As I was driving back to school from visiting my mother's Airbnb, I encountered a surprisingly appropriate scene for the Halloween season. I found myself driving down an unpaved back road on a steep hill, where the only light was coming from my headlamps.
As the picture shows, the parabolic reflectors of the car headlamps did an excellent job of lighting the road without illuminating any of the trees or bushes in the top half of the picture. Since the picture is only partly revealed, it has a spooky, anxious vibe, even though it is technically lit by front lights. This is a clear example of how height angles of lights can affect a mood. The headlamps of the car are so low as to essentially become footlights if this were a theatrical production. In fact, to recreate this effect on a stage, two PAR cans could be used as footlights if angled horizontally. Another option would be an extremely low front light (still using PAR cans) from the extreme of the theater, like a balcony rail or instead of a tone light.
DANG that is a creepy photo! Super unnatural and eerie! Love your commentary and the descriptions of how you would recreate this are spot on! REALLY nice job! What is that being reflected on way in the distance?
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