm, walking north towards the high-risers.

Objective Description: I see a line of street lamps in the distance by the intramural fields. There is much fog.

Subjective Description: Everything seems muted. The light sources are distinct and intense, but around them there are halos that seem to melt into the sky. The line of lights disappears into the foggy night – it invites the supposition that it is perpetual. Each source of light is individual, but part of a single form that stretches out of sight. The structures of the lamp-posts are not visible in the fog, and therefore, the lamps with their halos seem to float unsupported in the sky – as if held aloft by magic, or as though they were large stars low over earth.

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Photo Observation #2

Posted on February 4, 2011 by previousstudent

I took this picture of myself several months ago.

“Sun”

When I took this, it was early morning, and the sun was shining in through my dorm-room window – the sun is also the only light source I used. I made the picture look as dark as I did by shooting in black and white – it was actually very bright and warm when I took the picture, but getting rid of the colour actually makes it look a bit like night. Placing myself in front of the light shadows over my features, creating an even darker feel.

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Sun pic.

Posted on February 4, 2011 by previousstudent
  

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2. I found this photo through google images that came from someone’s blog.

3. The Sun

4. I chose this picture because I liked how tiny the sun looked in comparison to the persons hand. I also really liked how the rays shown through the persons fingers and the shadows that were cast on the hand from trying to cover it. It gave me a warm feeling when I was looking at it. It made me think of a nice hot summer day when you’re laying on the grass looking up at the clouds and attributing forms each cloud that passes and at this instance the sun came into your eyes so you try blocking it. I also really like how the glare from the sun has what looks like an orbit if you will that is seen on the back of the persons hand. It’s a very “orangey,” red spot that extends farther than just the dot of the sun. Also the cool thing is that the sun in this picture is so bright that the persons hand can’t possibly block the suns rays. You can see this especially on the persons lower part of their middle finger how the brightness just makes it seem like a part of the persons hand is missing.

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Light Observation

Posted on February 4, 2011 by previousstudent

1) DATE-TIME-LOCATION: Friday, February 4th 2011, 8:30 AM

2) OBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION: The sun is shining at just the perfect angle to surround the head of the Benjamin Franklin statue on campus, in between Dempster and Breslin halls.

3) SUBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION: The sun is extremely bright on this cold morning, and the snow is reflecting light in every direction, washing out my surroundings. I can only see the silhouette of an imposing Benjamin Franklin as I pass between buildings, enveloped in sunlight. The rest of the snow on the garden is very tall, leaving the impression that he is standing on some sort of mountain in front of me. The emotion is intimidation.

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Lighting Photo

Posted on February 4, 2011 by previousstudent

Taken by Philip Schaffer

COLD

DESCRIPTION:
The lighting of this picture is the blue that the sky takes on right before night. Furthermore, the grey tones in the picture, both in the light coming from the sky and the colors of the light and snow together, are the the colors the sky takes on on a snowy, or rainy day. This purple, grey, light reminds me of the snow day it was taken on; the sky was the same color that whole day, until it began to fade. This picture is the moment right before it faded; before the final source of non-electric warmth besides jackets and body heat disappeared.

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Lighting Observation 2

Posted on February 4, 2011 by previousstudent

1. February 2nd. 6:30 AM. My room.

2. The light is coming from a bright bulb directed right at my face. It is bright, white, and all encompassing.

3. Waking up to my roommate switching on his bed lamp, which, at the moment, is aimed directly at my face is jarring. Snapped out of sleep, my head pounds immediately as I stare at the bright, unexplainable light. Clarity returns at the same pace my vision does. As I can figure out my location visually, the rest falls into place. My roommate aims the light away from me, and I fall back asleep.

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Lighting Observation 1

Posted on February 4, 2011 by previousstudent

1. January 31st. 2AM. Outside of Vander Poel Hall.

2. The light comes from a bright street lamp that is shining down at an angle. It is bright orange. Light spreads wide, in all directions.

3. The light is shining on to the the branches of the tree beneath it, causing the shadows to be projected against the snow. Due to the angle of the light, the shadows stretch towards me. From my room, on the 6th floor, I can look down and see the rain only when I look towards the light, otherwise, it is invisible. The whiteness of the snow and ice against the ground is shining the light of the lamp back towards me, creating an intense orange glow which combats the knowledge I have of how cold it actually is out there.

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Photo Observation #1

Posted on February 4, 2011 by previousstudent

Cabin at Walden Pond in Winter

Courtesy of http://www.4peaks.com/fthwalden.htm

COLD

The whole image looks bleached by the bright sun. The sky is bright, but it is a pure, cool blue. The broken-up quality of the light on the cabin adds to the feeling of isolation, and the long shadows imply that the day is either beginning or ending, creating a feeling of sleepiness. There is an icy feeling to the light. The sun, which is not visible, does not warm the picture.

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