Week 8 blog: Mood lighting

This picture was taken at a club called "School Night" (aptly named, since it's only held on Mondays) at the venue Bardot in Hollywood. This is not my usual scene, but my best friend (who is also my polar opposite) loves this place. It has this very hipster vibe: all the people there either had an asymmetrical haircut, dreads, or some fashionable but appears-to-be-low-effort hat on. My friend describes the music threy play as "ambient gay disco", and its a perfect depiction. No one really danced (as you can see by this empty dance floor) but people just kind of stood around and mingled while kind of nodding their heads to the beat and sipping their "mature drinks" (wine and whiskey gingers, not my thing). It was such a low-key environment that I had the time and train of thought to admire the lighting here. Not only do the fixtures themselves match the interior theme of this place, but the warm lighting created this cool sepia tone on everyone, as if we were in a real-life Instagram filter. Keeping it dim, but still at a certain visibility level, created a comfortable environment with a safe and calm vibe. This as opposed to the usual clubs I go to-- with their bright neon lights and fast paced strobes that create a disorienting feeling match the vibe my kinds of clubs go for. Even though it wasn't my favorite club, I had to applaud them for using lighting to further enhance the mood they were going for. Well done, hipster club owners.