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Assignment #2: Light Observations

The first room that I chose to observe light in was the bathroom of my home. The room has two light sources, an overhead light bulb encased by a floated globe and three round lights above the bathroom mirror against the wall. The frosted glass light bulbs above the mirror make the light emanating from those bulbs have more of a yellow hue than the overhead light with the globe covering it. The further away towel rings, toilet paper holders, and towel racks are from the light sources, the more subtle the shadows behind them appear to be. The shadows appearing behind these objects are also elongated down and across the wall. Pictures hanging on the wall, to the right and down from the bathroom mirror only cast a shadow on the side farthest from the light. The shadows also now appear shorter than the actual objects the farther they are from the light source.

The second room that I chose to observe the light of was my home computer room. I chose this room because there are, again, two light sources to contrast within the room. The first light source is the overhead light from a ceiling fan in the center of the room. The second light source is a mint green lamp that sits on a white night stand beside my bookshelf in the corner. However, I found that the most interesting lighting came from neither of these sources. When first entering the room, neither of these lights were on, but the light from the living room adjacent to it was shining in through the halfway open door, causing the left of the room, about a third of it, to be lit. The light from the computer in the left corner was dim and causing a light, soft glow on the far left corner of the room. I found this lighting to have a slightly dreamy, hazy look to it. The computer light also cast harsh, elongated shadows on the wall, contrasting nicely within the hazy lighting on the wall.

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