This series is titled “Experience”. When an artist performs a live show, several technical aspects go into perfectly executing it- one of those aspects being the lighting design. For some particular reason, an artist and their team choose to design and display a specific set of lights at a very specific moment during a specific song in the show. Why? What are they trying to accomplish? I received my answer immediately after the final set of my first show: it’s to strengthen the connection between the artist, the audience, and their song. The overall theme of this series is to emphasize the connection between the artist, the audience, and their song through colour- three entities who are all simultaneously experiencing one another in one perfect moment in time.
As I was shooting this series, I tried to ensure I captured a variety of emotions, poses, and colours to really encapsulate the full atmosphere of the show. Although the audience is rarely seen, the range of facial expressions the artist holds is enough to emulate/reflect what the audience would have been feeling in that moment. In post-production, I drew inspiration from a concert photo-based artist named Daniel Macadangdang, who tends to make the subjects of their photos ‘hazy’ to bring about an ethereal effect. I attempted this effect to emphasize the experience of the show. I also saturated the stage colours to enhance the atmosphere of the moment being captured, and isolated the artist in a slight vignette to draw attention to their emotions.
