JASON D. PAGE
Jason D. Page is a light painter who uses long exposure to capture the path of the light, he uses everything from household flashlights to chemical blends of nitrate and potassium chlorate to generate bursts of light; common tools include coast flashlights, Neon Flexible El Wire and Rosco Gels. Page uses only raw images created in one single frame, without any editing after the shoot has taken place. To capture his light painting work, Jason Page uses both film cameras ( Mamiya 645 and Canon AE1) and digital cameras (Canon 50D and Canon 60D). Jason D. Page suggests that the inspirations for his work came from Dean Chamberlain, James Turrell, May Ray and Gjon Mili’s strobe photography.
I chose this picture by Jason D. Page of Jimmy Hendrix, made from torches and lasers. Through the use of vibrant colours, this image fits with the pop art movement. Page has made efficient use of a bold, black background to contrast to the lack of block colours within the 'painting'. To create the effect of different transparencies within each colour, Page would have held some lights in the same position for longer times than others to ensure that the camera picked up let light from one torch than another. For example, th esmoke that is being emitted from the cigarette would have been done using a relatively fast moving torch to prevent a solid block of colour on the final photograph. I like the way that this photograph is made purely from light, with no additional background as this shows a great skill in the control of he lights, I will use my study of this photo to inform the patterns and solidity of my light paintings however I do not have the facilities to do such a large scale, detaile painting.
For this photograph, Page has used a mixture of lights facing away from the camera and lights pointed towards the camera. For the book shapes, he used a rectangular light faced towards the camera however the blue glow is created with a blue light shone on the subject (Away from the camera). Finally, the woman and the Hippopotamus in this photo have been illuminated with a red light to give a warm centre in contrast to the cool tones of the forest background. To add to this, the photograph is given mystical qualities to intruige the audience as the hippo within the photo has seemingly very little relevance, to add to this the model has been directed to be absorbed by the book, seemingly unaware of her surroundings; thus, audiences are given the impressions that the hippopotamus and the floating books are figments of her imagination.
Here Jason D. Page has used violet, blue and white lights to created the mystical, tie-dye effect behind the flower. In addition to this, a violet filter or purple torches have been used to intensify the vibrancy of the flower petals. The photograph has been taken from an angle above the flower so that the stamen in the middle of the flower are the main focus of the picture and a viewer's eye is drawn to this section of the photo, as a result, the structure of the flower is glorified and the theme of the photograph consequently emphasizes the beauty and power of nature. I am inspired by the colours of this photograph by Jason D. Page as I feel that they stand out yet I can replicate them easily.
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