Page 66 - Lighting the Unlightable Volume 1 #1

turn, alter how I light a scene.

 Even more importantly, emotionally I am ‘different’ each
and every time. I can try to create the same emotional ex-

perience, for example, by listening to the same music, or
reading the same poem or.... But my cumulative emotional

experience changes over time. So, if, for example, I wanted
to capture the experience of grief, how I experience and
visualize grief changes with my experience of all my emo-

tions.

 The same is true for the model. Even if we share a deep
emotional bond, her emotional experience will also change

over time. This means that every time we work together,
we will have to re-establish an emotional connection that
weaves together our creative experience together.

 Unless she somehow refuses to let her experience of
life change her, if that is even possible, the model will be

different each time. She will know more about herself, her
expectations might be different, life will have changed her.
Whatever she brings with her, emotionally, experientially,

intellectually, will change not only who she is, but also how
I will perceive her.

 Lastly, artistic vision isn’t like adding 2+2. I can’t dupli-

cate the same vision each and every time because I am
not the same person. I literally see the world differently
each time. So, even if I used the same point of view, the

same composition, the experience would be different and
so would the images I created. Artistic vision is a function

of emotion, experience, understanding, and so much more.

So, if you think it is as easy as sitting a model in a chair, set-
ting the lights up in the same place, using the same camera
settings and pushing the shutter, you are wrong. Not for me,

at least.

66 |