Student Lighting Type Exercise: FILTER

filter |ˈfiltər|noun

1. a porous device for removing impurities or solid particles from a liquid or gas passed through it : an oil filter.
2. a screen, plate, or layer of a substance that absorbs light or other radiation or selectively absorbs some of its components : filters can be used in photography to reduce haze.

MATERIALS

[a single light source]
[18”x18”x18” cube] Create an 18”x18”x18” cube. The BASE of the cube should have a single light source [battery operated may be best]. One exterior wall of the cube should have a “viewing port”, or hole for you to look into your spatial environment and photograph with your camera. All interior walls of the cube must be white. It is recommended that the you construct the cube so that filters can be easily changed and placed over the light source.
[camera]
[filters: see below]

Assignment: Create a multitude of filters to create various CONDITIONS through the filtering of light in a controlled environment. Please document and articulate the CHARACTER of the filter and the ATMOSPHERE it creates. Describe its personality…how it makes a “space or person in the space feel.” Where and when would this light environment be appropriate?

LIGHT ENVIRONMENTS

1. indirect luminous [ambient]
2. direct luminous [ambient but see the source]
3. indirect brilliant
4. direct brilliant
5. direct light [one focal point]
6. direct  light [3 focal points in space]

Phase 1: find examples of existing light conditions that match your understanding of the desired LIGHT environments above. [Cite your sources]

Phase 2: using your precedent research as a guide, design and construct your own “filters” and apply them into your 18x18x18 white cube. Document how the spatial condition changes through photography. Do not use a flash.

[same project can be done in computer with renderings]