Stormy Weather

While walking through Newport this weekend I noticed the sky had the most interesting contrast of color. I felt as though a painter had taken his brush and put a blue streak through a pink sky. There is a definite contrast of warm vs. cool. Not in the pink  lighting (which still has a cool feel to it), but right in between the pink and the blue light. As if there is an energy fusing the two lights together.
If someone were to ask for a romantic evening of stormy weather, I feel this would be a wonderful composition. It makes me want to walk with someone special along the damp sidewalk hand in hand.

Week 10 - Shining Arizona

Here we are at the end! My final blog for this class. I found it fitting, since I've talked about reflections so much on here that I should end on a new kind of reflection. When I took this picture I was absolutely fascinated by the multiple reflections of my can on the surface of the table. It's kind of hard to tell in this picture, but there is one reflection that is basically just the shape of the can and it looks like it's going straight down into the table. The other reflection which I like MUCH more is the crazy pattern that seems to spread across the surface of the table. This expanded version of the word "Arizona" on the can was really cool to look at, (ask anyone I was with that day, I was flipping out). Unlike my other posts about reflection, which talked more about white light reflecting off glass or water, this particular example is color from one metal reflecting off another metal. I think this could be used in really spectacular ways if a lighting designer paired up with a set designer and we saw a set with dull metal walls or something like that, so instead using a cyc, you could project emotional colors onto this dull, semi-reflective metal which would give off a really nifty effect. I like it. I want to try it.

And Thanks Lonnie! This class has been great =) My favorite of the quarter, hands down.

Week 10: Mi Casa :)

Last weekend I got the chance to take a trip back home to celebrate my dad's birthday. While at the family get-together, I managed to capture a quick snapshot of  our dining room as my family served their plates with yummy, traditional Mexican food. I enjoyed a wonderful evening with them as I do with anytime we get together. I must say this is probably my favorite place to be when I am home. As you can see we have a lot of lighting fixtures and strung "chili" lights that adds to the warmth and specialness of this room. My family and I constantly enjoy many dinners together which is why I associate every bit of detail in this dining room with the special moments I have shared with them. It is a great place to be and definitely becomes much more magical with the help of the colorful lights!

Week 10: The Mental Hospital

This weekend, I was in my friend Brittney's student film for Biola. We went to shoot at an abandoned building that was once part of a mental hospital (which is now Cal State Channel Islands). The lighting of this picture adds to the general spookiness of the entire place since there is no one obvious source of light that can be seen. The white walls reflect the color of the clouds above them, a mixture of whites, blues, and blacks. The lack of green in the grass reminds you that you are in a place that once was habitable, but now only yellow, dead patches survive. The only hint of green is the weeds that soak up all the water that may have allowed for life. The dark gray asphalt leaves a sign that there is obviously a way to get out, with the tragedy that no one in the hospital was allowed to leave on their own freewill.

Dana Lillie

Week 10- Dancing Lights

This is a picture of dancers warming up before the last performance of barebones this past Saturday in the Claire Theatre. They were constantly moving so the picture is blurry, but I think that helps capture the colors that are being projected onto them. I like that this photo shows where the light is hitting the stage and dancers. Two of the dancers are painted in red light, while the rest are in blue. In the blue light, the actual color of the dancers’ outfits are more distinguished, and the outfit of the dancers’ in red light are hard to see what colors they are actually wearing. There is also a spot on stage that looks a little grey, which may be the points of overlapping of the red and blue light on the black dance floor. 

Week 10: After the Storm

So, as we all know, it rained this weekend. No surprise there. But as I was in the car, I looked out the window, and saw this.  Immediately I thought, I have to take a picture of this.  There are so many things I love about this picture.  First, there are still raindrops on the window, second, you see the sun peeking out of the shadows, and third, there is not only a rainbow, but two rainbows in this picture.  After this class, I learned that rainbows aren't necessarily "real".  All it is doing is breaking up white light into its actual parts, being the light spectrum from red to purple.  There is something very natural and symbolic about this picture that I love.  Though it is very cliche, it reminds me that you can't have the rainbow without the rain.  I also love how the sun is peeing through, as if to say there is a light after the darkness; you just have to wait through the storm to find it.  Wow, I'm such an intellectualizer.  But yes, I love this picture.

week 10 - Do you believe in Magic?

And here we have Disney magic! I have an annual pass so I try to get my money's worth and go as much as possible. Tough life, I know... :)
Anyway, I love the lighting here because it really draws your eyes in. The castle in the daylight is a light pink with a blue/grey roof. The colors and angles chosen here really enhance the castle's best features and create deeper dimension. The It looks like the lights from the balcony shining on the heart of the castle are part no color and part pink . I also like the light inside the rooms. It makes it look like there is something going on inside and creates more life to it. The pinks create the "magical" look that Disney strives to emulate and spread. The stark color contrast between the castle and the archways is enhanced by the lighting. The dimmer lighting in the archway creates a more relaxing and welcoming atmosphere to walk through to fine more Disney magic!

Thank you for a great class! I learned a lot.