Hello lighting pals! It's Lucas Goodman here. Here is a photo I took of my lava lamp ominously illuminating my beloved Spiderman mask. I turned the main light to my room off and was about to go to sleep only to be pierced by Spidey's glare basking in the pinkish glow of the oozing lava blobs.
What stood out to me the most was how the glow of pink light painted such a foreboding essence onto the Spiderman mask. In turn, I began to experience this imagery of Spiderman with a rather sensual intensity, something the average Joe doesn't typically associate with your friendly neighborhood superhero. I was intrigued and just about ready to do a backflip. Another attribute of this interaction included the shape it created with the positive and negative space of the light. The light at the focal point of the image as well as the area immediately surrounding it feels suave and groovy but then as it fades into darkness, it feels like my soul is escaping into an abyss. When observing the composition as a whole, the stark contrast in color and value makes for a rather dangerous visual vibe.
I find this photo inspiring because it makes me think of how color, light, and a simple object can be manipulated in an infinite amount of ways. Moreover, the different ways you manipulate the relationship between these tools can tell vastly different stories. For instance, if the lava lamp had been blue and green that would have had an extremely different connotation in what the mask represents. Similarly, if the mask had been placed in a different position/angle, that would have told an extremely different story as well. All in all, lighting can tell some really wild stories if you take the time to listen (with your eyes, of course).
Obviously, I agree with your post :) Throughout this class I hope you get a bigger glimpse about how light can completely change an atmosphere by changing angle, color, intensity, etc. Also, the talk of and look of darkness does play as much into the composition as the light does. Nice post!
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