Week #8 - My Sister

So this is my older sister, Joann and last week I was able to take some photos of her. We decided take a walk around our neighborhood when the sun was going down. Unfortunately most of our photos were really dark, but I stumbled upon this picture. I loved how the sun, from the right side, created interesting shadows on my sister's face. I actually think that this effect made the photo much better and dynamic. This image can convey moods of nostalgia, mystery, hope, etc. This reminded me of the Our Town project I presented last week. I had a hard time choosing the colors and gels for each scene, but I knew how I wanted to use the no color lights to convey a certain mood. Colors are great, because they can help communicate certain moods. For example, red is obviously perceived as a color of love or anger. But I believe that using no color lights are most essential because it creates distinct shadows and can lighten or darken the person on stage, which is the main purpose of lighting. That is why I think that this image of my sister works. We are able to see things we normally don't really see in a well lit photo. We can see the distinction of her high cheek bones and the shape of her eyes.