Week 4 - Amber Morales - Texture - Blush

This class has broadened my creativity and curiosity for natural lighting. I have always been in awe of bright and invigorating colors. However, I have come to appreciate the soft textures of the color wheel. I took this photo when I came home from school last week and I could not help but feel the soft texture of the early evening sky. As if the sky were blushing in contentment, as the final hours of the day were finally approaching. I could feel the relaxation in the pastels. As if I were floating into a world free from worry, full of zen and never ending satisfaction.

Week 4 Anna Medina- Texture

 

Light has several ways of highlighting texture. Are these the best pictures to illustrate my point? Probably not. Will you understand what I mean despite my weak explanation because you are very intelligent people? I hope so. Week 4 was a long one.

As I work on my thesis I stall by looking at my desk lamp. The crystal that protects and decorates the lightbulb has a design that offers texture, but it doesn't distort the light in any way. I add a layer of mesh to see if the reflection changes, but it doesn't, what changes is the intensity creating a sort of haze. This, in a way ads texture to the light. If I wanted a hazy feeling I might consider doing this, it reminds me of the options we have when adding different gels. 

I use a small earing to simulate a gobo. I think this is the most obvious way to add texture to light, but surprise! it also shows the dust resting on my lamp which is a real example of unwanted texture. But it helps, put light on a textured wall from the side and the texture becomes more obvious. The possibilities, as I've stated in my other blogs are endless. Thank you for joining me in this journey of texture and lighting. 

Week 4- Floofy Texture

 

This is a picture of my dog Arlo and his fluffy cowlick. At first, I considered not using this picture because it did not showcase enough light - but the assignment for this week was "texture" and this picture has lots of texture. I think, when it comes to working creatively it is sometimes useful to find inspiration in an area outside of the medium we are creating in. For example, in stage lighting you could use gobos and other effects to create the illusion of the texture of something else.  The light gives the impression of a texture even though it has no real bumps or grooves. When I look at this picture I think, "How could I recreate this texture with light?" What does this texture mean to me? I know that it is soft, but in the image it appears spiky and pointed, and there are many layers of fur and curving lines. What would a light design with this type of texture look like? 

Week 4 - Joey Navarrete-M. - The Beehive (Texture)

I find the objects in this photo aesthetically pleasing and texturally rich. The way the sun reflects one office building onto the other with its golden color is like an optical illusion. 

Often, I find office buildings intrusive and not very interesting to look at. Given its context, a structure is similar to a beehive. Its workers come in and out to do their sole job prescribed by the queen bee to keep its colony alive. Still, when I saw this glimmering gold color, it stopped me, and I appreciated its beauty. Instead of the intruding building, the beehive building becomes an art installation in the middle of the city.

week 4 - whitney - light revealing texture

 

Light dictates most, if not all, of our visual perception. The temporal texture of clouds are revealed with different hues of light. Everything is continually changing before us, as the tones sing back to us. Light informs forms. We see can see the gloss of water, the wispy fluff of water (clouds), the suspension of water, and the vast rippling landscape of a body of water. 

Light may be able to do the same for our bodily form, including the changing textures of movement?

Week 4-LA-Spider-Texture

A slippery plastic spider dramatically spots mesh netting; the muted and cozy fibers do reflect. Likewise, a mystical purple bulb illuminates slippery organic leaves with more appealing textures and nifty nuances than the perfect plastic can provide, no matter how brightly it shines or cute it is.

Week 4 - JB - [Texture] - Lampshade

  Week 4 - Lampshade

There are two categories of textures that I saw represented in this photograph - the various textures of the objects (lampshade, wall), and the various textures of light that shone through. The soft gradient of light in the upper parabola highlights the knockdown texture of the wall. The lampshade itself is ever so slightly corrugated, and the light creates vertical shadows along the lateral surface. I also noticed the orangeish splatter of light at the bottom of shade, which felt smoother than the rest of the light above.

-Jeevika

Week 4 - Texture - FH

 Initially I was drawn to the shadows created by the sun and trees in the early morning. But as I got closer I was intrigued by the wrinkles in the fabric. The light pouring through cover reveals both the original weaving pattern and the creases formed over time. 

Week 3 - Bradford - Darkness, Light

 

Wallowing in Darkness needs not the Light,

and Light refuses the tarnish of Darkness.

But to thrive,

bear witness to form,

 radiate from within,

the brilliance of life in color,

Darkness and Light play.

How magnificent to find our most radiant form

not by the light of others,

but seemingly by the light from within.

Week 3 - Amber Morales - Love, your secret admirer

 

Ahhhhh Halloween! 

I absolutely love when you come around this time of year. The smell of your autumn breeze, the fog in your ghostly sky, the sound of your dry leaves crinkling with each step, and your orange rays of sunlight that shine brightly in the late hours of the morning. Nothing brings my heart to tranquil like you, Halloween. You are warm and cozy to the heart. You are peaceful and soothing to the soul.  You are stunning and bewitching to the eye. However, you are Frightening and Terrorizing. Manipulative and Controlling. Possessive and Sinister. Oh, but how I keep coming back for more. How I keep clinging on to your scheming tricks and treats. Halloween, you are more than just a holiday or a feeling. You are life. A life I cannot live without. 

Love, your secret admirer 

 

WEEK 3- Rubí Danielle- Green Lantern

My favorite color is red, however I am incredibly attracted to vibrant green colors as well, and I recently have been deeply interested in pairing green and red together. I took this photo while I was on a walk, and I was immediately captivated by the massive green glow that was flooding the front of this house. What is interesting, is that the actual light bulb you see on the left of the photo, is not green. As you can see though, the front of the house is surrounded by green grass, plants, trees, and bushes. So it seems as if the light bulb was reflecting the green from the plants. This was a really amazing sight to see. I have always been intrigued by rich and saturated colors, so I was deeply satisfied when I witnessed this lighting effect in person. There is also a hint of orange light that is coming from the front door and window of the house, which goes along with my interest in pairing the colors red and green together. Orange is not red, however it is a close sister of red, so it pleased me to see that there was a somewhat red accent in this green sea.