For a long time now I have worked with light; its physical qualities, the meaning of light, and the profound impact that access to light has on our lifes. Light is energy and energy is power.
Every artist should feel like they would make a significant impact on the worlds. However, while doing for almost half of my life I've noticed that the intention as a lighting artist is to make space tangible and to create playful works that demonstrate time and dimension.
Lighting is just one phase of the larger production pipeline. It is the lighting artist's job to build upon the work of the other artists while enhancing and supporting their work. It takes a careful eye for detail to produce a beutifully lit sequence that feels natural and exudes the intended mood and atmosphere of the scene.
This is a skill that can be bult upon knowledge and experience but requires an individual with great instincts for storytelling and characterization.
Working with Lighting Design is always a pleasure. However, instead of designing with the light we have to compose with it. It's like music: Musicians take the elements that nature has already created, and they make a composition. In lighting, we have the same possibility.
Light embraces all disciplines. It's not the main actor, but it is the link that makes it possible for other things to happen. There are many kinds of lights, and they are all real.