With Halloween this week, my friends and I were having a blast trying on costumes, taking scary pictures, and naturally, playing with light. My friend had purchased a mask a while back and we were playing around with other Halloween props before we ventured out to a party. I was amazed after look at the photos of just what turning on a light does. In the darker picture, there is not really a distinguishing characteristic of my friend. I see the mask and a shadow of a man. There is mystery; he is menacing and I'd be nervous if I saw him randomly in a dark hallway. I see a gleam of something in his mouth and everything kind of blends together. Yet, when the hall light is on, I see the sword is plastic, his shirt is purple, and I can see him clearly. While still a bit unnerving due to the mask, he is my friend playing a character. Mystery has left - all because we turned on a light.
Nice to see you not only playing with light but learning more what it can do, and in this case probably observing something you already knew but internalizing it more :)
ReplyDeleteThis is interesting. As was said above, we all probably knew this, but never really thought about it. We kind of just think, "Gosh, those characters are so stupid: Turn on a light! Duh!" We don't really think about it from a technical side. Good point. :)
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