DREAMS Coffee Table photographic Book 20,5 x 27 cm

€100

What about my lighting?

The lighting is cinematic and painterly, designed to sculpt form while amplifying mood. A soft, diffuse key light from the left gently wraps the subjects, creating subtle highlight on the cheekbone and a delicate falloff that reveals textures in fabrics. A secondary, cooler backlight adds separation from the backdrop, giving a slight halo along the edges of the models’ silhouettes. Fill is kept minimal to preserve contrast and a touch of mystery. Color temperature shifts between warm ambers and cool blues across the scene, enhancing the dreamlike, surreal atmosphere. The motion blur from the long exposure enhances velocity and fluidity, while controlled strobe accents punctuate the figures with crisp highlights at the apex of movement. Overall, the lighting emphasizes elegance, contrast, and a sense of otherworldly motion.

What’s the story behind my images?

The image captures a moment where motion becomes memory. Few figures, suspended between reality and dream, surge through color and light as if the screen itself is breathing. The longer exposure blurs their forms into ribbons of vitality, revealing the energy that animates fabric, hair, and skin. I approached the scene with a hands-on, tactile method: soft key light to sculpt faces, backlight to carve edges, and deliberate color shifts—warm amber for tenderness, cool blue for mystery. The result is a surreal duet of presence and illusion, inviting viewers to step into a space where movement outpaces language and feeling takes center stage. This work is a meditation on freedom—from glossy conventions, toward a personal, dreamlike truth.