The Light Without (Please click on the right)

--Lannie

Hi Landrum,

I looked at all 3 images.  I am curious as to what your objective/message is.  can you explain a bit more?

A most interesting triplet of images . . .  as if a viewer's usual mechanisms for looking at a photograph weren't enough, you provide an interactive mode as well.  I'm wondering whether the images are your take on the old use-mention distinction.

May 2015 bring everything for which you and yours hope and wish,

michael

Thank you, Alberto.

Patrick, I wanted to try to bring out a certain feel, akin to that shown near the end of 2001: A Space Odyssey.  Specifically, I wanted to see if I could achieve the ethereal effect that Kubrick achieved in the "white bedroom" scenes near the end of that film.  I am also interested in seeing what others say regarding the different treatments.

Michael, I was not thinking so much of the use-mention distinction as of the simple effect that different backgrounds (simulating mats, more or less) had on the perception of the image.

I wish all of you a Happy New Year, and I thank you for the comments.

--Lannie

Hi Landrum,

Ok, I see.  I love Kubrick's vision and honestly thought I was getting a bit of a SK vibe going on.  I liked how he kept things in balance and claustrophobic and there's that sense going on here.  By giving the ceiling and floor equal billing, the door (escape) seems smaller and much further away.  The natural lighting at the end of the hall allows for a natural vignette.  At first i didn't like the door on the right, but thinking about it more, the "orange" compliments the yellow and adds a subconscious allusion to danger.  As for the framing, not sure if white is better than black, but they are better than nothing.  I would like to see more of the door frame on the right, have you thought about going 16:9 for the full Kubrick effect?  Also i would pshop out the ceiling light in the left foreground.  If you shoot it again, maybe remove the pictures and table for the full symmetric-effect.  As an image on it's own, i think that it isn't as powerful as if it were part of a series.  Maybe you could do a triptych or more with a similar feel or theme?

--PatrickD

Thanks for the ideas, Patrick.  It had never occurred to me to go with a 16:9 aspect ratio, but that is a very good suggestion.  In fact, all of your ideas are good.  Thank you for writing so much, and for the quality of what you have written.  I do appreciate it.

--Lannie