Our nature walk was AWESOME! It was a beautiful evening and great way to take a break from all of the chaos that happens indoors. It was really interesting to stop and think "how would you light this", the feelings and look of the beautiful worldly creations. It is now engraved into my brain to take a break and think "how would I light this moment". Beautiful. We learned about how we would accommodate our vision through fixtures and strokes, what colors are really pulling through the clouds and sky...basically how to execute this...I learned that there are many ways, not always one. Everyone has a different opinion on how the weather makes them feel!
This weekend I also had my load in for Oleanna. Man oh man was that a learning experience. Everyone is on edge, and it is easy to blame other people in terms of "wasting time", unfortunately I got the butt end of this collaboration. Even so, my second day (today) was very successful. I had my mentor by my side through programming and learned a LOT. I learned that things change rapidly, everyone has an opinion and its nice to try to make your director happy but ultimately it is my design. When you came in to give your quick suggestion on face lighting I immediately took your advice and it changed so much in a positive way. I thank you for being a Lighting Whisperer. I hope you get to come in again this week to help critique and possibly put more stress on my plate! I'm game. As of this moment, at least. I am very thankful to be surrounded by so many talented and collaborative people...and I have learned it takes work to be on the same page as your director. Now I sleep.
Nice post and I am glad both Kristin and I were able to help. I will be seeing your show and giving you notes Wed night - I really look forward to working with you :)
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