My final presentation went well, the near pitch black lighting really emphasized each of the light flashes in the sequence. I mentioned before that I would’ve liked a bit more time to flesh out the ending more and add 1 or 2 more scenes right at the end to avoid the long awkward pause before…

After a long weekend of coding and wiring, I finally have a finished project. I had to simply the ending of the sequence in favor of polishing what I already have, resulting in a bit of empty time that should’ve been cut shorter, but I’m hoping it will just add to the dramatic finish. In…

Scaling up my design from the original mock up proved to be one of the most difficult things in this project. Problem number 1 was that the cotton balls were not good at defusing points of light from a single LED. My initial mock up was lit by a string of low output LEDs I…

Moving forward with the illuminated clouds idea, I wanted to start testing ideas on how to diffuse the light given off by the lightning, as well as figure out how to create the silhouettes. My initial attempts made it clear that a cutout card-stock figure placed behind a wall of cotton balls would not be…

First idea: Inspired by the music video for Warriors by Imagine Dragons, there is a sequence when lightning striking illuminates silhouettes otherwise hidden in the clouds. Recreating this in a physical display would provide a really dynamic feeling. Second idea: Illuminating etched acrylic from the side lights only the etched portion, and the remaining acrylic…

Hannu Huhtamo is a light artist that specializes in light painting with prolonged exposure. He studied at the Pop and Jazz Conservatory and was a musician before pursuing light painting. His first experience with any sort of light art was drawing a pentagram on an open shutter to be used as album art for his…

This week will be all about final assembly of all the parts that have been tested and confirmed from the previous weeks. I’ve built a 22″ x 17″ shadow box to house the display, and purchased all requisite materials to assemble the remainder of the project. The shadow box was constructed out of recycled lumber…