Week 3 - Aldridge Park Seance

Walking along Aldridge Park sometime after midnight, as I do, I come upon an odd little shrine to our dear founder. There's a plaque in on a rock toward the back of the circle in his honor. I'm sure during the day this looks very normal, but to me now, in the middle of the night, it's all very unsettling and reminds me of a  creepy seance.

The effect is a circle of dim lights around an open area. This creates a mix of brightness and shadows on the ground and exposes some texture on in the rocks and cement. It feels almost like a sacred space or place of worship (sacrifice?). It gives me the image of a group of folks calling on the spirit of Aldridge.  

Now compare this image to this. Similar kind of vibe right? :

Week 3: Filling Shadows

While walking I noticed this compostition that can often be found on stage. Coming from one direction was a tinty amber streetlight and from the other side was a tinty flourescent porch light at a much lower angle than the street light. Because the powerful streetlight was at a higher angle it hit a tree that was blocking the light's path to the sidewalk and causing the tree to leave a shadow on the ground. However, instead of just a black shadow being left in its place, the less powerful porch light fills in the black shadow to give it a blue tint, like a tonal. However, the porchlight is not as powerful at the streetlight, so it is not visible anywhere else on the sidewalk. It may appear in the photo that outside of the shadow that the amber and blue tint had blended in someway to make pink, but they haven't my phone has a bad camera. It was originally a very amber color.

This is seen in theatre when there are two lights coming from two directions and the actor casts a shadow and the shadow is filled with another color.

Lighting in Other Places - Homecoming

I absolutely fell in love with the way these clouds were lit. The light from the lowering sun just caught the side of the clouds and just sort of shone through the whole cloud structure (Not sure if that's visible in the picture.) The street was bright though the sun was low, demonstrating just how powerful side light like booms really are. The shadows in the cloud beyond the sunlight just gave the clouds a massive amount of depth, and gave me a "foreshadowing" vibe about on coming rain. It was nice to look up after a long drive to see such a beautifully lit cloud formation, and though it was threatening to rain, it gave such a nice feeling of coming after a long, hot day.

- Caitlin

Week3- Sweet Delicious Candles

These candles always amuse me on how they look so realistic. Not to mention they smell absolutely delightful. I always thought the Christmas lights complimented all the amber colors of the candles. What turned out to be really interesting in the photo was the half and half lighting in the picture. If you focus on the blueberry pie, you can see how half of it is lit red and the other half is close to white/amber. I'm not quite sure if the coloring of Christmas lights work the same as gels, but it is cool to see how the two colors hardly blend together from each other. I also really like the lighting on the caramel cup cake and how the light gives it more dimension with the shadows and contours it to look even more realistic than it already does. Overall this photo gives me a warm and sweet aura, and the lights just add in more shine and dimension to them. Making them look irresistible!

Week 1 –– Ocean

Inspiration Point, Newport Beach, CA (6pm, 10/16/15)

After riding to Balboa Island, I rode to the Inspiration Point at 6pm. This

place was very charming and the sea wind on my face was very comfortable.

The ocean and the sky were also connected to each other. However, the waves 

differed the sky and the ocean. This scenery reminded me to set the cyc lights 

with a slight color difference when I was creating the background, especially 

for the outdoor scene. When the sunset came, the beam of sunlight cut the 

connection and separated them. 

Inspiration Point, Newport Beach, CA (6pm, 10/16/15)

Week 3 –– Leaving

Balboa Island, Newport Beach, CA (5pm 10/16/15)

I took this photo at Balboa Island when I was riding my bike. The sky was cloudy and I could barely see the sunlight. The position of those boats brought me a great sense of pushing forward like (the function of the front center light) they were leaving (though they were not moving) and floating in the sky. Also, the light came in on the surface of the river that created more texture. I wish there was less wind on that day because the shadows of the boats were destroyed by the wind. However, I wonder if the lights on the theater could create a floating shadow? The colors of the sky and the river were merging together that made me feel peaceful and relaxed. 

Sean Deuel Week 3

I had never really taken the time to analyze how clouds effected lighting until today. Today there was a light but full cover of clouds. The clouds diffused the light from the sun, making it dimmer and a grey, but also making it less defined. While the ground under the trees in this picture is darker than the ground in the open, the shadows of the tree are not defined enough to really say that any one area is in shadow while another is not. Also in class we are often talking about finding the source, but with cloud cover there is no clear light source.