Light and Time

For this project, I made a collection of 10 photos – all taken at different times of day, ordered chronologically.  I have marked the times at which I took each photo, as well as how the time I shot it at affected the light and appearance of the image.

6:45am – Early Morning
The sun is just shy of rising, leaving a dull yet clean glow on the bike station roof, leaves of the bushes, and a bit on the snow.

10am – Mid Morning
The sun is out, but not at peak brightness, letting brighter, more yellow-tone light shine off the pine.

12pm – High Noon
The sun is at its peak in the sky (and its brightest). I pointed the camera directly at it, and the light of the sun left a glow in the clouds, and in contrast a deep shadow beneath the trees.

1:30pm – Early Afternoon
Light isn’t as bright as it could be due to cloudiness, but regardless is apparent atop the berries and tree branches.

3pm – Mid Afternoon
Sun is closer to setting, and a yellow haze is left on the right side of the tree as evidence.

4:30pm – Late Afternoon
The light from the sun grows more and more yellow-tone, reflecting in the puddle.

5pm – Early Evening
When the sun is ready to set, the coloring of the light on water (in contrast from the previous photo) is gaining red tones and creating orange light in the puddle.

6pm – Sunset
Light is now remarkably orange; the side of the tan building (where the sunlight is facing but is out of our direct view) is reflected onto the adjacent building. The light is borderline scarlet red.

6:30pm – Dusk
The sun has set but is peaking out just enough to leave color in the sky. Shadows are casted around the scene, except for the distant sky where dim purples, blues, and reds collect.

7:15pm – Late Evening
With the sun now absent from view, light only comes from the surrounding street lights and building lights. It is more difficult to see details, thus people walking by and trees to the left are nearly silhouettes.