Forty Qualities Exercise
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As a class we named forty daylighting qualities that were interesting for us to try to find, observe and photograph. During the following few weeks each student independently recorded thirty three of these qualities to be then presented in class. The forty categories were not precisely defined, which contributed to wide variety of loose interpretations. And then there were some categories as 'holy' or 'ephemeral' light which captured everybody's imagination in different way... Here is my pool of daylighting qualities.
| 01 beam sunlight |
| 02 "just occluded" sun |
| 03 crisp light |
| 04 light at the edge of the day |
| 05 rhythmic light |
| 06 light modified by water |
| 07 moonlight |
| 08 tenuous light |
| 09 glossy glare |
| 10 real life darth vader |
| 11 garish light |
| 12 daylight from a hidden source |
| 13 tasty gradient |
| 14 light revealing texture |
| 15 a sprite |
| 16 whimsical or playful light |
| 17 dappled light |
| 18 penumbral shadows |
| 19 daylight revealing translucency |
| 20 rainy daylight |
| 21 absolute edge of day |
| 22 a guiding light |
| 23 squinty space |
| 24 ambient daylight |
| 25 daylight from below |
| 26 vermeer |
| 27 multiple shadows |
| 28 working light |
| 29 daylight as clock |
| 30 solid (volumetric) light |
| 31 daylight as highlight |
| 32 light of color |
| 33 suspenseful light |
| 34 hot light |
| 35 cool light |
| 36 daylight loves a curve |
| 37 gleam (happy specular) |
| 38 dirty/sleazy daylight |
| 39 alluring/seductive light |
| 40 stretched shadow |
| 41 best of show |
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