These are my favorite photos from my high schools production of hairspray. I feel that these are very good representations of how a combination of color and directionality can (and does) result in a beautiful final product.

These were from a simple lighting design that I did a few months back, as part of my lighting design training for my technical theatre class at my high school. Due to the limited number of fixtures, I had to employ diffusion on many of the available instruments to create the washes I needed.

These were from a simple lighting design that I did a few months back, as part of my lighting design training for my technical theatre class at my high school. Due to the limited number of fixtures, I had to employ diffusion on many of the available instruments to create the washes I needed.

Screaming happening. Street light, Moon lights in Night Scene.

FOH over view

Various production stills from my lighting design of Arthur Miller's A View From the Bridge at Pacific Resident Theater in Los Angeles, CA

The Preshow look of Sarah Rhul's Melancholy Play.

The main colors that are shown are a split gel of R09 and R66 I made to give off warm and cool tones to help give variation in the gobo and on the folds of costumes. The back cyc wall was where the director and I were mostly concerned with time of day, as it is easiest to change color on. I also had cool sidelights from stage right in R62, in case the show needed a blast of cool. This was also because the paint treatment was very warm and it helped cool it down when needed.

Hecuba is lamenting the death of her grandson while the Chorus weeps with her.

Each of these photos are moments in the show where I had to convey a flirtatious and sexual mood. As the show progressed into night, so did the sexual tension therefore, I used a variety of pinks and lavenders.