Wednesday, December 1, 2010

thoughts on lighting

I was browsing thru some old pictures and found this one from 2009. I like the warm sepia tone of the yellow/amber light and the contrast to the darkness at the top of the shot. I think a yard display that capitalized on this color theme would be very striking. No reds, greens, or even blue...just the blackness of night and the warm glow of candlelight.

6 comments:

  1. That is a great shot. It reminds me a bit of Rot's style of lighting from 2009.

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  2. @Dave: Awesome shot man. I've been wanting to do all amber lighting for sometime now but always wimp out going with the traditional blues, greens, and reds. I might squeeze it into the mostly swampy greens I'm doing in 2011.

    @GoneferalinID: agreed, definitely reminds me of Rot's 2009 colors. But Rot's was a bit brighter where the above shot has a lot of depth and shadow.

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  3. @Terrormaster. I have found that the amber partylights do a nice job, but sometimes aren't bright enough to get the right effect. The light in the above picture is a 40 watt white bulb spraypainted yellow...worked like a charm!

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  4. I love it. I agree with you. We use primarily two colors of lighting in our display - it works perfectly with the existing light. And keeping the colors placed carefully keeps it from looking like a circus (which ours did for the longest time :)

    Yours is perfect.

    Cheers!

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  5. FQ, Thanks--although this is a single shot of a single prop...the overall display still had that 'circus' feel to it. Your display has been an inspiration due to the authenticity of the lighting (among about a thousand other reasons)

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