Electric Night
For this project, I experimented with many different light sources as well as different blending modes to achieve a very hectic, glowy, whimsical composite. My overall concept was capturing the idea that cities never sleep while also creating a fantasy environment with floating jelly fish in the sky. I wanted the piece to feel very dreamlike. The strobe lights are lights that I took in a bar, while I used images of myself holding a sparkler for pops of light. Other bursts of light were created by taking an image of a sparkler while waving it around. I also took a photograph of a bonfire while viscously waving my phone to achieve the effect of the long exposure. The strips of light at the very bottom of the image was created by using the same technique photographing string lights that hang on our balcony that I took from the ground looking up. I used a dark blue color fill to make it appear as it was taken during the night and created a levels layer to adjust the shadows and lighting to brighten a few areas up. Using my brush tool, I also used the overlay blending mode with a low opacity to make the windows of the buildings appear if they were glowing. Finally, I used firefly to create a more realistic jellyfish and make the "arms" of the jellyfish more visible and colorful. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed experimenting and creating this composition!
Critique: How were experiments with light and longer exposures treated and how did this effect the concept of the work? The longer exposures and lighting experiments came in the form of light trails mainly. There are a couple different ones used throughout the composition that add a great amount of movement to the scene and environment. This adds to the concept in terms of moving/floating jellyfish well because of the nature of jellyfish appendages. The idea of "the city never sleeps" is benefited from this created movement as well.
ReplyDelete"Night Prowler" by Sallie Kate Thompson really grabbed my attention through the variety of the objects in the composition and how the long exposure lights were implemented into the scene. The floating jellyfish feel otherworldly and the lights make the scene feel even more magical, the glow really bringing the viewer's eye in. The colors are very strong as well as the blues and purples contrast with the yellow lights in the buildings, the pops of bright pink and green grabbing attention while not overwhelming the overall piece. The lights also guild the viewers eye around the scene, flowing between the jellyfish from the bottom to the top.
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