Light and water play

By Ruby Pluhar

Rio Grande Headwaters, CO
September 7 , 2017

I was totally enthralled by a snow structure that had formed to the right of our campsite which was rapidly melting under the sun’s heat. One was able to climb underneath the structure which felt like a little ice palace one you were underneath it. It was so meditative to stand and listen to the melting drops of the snow dropping in to the Rio Grande river which flowed through the structure. Different intensities of light would totally change the atmosphere of the space and I began becoming interested in capturing the spirit of light and water, and how these play with each other. In hope of highlighting this, I creating a series of short videos and began using an emergency space blanket over the lens of the camera to bring an ethereal dream like quality to the image, which became very cinematic. The effect of this over the lens shows abstracted reflections of the light passing over the lens. It gave me freedom to move the blanket with the rhythm of the water and light. I decided to use moving image to show this movement and buildup of energy.