Week 5

Having just realized I completely forgot to post a blog for this past week, I frantically rushed around my apartment, trying to find something to snap a picture of, something that would be a good example of interesting lighting.  Worried that I wouldn't be able to find anything that great, I walked into my bedroom and stopped in my tracks - I had never noticed the early morning light on the bedroom blinds before, but now that I was paying attention, they seemed blog-worthy.

I was struck by the variation at first - why isn't the shift from dark to light evenly spread across the set of blinds?  I realized that it was because a few of them had gotten flipped backwards, which resulted in them being shadowed (the one right in the middle).  Peering outside the window, I learned that the reason the blinds on the left were so dark was that there was a tree outside the window, blocking light on that half of the window.

The other thing I noticed that was really appealing was the fact that the set of blinds as a whole seemed to be almost glowing, with the sunlight edging the window and a bit of light peeking through.  This served to give a halo-like effect to the whole window, which was complimented by the glow between some of the blinds themselves.

This all reinforced a few of the ideas we've been talking about / noticing in class this quarter:
     Pay attention to what your source is doing, and what might be obstructing it.
     Backlight can be a great creator of silhouette, and a halo-like effect.
     Changing the direction of the model (or the blind) can change the amount of
     conceal/reveal displayed.
     Interesting lighting is all around - we just need to pay attention.