Sunday, September 9, 2007

A Note On Light: Midday September Sun On An Olive Grove In Tuscany

The light here is extremely bright and dry, but not hot. It's also a clean white that straddles the line between warm and cool - probably best represented by a very subtle lemony yellow tint - something with low saturation and a fairly high concentration of green (but then again, I'm partial to green...). Directionally, it's top heavy, with an even distribution that results from the light reflected off of the grey green olive leaves. I would ideally include an area to the side of the main acting areas where I could take out the front light and get some of the nice long, thick, navy/black shadows from the cypress trees no Tuscan set would be complete without.
Front light: lemon yellow and white
Top light: White
Side light: lemon and a very subtle gray-green

1 comment:

Tom said...

Wow! an entry with no mention of libation? Suggest next time an at least metaphorical reference.