Drawing lights on a Diagram was the most enjoyable thing  I have done to date in my lighting course. It gave me a true idea of exactly what was necessary when planning lighting in a space depending on the function of the space. It was interesting to figure out a plan as if I was […]

In this workshop during week 5 of lighting design, we got a visit from a company that supplies lights on a global scale, they began with a presentation discussing the different lights that they distributed and the different effects these lights had. My findings during this presentation were interesting and they evolved as the workshop […]

In this class, we explored shadows, how they are created and what they tell us. Through different forms of experimentation, I found the different exercises useful in teaching me how we can tell the time of the year through a shadow and vice versa using a sundial chart. I never realised how specific the result […]

For this class we went on a site visit to the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, where we took a walk around, observing all the fanatatsic art on display as well as trying to understand how the light (both natural and artificial) was affecting the space and the art on display. During this visit we were […]

For our second class of the semester, we visited a Site not far from campus, which was a Chaplaincy known as St Albert’s. I had never realised this space existed even though I had passed it many times. The point of this visit was to calculate the daylight factor in the space(something I have never […]

For my first class, my fellow students and I were asked to find an image of lighting that we really liked and share it with the rest of the class. I chose this design by a design duo called ‘The Back Studio’. I chose this cool design because of its irregular shape and its choice […]