Week Eight: Sunset

These three images are just a few of the huge collection of pictures I have of sunsets. There is something so intriguing about a sun setting and as much as possible, I take the opportunity to capture it through a photograph. It is my favorite time of the day. The light and illumination of the sun is just more visible to us. This time of the day allows us to acknowledge the sun a little bit more and not just for its heat or lack thereof, but for its lighting and richness of color. As you can see through my images that during sunset, the lighting of the sun transcends so much that you can see it reflecting upon its surroundings. In the first image, you can see its reflection along the water at the beach. In the second image, you can see the light reflecting upon my friend's face. In the third image, you can see the image fully transcend past the tree branches and all the way to my window. I feel that the sun has so many beautiful stages of light but this is definitely my favorite.

Leah Joanino

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I took this photo in my backyard after the rainfall this weekend. I loved how the raindrops clung to to tree branch. The breaking sunlight refected a feeling of clarity with a crisp white light in each individual droplet. It looks so pure and clean. I love the way nature looks right after a rainstorm.

~Jill Thomas

A Little Bit of Home

I've been feeling really homesick lately so I thought I'd write a post on one of the aspects of my home that I remember most. From my window I could see this view but from the opposite end. The chrysler building was in front and the empire state building was in back and a little to the left of it. I'd turn off the lights in my room and every night I'd say goodnight to these two buildings. I always loved how bright the chrysler building was. During the day it beamed the sun off of its glossy sides but at night it completely illuminated the sky, the neighboring buildings with their office lights seeming like stars surrounding it. The Empire State building was, I remember thinking, always doing its own thing. Depending on the season the Empire State building usually had bright colors. It almost looked as if the sides of it were draped with shiny, bright silk. The buildings didn't really "match" color wise but for some reason they complimented each other. The way that they light up the sky is incredible. During the day they are still very beautiful but at night they are truly spectacular.

The Sun Shines so Bright by the Science Building!

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Last Tuesday after lighting design class, I have about thirty minutes break until my next class. In those thirty minutes, I have decided to check the science building because everyone in campus said that it would be a sight to see. They are right! I have enjoyed walking around there and I have found this one place where the sun is shining bright! So I thought, since I am studying the sun, why not take a picture of it! So I did!

This was about 2:40 PM in the afternoon and the color of the sun that shines so bright is much different than the color of a sun set and a sun rise. The intensity of the sun in the afternoon is much more brighter. Instead of yellow, the afternoon sun is much more whiter compare to the sun set and the sun rise! I am glad that I have the opportunity to take this picture by the science building because so far, I have discovered all three colors of the sunlight in the morning, afternoon, and in the evening.

Week 8: Christmas at Disneyland

This weekend I went to Disneyland just for a few hours (love having the Deluxe pass!) I met some family there to honor my grandpa, who passed away a few days ago.

Something that immediately caught my eye, naturally was the spectacular new Christmas display of lights. I love how to represent snow on the castle it is just a combination of cool colored lights trickling down the castle walls.

In the first picture I love that my camera captured the different colors. The reds and greens in the garland, the yellows and whites on the buildings, and the blues in the Christmas tree. It makes for a more dramatic effect I think to have these different color combinations, yet it still has an elegant and traditional Christmas feel.

Without the use of the extravagant lights the guests at Disneyland would not enjoy the entire atmosphere that is the holiday season. In this particular setting, instead of lights being used to support an idea, they are in a way one of the important main attractions. Like going to see the snow fall, or the firework show, many people go to Disneyland to view the Christmas tree lit or to see the castle all lit up.

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Spent the majority of my time these past weeks in the Little Theater working on Restoration Comedy with hardly any time to go any where to find lighting inspirations when I noticed one of those evenings that the light came to me. I peered out from the Little's doors to notice a hidden sun setting in the distance giving the concrete walls and floor a soft amber and just beyond the concrete railing to compliment the amber a nice purple transitioning into the open space. I had never seen these colors play off the way they did on the building and its surroundings until that evening and was glad to see how natural light can create an inviting atmosphere especially since I had been locked in doors for several hours. It was a pleasant change and a breathtaking moment that I had experienced. It was nice to know that I can find beauty in any lighting setting as the one that was presented to me that evening.



-Sandy Cisneros

Week 8: Las Vegas

I went to Vegas last weekend and really just have a compilation of pictures, because talk about prime time place for lights... among other things. What this trip really confirmed for me was how much an ambiance, especially in a place like Las Vegas, relies on the lighting. Everywhere you go, it seems that it's the lighting that really draws you in; flashing lights to make you look, bright colors to insinuate excitement, dim, warm lighting to show intimacy, class or romance, etc. Lighting is also a focal point in a place like Vegas because of the spectacle. Everything (or so it seems) is a spectacle there. I saw my ever-favorite changing LEDs all over the place. A couple examples are here: the first two are in the forum shops at Ceasers. During the day, the ceiling looks like the sky, then at night it dims to indicate evening; all done with lighting (these pictures don't do it justice). Two of the other pictures are a chandelier and its reflection on the tile in a different mall - I just thought it was cool.

Then last, but not least, I saw Cirque du Soleil's Love. And it was fantastic. And so much awesome lighting! Especially in the entrance to the theatre, like in the picture. So many bright colors, changing colors, and mirrors to reflect it so that you see it many times over. I think it's rad. I also took a picture of the stage before the show started (found out later that I wasn't supposed to... once again. It's getting out of control). But much of the incredible staging was owed to the lighting because of placement and just like the entire show itself, exaggeration.