Neon Green.

At the Perkins Restaurant entrance, there is a boarder of neon light surrounding the name. As you can see, the neon light is green, but when you're looking at the neon light itself, It looks white. The neon green is very bright and doesn't appear to be green. The light that's on the white wall behind the neon light is greener than the light itself. It very interesting how the color at the source isn't the same as the color being reflected.

Cheap Diffusion Gel.

I was playing with my flashlight today and figured out how to make a cheap diffusion gel. I took a kind of white opaque plastic bag and shined the light through it to see what would happen. My first thought was that the light wouldn't go through, but I was wrong. The foot-candles were decreased but the light was still there. the hard edges of the light were also gone. It was pretty cool to see what the plastic bag did so I took shot video to show you.

Low to High Temperature in Seconds.

I was analyzing a light turning on today at sunset. It was an entrance light of an apartment complex. As the light was turning on, it had a low temperature yellowish color and a few seconds later it turned very white. It was as if the light was heating up and got to a higher temperature color temperature in as little as three seconds. I was amazed at how fast the light changed from a low temperature color to a high temperature color. It reminded me of the day we were in the Video lighting lab and the camera was referencing the different color temperatures as white.

Black Mirror

My LCD television has a very dark screen and the plastic over it creates a reflective surface. The light from outside was absorb by the black screen but was also reflected off of the plastic. It's very interesting how the light that is reflected off the television is higher in color temperature than the light from outside. I believe, most of the incident light is absorb, and the blues, which has a shorter wavelength, escapes and creates the higher color temperature.

Bright and Intensely Soft

I have a lamp in my apartment that I only use when I'm video chatting. I don't know how it ended up in that location but It works fine. I always direct the light to my face when I'm video chatting, but it never seems to bother me. It's a very soft light, but it's also very bright. It can light up the whole room, but looking at it won't hurt your eyes. When I squint my eyes and look at the bulb, I can actually see the filament burning inside the bulb. The filament actually appears to be surrounded by a cloud of gas that lights up as well.

Little Annoying Green Light

This very small light indicator for my television can be very annoying at times. When looking at an angle this light doesn't even seem like a light. It appears to be a green dot lost in the black border of the television. Once you start look at the light straight on, it's a very intense light. I always try to sit on the left side of the television, so I don't mistakenly look at it. It makes me think I'm looking up at a shiny light after I've been knocked out for an unhealthy amount of time.

Three Shadows, One Light

There's a light fixture in my apartment that has two bulbs in it. When I look at my shadow from that light, I see three different shadows. Each are different in size and shade, but they all start from the same point. I believe the two lights create a shadow separately and the the reflector combines the two lights and creates the main darker shadow. What is interesting, is how the shadows start from the same point and spread out to their extremes. The individual lights in the fixture still manage to escape the reflector and dash out on it's own.

Candle Light Rainbow.

I enjoy using my Maglite, but the candle light feature is a little bit too much for me. The feature is great but the light is too bright. It hurts my eyes when ever I take a glimpse at it. However, what's interesting about the candle light feature, is how I can see the visible light spectrum around the light. The white light just decays around the light source and you can see the different colors of the light spectrum like a rainbow. I don't know why I decided to look at this bright light, but I'm kind of happy I did.

Low and High Temperature Lights.

Incandescent Light

I was comparing my two flashlights and I realized the colors were totally different. The incandescent flashlight had a low color temperature and the LED flashlight had a high color temperature. The incandescent light was appearing more yellow than white. I can really say it was a yellow light. The LED light is whiter than the Incandescent one, but it also looks blue at some angles. It's interesting how the lower color temperature light looks like the sun and the high temperature looks like the moon. 

LED Light

Foggy Lights

Last night was very foggy outside. It reminded me of a stage filled with smoke. The lights seemed to appear and spread more with the fog outside. It was much brighter than usual. The lights were easier to be located and were soft. the colors of the lights were more present, they weren't as pale as they usually are. The fog really enhanced the lights and gave it a softer look and feel.

Warm and Cool Charger

I'm pretty sure most people have seen this light. I was thinking about the colors Apple decided to use. I don't know why they chose them, but they make sense to me. When the laptop is charging, there is a warm orange light. I think The warm orange light was used to show that there is work in progress. Warm colors show that things are lively and happy (The charger is even warm when the warm orange color is present). When the charging process is done, there is a cool green light. I believe the cool green light was chosen to show that there is peace and rest. The computer doesn't need any more charge, so the charger can relax and not work as much (Again, the charger is cooled down when the cool green light is present). If these are close to the reason why they chose those colors, then the designer knew what they were doing. I'm pretty happy to have an understanding of colors now.

Light in a Glass

Regular Flashlight

I was playing with my MagLite today and I wanted to make another lens for it to see how the light will be distributed. I decided to put an empty glass in front of the flashlight and the light was distributed all over the place. The light entered the glass and was reflected and refracted all over the glass. The light beam on the wall was larger but the light was weaker. I also realized the light created a bunch other rings of light and some light rays were on the ceiling and floor. It just interesting how the glass distributes the light anywhere the light can go.

Flashlight with Glass as Lens.

Squared Light.

My phone has a flashlight that used for taking pictures and many other things. I downloaded an app to used the flashlight as a flashlight and I realized the shape of light it creates is a square. It's pretty nice because I've never seen a spot of square light produced by a flashlight. I checked the light itself and realized the LED is round but the reflector and lens is shaped like a square. It's interesting how the light just takes the shape of whatever it is reflected on. It reminds me of how water always takes the shape of the container it is in. This proves to me that light is also a particle.

LED Lights.

