1) DATE-TIME-LOCATION: 3/12/20, 7:45ish am, my room in West Hempstead
2) OBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION: It was very early and the sun had just risen, casting some light into my room.
3) SUBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION: As I rubbed my eyes after being unseemingly awoken, I noted how the sun was up and was casting small slivers of white light into my dark room through the cracks of my blinds.
1) DATE-TIME-LOCATION: Feb 20, 2020. 5:45 PM. Outside Lowe.
2) OBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION: A mixture of a soft, cool blue dusk with orange-yellow artificial light.
3) SUBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION: I had stepped out of the costume shop, distracted by my phone. Typically leaving the shop at this time or later, I had expected it to be the much darker night it had been a few weeks ago. Instead, the cool blues mixing with the warmth of the lights outside Lowe caught me off guard. The sun had only just finished setting, and the sky was still painted with the last remnants of daylight. It was pretty enough to take my eyes away from whatever message I was sending to really appreciate the moment. The sun was setting later, the days will continue to lengthen, and, soon enough, the spring will arrive.
1) DATE/TIME/LOCATION: 2/13/2020, 11:45pm, Walking past the desks on the ground floor of the library.
2) OBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION: The florescent lights in the ceiling casted a shade of yellow against the wooden desks. The chairs, with a dark black plastic rim, contrasted the colors. The lights were dimly lit against the carpet underneath it as well.
3) SUBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION: The florescent lights were lit in an eerie, depressing setting against the wooden desks. The area looked bleak, the colors did not blend well, and looks difficult to concentrate underneath those lights. I felt this was a negative lighting moment for me because I wanted to change a lot of things about the way the lights casted for this study space. It looked very negative.
1) DATE-TIME-LOCATION: 2/10/20 at 1:10pm in Room 285 of Hagedorn Hall
2) OBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION: The standard lights from the ceiling were on in the classroom.
3) SUBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION: The prison-esque ceiling lights in the classroom instated a sterile feeling, as if there was no life or excitement to be had there.
(I thought this posted Thursday, but found it in my drafts. My apologies for the technical misstep.)
1- 7 Feb 2020, 3AM, my room
2- OBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION- a dark room, with very bright streetlights streaming in through horizontal blinds.
3- SUBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION- This is a sight I see relatively often, as I often struggle to fall asleep at night. The campus is so bright and, while I appreciate the safety of everything, the light peering in through my window can be irritating. It feels sometimes as if I’m being mocked by fluorescent white streetlights for the simple crime of wanting a good night’s sleep. Once again, they watch me fail.
Date.Time.Location- 4/26/19. 6:12 AM. Upper East Side Manhattan
Objective Description- Yesterday I was hired to act in a short psychological horror film. Filming took place in the Upper East Side in Manhattan in the form of an overnight shoot outdoors. As we neared the end of filming, the sun began to rise, lighting up the sky.
Subjective Description- It is an absolutely joy to be able to work on a film in any capacity. No matter how many times I’ve done it however, I never seem to get used to the long hours. I spent most of the night and early morning outside and the night sky blanketing the city made me feel the weight of my eye lids as I struggled to stay awake in between takes. The darkness served to create the illusion of endless night, of perpetual waking dream in which it seemed as if the light would never come. This was until slight glimmers of light began to show themselves as the blackened sky began to roll over into gray as the raindrops continued to fall. The light was returning, the sun although hidden, had ascended to its peak once again. Although the sun didn’t appear immediately within my sight as it was concealed behind the clouds, the death of the darkness replaced the gloomy feeling in my chest with that of hope, of determination, and it even brought a smile to my face. We all knew how long we had been out her filming and the light not only signaled the end of a long night of filming, but it also filled us all with gratification as we heard the director yell “that’s a wrap!”. The shadows of the night had faded and now we knew it was time to truly celebrate a job well done. The night had come to an end and the escalating brightness filling the sky meant that a new day was just beginning with new chances and opportunities beckoning.
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1) DATE-TIME-LOCATION: April 24th, 11:30pm, outside the speigel theater
2) OBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION: The sky is dark, looking at the front of the theater there are three main sources of light. Two on the walls adjacent to the sides of the front doorway. These where standard off white, florescent floodlights. The third, though of a similar style of light, was centered over the door and created a distinct amber cone if light over the door.
3) SUBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION: campus at night is never particularly inviting, but there in something mysteriously inviting about the speigel, the way the entryway glows with warmth in the darkness of the evening.