Daylight has been used for a long time as a source of light and energy. The science surrounding daylight has evolved over the years. Quite a number of people have ventured into discovering new ways of developing and producing light which could be used any time of the day or night in film and photography industries. Several activities and events take place during daylight. This is mainly because it is considered to be convenient and economical to work during the day than using artificial light. However, as time went by people came up with new methods of producing light which could be used in various sectors. Among them was for illumination especially in photometry. The challenge with these discoveries is the high cost of developing and using this light. Thus, its production has become uneconomical in the various industries that depend on light as a source of energy (Aldridge, 2003).
Benjamin Franklin wrote an essay on daylight saving in 1779. It was a time when the government of France was conducting experiments on the use of a new method of baking bread. Perhaps a method that used another source of energy which could be more appropriate than the sun. The government resolved into the use of a stove that utilized coal for baking. As a result, the cost of bread production increased significantly. This has remained the trend since then for the subsequent discoveries of new ways and sources of energy. Benjamin Franklin is said to be the pioneer for alternative sources of energy. In his essay, Franklin advocates for the utilization of daylight as a source of light and avoid the use of kindles. There is a suggestion to the then government of France to control the number of kindles used in the households for economic reasons (Kittler, Kocifaj&Darula, 2010).
As time elapses, man’s desire to work any time of the day or night increased. New innovations came into place that could produce light which can be used in a variety of settings. The invention of cameras that illuminate their own light was one big step to overreliance on the sun. In this perspective, the eagerness to produce quality illuminations became the priority and the economic side was neglected. Film shooters have for a long time desired to produce quality pictures without the dependence on the light from the sun. It is the motivation for independent light and energy source that enabled these inventions to come by (Aldridge, 2003).
In the industry of photography, the demand for quality photos has gained much attention. In today’s life, the first class work demands more powerful tools and therefore the digital shooters needLitePanels system which help in creating better and improved pictures. The integrity of the images produced by the cameras is of a greater value and requires high resolutions and quality LitePanels. This is unlike the case of dependence on the sun’s rays. The photos can now be taken even in the night without any difficulty. But as it can be realized, high powered tools with good resolutions require the use of more money and resources to produce them (Braverman, 2004).
When discussing about high cost of production, one needs to have a detailed analysis of what it entails to come up with these machines. There are two broad categories of machine vision modeling. One of them is known as computational color constancy while the other is physics modeling technique. Color constancy is defined as the idea of matching similarly colored surfaces that have different or unknown illuminations and the surface reflectance is unknown. However, in achieving this design model, there are six algorithmic groups that are followed. The first one involves those that need a number of illuminants. Nevertheless, they are supposed to classify the same surface in a manner that there are two distinct parts. The process of producing this algorithm model is quite involving and costly mainly because of the resources required (Sahragard&Ramli, 2009).
There are those that assume gamut colors where the images appear in multiples when magnified. According to Forsyths logarithm, the logarithm maps colors in such a way that the number of colors mapped limit the group of potential illuminants. Though Forsyth’s brought a great advance in color constancy, his algorithm did not support controlled illumination. Moreover, Ohta and Hayashi made an assumption; “they assumed known gamut of illuminants for indoor lighting following the CIE model. His method is only applied to very constrained indoor images by restricting the illumination” (Sahragard&Ramli, 2009, 126). Assumption made regarding the statistical distribution scene colors does not help unless it is used only for restricted scenes. In addition, indirect source of illuminants can only be used for indoor images; they cannot be used for outside events because daylight is a compound and unlimited light source (Sahragard&Ramli, 2009).
Investors have suggested that the use of sunlight at dawn is a very vital tool to improved production from the workers. It is reported that if employees are exposed to sunlight early in the morning, they are able to work better for it improves their moods. In addition, it also helps in saving for fuels used during the day for lighting hence cost effective. However, this only applies to industries and companies whose construction sites can allow the penetration of sun’s rays into their apartments. More so, the saving is little significance as compared to the overall expenditure of companies in producing light energy. They urge that in as much as it is a little saving, its effect can be felt if practiced for a long time (priority, 2005).
A part from the use of light in film and photography industries, most production companies of many kinds also depend on light energy to effectively carry out their operations. The surface reflectance model developed by Buluswar and Draper may be a solution to some of the companies that rely on light for their operations to run smoothly. It is designed by a bidirectional reflection distribution function. With this function in place, surface reflectance model is used to give an explanation of how light from a particular direction is reflected at a given course; different incident light are reflected in different places depending on the type of reflecting surface. The diverse configuration of light of this model may be difficult to understand but very effective for its application. However, using the Lambertian reflection of light in different configuration is simple. This model predicts that light from the sun is reflected equally in all directions. In this model the sum amount of light reflected is a function of the angle of incidence. The combination of these two concepts can make the utilization of the sun’s rays in industries and companies. The sun’s rays can be reflected through different angles into the inner parts of industries and be used during the day for lighting (Sahragard&Ramli, 2009).
The solution to this problem is dependent on the ability of the companies to use the already existing knowledge and implements it in utilizing the sun’s rays as a source of light energy. It is reported that men and women who take photos or practice photography have the liberty to change the background color of the studio: Most of the commercial photographers own a studio. Therefore, most of them invite the models into their studio. This however do not go well with the models they photograph; because maybe of the distance or some of them are uncomfortable in the studio. Thus, due to these limitations a photographer is forced to take photos using natural light. This is the importance of natural light produced by the sun fort it is economical and appropriate to use at any particular time during the day (Geizler& Ramat- Gan, 2007).
Daylight saving is a concept that has developed over time. In the 18th century, daylight saving was a concept that was applied by the then industries and companies to maximize profit making. In today’s society, daylight saving can also be used in improving the production of companies. As stated earlier, research has found out that if the workers are exposed to light at dawn their mood, psyche and even production increases. Various journals have also found a relationship between daylight saving time and elevated economic activity. Daylight saving time can also increase stock market returns according to an article known as priority (2005). This concept can also be applied to big oil co operations. The main idea is to enable them cut down on the use of oil in their industries in lighting. Besides, with the advancing technology, the sun’s rays can be utilized to produce energy production in large scale using solar panels (Priority, 2005).
Johnson (2010) reports that in the year 2005, the Hilton hotels family resolved into installing completely new clock that was to solve a major problem of hotel attendants adjusting the clocks every morning. This clock is said to be have the ability to automatically adjust to the daylight time. This meant that the adjusting of time every time was no longer needed. The clock was daylight sensitive and as soon as the sun’s rays appeared, it could adjust itself to the time of the day. Such technology could be modified and be used in companies so that there is auto adjust to the use of daylight hence saving much energy used in lighting (Johnson 2010).
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