DAYLIGHT QUALITIES EXERCISE

Exercise 3:

An extended period of photographic observation and sleuthing. 

For this exercise, students were asked to document 32 different qualities of daylight (from our class roster of 41 qualitative points).  The following is a sample of the photos, where two images have been selected to represent each daylight quality.  Click on each title to see all images.

This was a wonderful exercise ... Prof. Benton gave some great advice when he encouraged us to begin the search EARLY!  The result was not only a collection of beautiful images - in which each student displayed his/her interpretation of each point - but also a heightened awareness on the part of each student of a variety of daylighting issues (not to mention sharpened observation skills!).  

Take a look at some of the different daylight qualities...

1.        a magical sprite

2.        a daylighting glare “bomb”

3.        daylight causing a veiling reflection

4.        dynamic daylight

5.        daylight prismatically deconstructed

6.        sunbeam made visible

7.        leaking light

8.        texture revealed by daylight

9.        daylight providing emphasis (single emphasis)

  

10.       camera lucida <---- color mapping

11.       a luminous wall (not reflective)

12.       near window surface used to distribute daylight

13.       blurry light (not movement)

14.       dappled light 

15.       monochromatic daylight

16.       morning light

17.       evening light

18.       cozy light

19.       daylight gradient revealed

20.       varying penumbra

21.       crisp shadows

22.       carpet of shadow (pattern)

23.       rhythmic daylight

24.       silhouette

25.       Piranesian daylight

26.       daylight modified by water

27.       daylight modified by vegetation

28.       glowing (diffuse) daylight

29.       sparkle from daylight

30.       a daylight fixture

31.       phototropic people

32.       occupant intervention on daylight

33.       daylight indicating circulation

34.       daylight emphasizing architectural feature

35.       daylight creating hierarchy

36.       most uniform, ambient daylight

37.       borrowed light

38.       ethereal daylight

39.       daylighting from below

40.       daylighting at the edge of the day

41.       your best of show daylighting image

   

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