What does a hamburger, a reptile, and you have in common? Benefits from a heat lamp!  Simply put, a heat lamp  is an incandescent light bulb that is used for the principal purpose of creating heat. We see them commonly in fast food eateries as a last attempt to make the food appetizing, as well as in animal tanks for our reptilian friends.  For both our hamburgers and our cold-blooded creatures; this incandescent light is their sustenance. Commonly in zoos heat lamps will be used when babies have been abandoned by their mothers and still require the benefits of their mother's warmth to function. Last but not least, humans also reap the medical benefits of these heat lamps to improve blood circulation. It is no mystery that light has been symbolized as a life asserting entity, and now science has unionized the functionality and beauty of light!

Since the class has concluded I have thought about different ways I can apply my skill as a lighting designer, and I realized that lighting design is not limited to the stage. Cinematography is the application of lighting and camera choices while recording for the cinema. However, there are some major differences between lighting a stage, which is a controlled environment, as versus lighting a film. For instance, a lot of film shooting happens outdoors. The cinematographer has to account for the time of day and the way that the sun, or lack there of, will affect the shoot. Moreover, on film, the viewer is watching in 2-D, so lighting depth in 2-D would also require an added skill. What I have appreciated most about this class was that it opened my eyes to a new means of expression. Where there is light, there is a story because lighting tells a story

Pretty

I went back home over thanksgiving break and took this picture. It gets super cold in the morning, cold enough to have frost on your car and over grassy fields. I thought it was interesting that the color in the sky looked so warm. It also has some cool coloring around the edge of the clouds. Then I realized that cool and warm colors exist naturally in nature. This is the shade of pink I wanted for the second lighting cue of my "Our Town" project.

Week 10: Light served on a plate!

Over the course of this class, I have found that I have become more appreciative and aware of the beauty and effect of light. Now that I am more aware of light, I've discovered that it is everywhere I go! There is light creeping through my blinds when I wake up in the morning. When I am stuck in a traffic jam on the freeway, the flashing of the red lights from the cars driving ahead of me dictate approximately how much longer I'll be stuck there. When I look up at the sky, I find that it is always conveying a different story through all of the mixed hues of light shining through the clouds. 

Light is everywhere and a couple of nights ago, it was served on a plate! I was celebrating my birthday at a Mexican restaurant called La Sandia and this yummy little birthday surprise was brought to me by the server. Tres leches, vanilla ice cream covered with caramel sauce, and flan... all topped with a firework candle! The light being so small only illuminated the small little area around it but as small as it was, it was still vibrant and strong. I was so intrigued by the light that came from this tiny little source that I did not even get the chance to blow my candle. I ended up letting it just die down on its own  but I didn't mind!

This just goes to show that light is everywhere! Its in the sky above us, its there to guide us during traffic and it can even be served on our plates! We just have to be more aware of it so that we are able to be more appreciative of it and thanks to this class, I am able to do that! 

Thank you, Lonnie! I really enjoyed our class! :)

Leah Joanino

Dinner Candles!

Week 10: Blog#5

Last Friday, I was back home in Walnut and my family decides to gather to eat dinner together. As dinner table was being set up, I was mesmerized by the dim lights from the candles and I took a picture of it.

The candles were dim and it made up the mood of the dinner setting! It was more like a romantic type of dinner, although eating with just my family.

I realized that the saying about lights make up theater is true. Without lights, there will be no focus in theater! The lightings we see in theater tell a story and also support the story in a play! I am glad to have taken lighting class because now I am actually thinking of designing lights as a hobby!

I am posting today about a new phenomenon - well new to me, at any rate - which I just discovered while at a friend's house over Thanksgiving break. The pictures above show this activity as I witnessed it; people are giving each other 'light shows,' or 'playing with your lights.' I've come to find out that this is a raver activity - I suppose because it accompanies music that is played at raves. Regardless, my point is that it's fascinating, I think, because is using only lights as some personal form of entertainment - performed by one person for [usually and most successfully] one other. And it's a trip. What these lights do to your eyes is incredible. One is white on its own, but when moving back and forth is green, white and purple. And with just waving your hands and rotating them around the viewers head, you can make some awesome effects. It's quite a pleasurable experience; everyone should experience it.