Alice McKay – photos

Easter in a Gothic Cathedral:

My goal with this image was to resemble stained glass. Growing up in the catholic church I have vivid memories of the blues and purples from the sun shining down. I chose to do the yellow spot on the man in the middle as a resemblance of both the sun coming in from the glass, but the spotlight that is often on the crucifix above the alter. I used the dot and breakup gobos to show the textures of the stained glass with orange, teal, and purple lighting.

Noon in the Caribbean:

When I think of the Caribbean I think about the lovely teal water and the stark bright light of the sun. From all of the images I found there were little shadows as it seems the sunshine comes from everywhere reflecting off the water and sand. I didn’t use any gobos, but instead focused on making sure the sun was coming from all around with the bottom cycs mimicing the reflections of the teal water.

Winter Afternoon:

Winter afternoons are often spent indoors with the cool lighting from the snow coming in. I used the window gobo to emulate sitting by the window looking out to the snow, with deep blue lighting coming around.

Sunset in Vermont:

I chose to do a later sunset in Vermont focusing on the deep purples and pinks of the sun. I chose to use blue in the top cycs to show the leftover blue sky, and tried to make a gradient into the orange of the sun.