Night Reflection 1.2

About this picture

This is a very special image to us, as it is a symbol of the new creative chapter that started during that time. This was created in 2015, during our 3rd shooting experimenting with a newly discovered light-painting tool: a simple plastic tube. It quickly became one of the pillars of our art, and sharing our technique along the way allowed us to witness the growth of a beautiful community: the Tube Tribe. It is indeed the first image from the Night Reflection One collection ever created.

About this remastered version
This picture from 2015 has been fully remastered in September 2021 using latest RAW image processors, better equipment, years of editing experience but mostly, my new eyes. In late 2020, I had the chance to get my eyes fixed, and that totally changed the way I see pixels… for the best!

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About the Night Reflection One series

This genesis series is the result of a creative process that has been evolving over the past 8 years. Crafting light by hand to create imagery that magnifies reality in a single exposure is at the core of our projects. These outdoor tube light-painting creations testify the importance of two things that inspire my photography journey: a love for light-painting as an artistic expression and a love for landscapes that evoke the vastness, mystery and beauty of nature. Each image is the result of a short exposure of a few seconds during which Kim, a contemporary dancer and my creative partner, stay still while I move the light behind her. Combining in a singular way light-painting and landscape photography, the process looks like a performance of dancing light and human stillness in the silence of the night.

This series illustrates the importance of the impact elements of nature have on the art we are creating. We love to shoot near water for that reason, even though it usually complicates the process of creation. Just as every trace of light made by hand is unique and impossible to replicate, when the location allows for reflection of light, the specific conditions of that moment (be it wind, depth of the water or waves) change the reflected trace of light in a unique way, contributing to the creation of a slightly altered perspective of reality.

We need a purpose to travel and projects to keep learning and moving forward. Since 2015, our journey through outdoor tube light-painting has been giving us the opportunity to push our own limits and stay outdoors for long hours through the cold, the wind, the mosquitoes and other unpredictable challenges to experience, create and capture unique moments of magic after sunset, seeking to inspire others to go explore and play with lights.