All my mentors taught me
Seek the magic light
It took me many years
To discover on my own
The magic in darkness
Manitoba Street Studio
Vancouver
British Columbia, Canada
Taken in studio, The Magicians, Season 1, 2015
But it is also a photography lesson, the point of which is illustrated in the original image as captured by my Samsung phone onset during the shooting of The Magicians. The “magic” of this photograph is created by isolating the subject (a hanging chandelier of light rings) in darkness, which removes the distraction and clutter of the set and the various crew, actors, and background performers milling about before the director shouts, “Action!”. The light rings are not nearly so magical without the balance of darkness.
Hmmm… removing distractions to clear my vision… there is a metaphor in that, too…