Exercise 18: How Space Changes with Light

For this exercise I decided to photograph our conservatory and kitchen as they were available to me at all times and I knew that there was an interesting play of light on them as the day progressed. The photographs were taken over a period of three days. The first shots of the conservatory were taken from the same camera position to see how the light changed during the day.


This first shot was taken at 8.10 in the morning with the sun coming from the left.









The second one on the left below was taken a little later at 8.40 and although there is not much change in the light in the conservatory the garden behind it is now lit by the sun coming from the left. The third shot is about half an hour later and now the sun has gone off the garden but it is a warmer light in the conservatory.




The fourth shot on the left below is taken at 10.45 and the sun is now higher and lighting up the wall on the right of the conservatory. There are also interesting patches of light on the garden. The final shot below right was taken at 3.00 pm on a different day with the sun now coming from the right as it was getting low in the sky. The chair on the left hand side of the room is now catching the light but I had expected there to be a more noticeable difference. I perhaps left it until too late in the day.

For the next shots of the conservatory I used different view points to capitalise on the changing patterns of light. This picture is taken from outside looking into the conservatory at 9.20 in the morning. I opened the door and used a polarising filter to cut out some of the reflections.









The following four shots are all taken at 1045 in the morning when the light was at its most interesting.


In the picture above left I was trying to focus on the light and shadows in the corner of the room but it was not as interesting as I had hoped. By contrast the picture on the bottom right shows much more interest. I like the shot above right. I like the angle that I have used and find the light and shadows on the wall interesting.

The shot above was taken looking back into the conservatory at 6.20 in the evening when I had put the lights on. It is a view of the house that I particularly enjoy especially at Christmas when we have a Christmas Tree in here.

This next series of pictures shows the changing patterns of light in the kitchen in the morning when the sun creates interesting light and shadow. The first picture on the left was taken at 8.10 as were the two below but from a different viewpoint.

The next two pictures, below were taken at 8.50 and the one on the left shows how the sun is higher in the sky and has moved round.

At 10.50 below there are again different light and shade patterns.