So, back in 2005 when I bought the building on Clinton Hwy., I tore out all the windows and replaced most of them with glass block as it affords great security, you can put steel bands in between the blocks, and the light refracts all over the place so that you get more light from a smaller window. The other day, I was shooting some moonshine for Ole Smoky as they have a new product out now: Apple Pie Flavor. I shot a ton of stuff with various lenses on white and changed around the lighting a lot. We spot lit the label at one point so the exposure on the front of the mason jar was the same as the one on the top, for instance. I have a ton of strobe heads made by both Dynalite (USA) and Elinchrom (Swiss). But my real investment in lighting isn't about power or number of heads, it's about control. I have a whole building chucker-blocked full of light modifiers such as light banks, reflectors, grid spots, fresnels, rolls of black cine-foil, grip equipment, boom arms, remote control devices, etc...
Just as I finished shooting that day, the sun was setting outside the building which faces West. The light was blasting through the glass block with warmth & power. it was getting better by the minute. This image was shot with one light: The one God put up, not me: the sun! I used a large piece of white foam-core as a reflector but it's all God, really.
Just like the huge rains the other day here in Knoxville and all the flooding that happened afterwards, sometimes we need little reminders about Who's in charge. Even with all my skills, equipment, and experience, sometimes it's good to just let God be God. There is great freedom in that realization, that God is there always and all we need to do is to rely upon him to provide the light we need to go through our days.
God is good all the time. All the time, God is good!
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