Week 8: The Perks of Being Stuck in Traffic

       It took over five hours for my friend and I to get back to Irvine today from our hometown in the Central Valley. On a good day the drive will take four hours (or sometimes maybe just a little under that) but today was not one of those days. After sitting for two hours in traffic we finally reached the grapevine where we awaited more traffic, during this I looked over and saw the setting of this photo. Getting on the ramp of the grapevine I noticed a fog that was sitting gently on the mountains, not yet settling itself on the road (thankfully for us drivers). The fog created a type of blue/gray-like haze. In the midst of this haze there are beams of orange/yellow light that are being projected off of the sun setting. The orange/yellow light is trying it’s best to shine its way out of the haze but is slowly being drowned out by the blueish haze. The orange/yellow color is projecting its light across some of the mountains creating a very defined lining of the mountains. This lining creates a clear division of the mountains and the sky, it also clearly identifies the shape of the dark blue mountains. The setting at first seems cold because of the gray/blue haze, but for me it feels warm and comfortable despite the darker shades of color. Although there isn't much bright light in the setting the orange/yellow lights seem to get the warmth spread throughout.

       Looking at this setting and thinking that it appears to have a gray shade to it reminds me of how we were told in class that gray isn't a color that can be projected through light (correct me if I understood this wrong). If I were to put this on stage I would try to create the fog by using blue, purple and lavender gels. I would then use soft oranges and yellows to create the sun's beams. I feel like these gels would be able to display the same beauty on stage that I saw when I was stuck in traffic.