Week 10- Christmas Elf - Lu

 

This is my Christmas Elf, he doesn't have a name. That morning he woke up on a shelf in the living room, next to the Christmas decorations. In the evening, when it was already dark, I turned on the carousel next to him and it looked like he was staring at it. I like this picture because I see a lot of interesting lighting elements going on at once. I like to think of it as if this was a scene happening on a stage. The Elf would be an actor, and he'd be getting light coming from a lot of different sources. It is not really noticeable here, but when the carousel goes round, it flashes green and blue lights. I took this picture when the blue lights were more prominent and they reflected on the left side of the Elf's face. Those lights are also reflected on the rhinestones on his costume, it looks like little lights sprinkled all over him. The green lights are mostly visible on the carousel. When I pay close attention, I can see how the green and blue play around and create some shadows on the different parts of the carousel. There is also this place in which these two colors get mixed up and we see a nice blending of both. I like to think that the wall in the background looks like a cyc with a nice warm yellow-ish color, most likely coming from some light in the living room.  I like this accidental combination because now we see sources of warm light coming from stage right, and sources of cool light from stage left, and they all meet illuminating the Elf's face very nicely. There are these strokes of light coming out of the carousel like a laser, but I don't really know how they got there, I didn't see them when I took the picture. Must be a Christmas miracle. The Elf looks peaceful and joyful, I would choose those words to describe this composition. Happy holidays!