I was playing with the LED lights in lab today and I was mixing the primary colors to create other colors. It was very nice to see the many different colors that can be created. I felt like a painter just mixing colors for the fun of it. I think the faders should be longer so the amount of colors added can be more accurate. Some colors were just not as close to the real thing. I think I might buy some little LEDs to see what more can be done.

Bright and Soft Flashlight Light

I have a Panasonic Lumix camera that I used from time to time. I always realized that when I take a picture of someone or a group of people they never blink or rub their eyes after the photo was taken. I thought it was because of the brightness or time of day. I used the camera today to take a picture of myself, and the flash went off and it didn't hurt my eyes. I tried it again and it was perfectly fine. The flashlight on the Lumix is bright but not harsh. It has a soft brightness to it. I'm enjoy the camera even more now.

LED Reflector Ball.

I saw this LED light ball today. It was a clear ball that had a blue, red, and green light inside of it. the outside of the ball had some type of reflectors and lenses. When the lights turn on it seems like a disco ball. It's automatic so the three primary colors just create other great colors randomly. I really enjoyed seeing the different colors the lights created. It was very cool and very simple.

The Father Sun and The Little Sun

The light in my room is like a child that is scared of its parents, and when the parents aren't around it does what it wants. What I'm trying to say is that, whenever it's day time, this light doesn't have any type of intensity. I can flip the switch during the day and it's like I never changed anything. On the other hand, when ever the sun is on the other side of the earth, this light is like the sun itself. It gets so bright at night, I wish I can dim it. This light is tough when the Sun isn't around, but whenever the Sun comes back it's like a little child again, It's no where to be found.

Powerful LED Flashlight

Dark Room

I bought an LED Maglite flashlight yesterday. Whenever I have a flashlight I have to test it. My way of testing flashlights is by entering a dark room and pointing the flash light to the ceiling. It's my way of seeing if I will be able to function in a room if the flashlight was my only light source. This Maglite flashlight was so powerful, I couldn't believe it was running on 2 AA batteries. It wasn't as bright as my rooms light, but I was able to see everything and read the instructions to the Maglite with the flashlight point up. The light was a little blue, but it didn't bother me. I'm pretty impressed with this LED flashlight. I might not ever go back to a regular incandescent flashlight.

Maglite pointed to ceiling.

Light Reflection Television.

I turned my television on and decided to watch TV on the wall today. I decided to watch an episode of the Cosby Show with the volume low. It was interesting to watch because I knew when they were in the kitchen, the living room, and other places around the house. I noticed the perspective changes and how they happened between 2 to 10 seconds intervals. I wasn't to sure of what was happening in the episode but the color changes on the wall helped me know the pace of the episode.

Monochromatic Soap Dispenser

My automatic soap dispenser is pretty cool. It has a light located at the bottom of it. When ever I place my hand in front of it, a sensor is triggered and a white light turns on and soap is dispensed. I was analyzing the light and the color of the soap and realized it looks like a monochromatic color scheme. The light at the bottom is pure white and as you look up the color changes tints and shades. It pretty nice and just reminds me of the different shades of one color you can pick from in the Paint application on Windows computers. What amazes me the most is how the different shades blend well with one another.

The White Moon Ring

When ever I'm outside at night, I usually stare up at the sky. If the moon is out, I usually see a little ring of light around the moon, and it's usually some sort of red. Tonight I looked up and the ring was wide and white. It was the first time I ever seen a large white ring surrounding the moon. I had to stare at it for a couple of minutes because I never seen anything like it before. I wish I had a good camera to take a picture. It might because of the cooler air around this time of year or the angle it was shining down on earth. I'm not too sure, but I hope I see it again.

Street Light

The street light outside my apartment window is an intense light, but I never really analyzed it. It covers a large area and it doesn't seem to end. The light is brighter in some areas but it seems like the light goes on forever. There isn't a certain point where you can say the light actually ends. It's just lighting the whole area until you just don't notice it anymore. It just doesn't end.

Purple traffic light

I was driving to the airport and was approaching a traffic light with a purple light. When I got closer to the traffic light and it began to change to red. I realized there was a blue light on top of the red traffic light and when you're far away the colors of the lights mix and create purple. I wish I could've taken a picture, but that wasn't a good idea at the moment.

Green LCD

Green LCDs can be so annoying. There is one on my microwave that is very intense at night. When I head to my kitchen in the middle of the night I cannot stand the bright green LCD from the microwave. To ease the pain I usually turn the kitchen light on and it smoothes out the intensity from the green LCD.

Blue LCD

There is a blue LCD screen that's on a clock I saw in a hotel room. The light is very dim and has low intensity during the day. At night when all the lights are closed the blue LCD screen lights up the whole room. It isn't an annoying light in the dark, but it can shine the whole room up when it's all alone. 

Intense Sun

I Slept in a room with the window facing the east. I knew the sun would be intense so I closed the shades before I went to sleep. I woke up the next day with the sun directly in my face. The sun is a very intense light. The shades were closed and I was under the covers and I was still awaken by the sunlight.

Rainbow

I woke up this morning to a rainbow in my room. Confused I was at first. I thought I was dreaming. I stared at it for a while and realized it was the sun's reflection off of a CD that was on my computer desk. It reminded me of Kindergarten class where there were rainbows and clouds on the walls and ceiling. I'm planning to leave that CD in the same exact spot from now on. A smile will be on my face when I wake up to rainbow in my room.

Light: Day 1

Today I saw an interesting light. It was a light at a door entrance. It was the only light in the area that wasn't fully lit. It wasn't dimmed or anything, It was a light that was about to die. It reminded me of a person who is at the final hours of their life. It knows it is about to die but is still fulling its purpose to shine the door step for people who are entering the location. It caught my attention because it wasn't a very intense light. It was weak but wasn't giving up.