{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Urban Design"],"cover":{},"credit":"","date":"2010-01-13T19:40:01Z","description":"Derick Childress and his friend did a nice light-writing marriage-proposal at the end of the last year. They used 3 million candlepower spotlights! Take a look...","html":"\u003cp\u003e“Will you marry me?” is an very interesting question - There’s always a lot fuss around it. Also Derick Childress and his friend had a lot of work with planning and making the actions for that special question.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a lot of spot-lights, a good camera and some motion, they created a giant light-writing marriage-proposal - “Emily, will you marry me?” - in Raleigh, North Carolina at the end of the last year.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"external-video\" aria-label=\"Vimeo video\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVideo / Vimeo\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Vimeo player loads only when you choose to load it; Vimeo then receives your connection information.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://vimeo.com/8444316\" rel=\"noreferrer\"\u003eWatch on Vimeo\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cbutton type=\"button\" data-video-src=\"https://player.vimeo.com/video/8444316?dnt=1\" data-video-title=\"Vimeo video referenced by Giant Light-Writing Marriage-Proposal!\" hidden\u003eLoad Vimeo player\u003c/button\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"video-player\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/section\u003e\n\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I knew I wanted to find a very special way to propose to a very special woman. I liked the look of light writing, but I wanted to do something on a much larger scale. To my knowledge, a light writing of this size had never been done before.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI had the idea of placing a camera at the top of a tall building and mapping out the words “Emily, will you marry me?” over part of the city. I used Google Earth to check out the views from several large buildings in downtown Raleigh, N.C. Since none of the letters could fall on areas that were inaccessible by foot, the requirements for the vantage point were very specific.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI finally found the perfect spot – the top of the Clarion hotel. Luckily, the Clarion has a restaurant that is open to the public on the top floor. I went up one afternoon and snapped some pics for reference.” (\u003ca href=\"http://www.derickandemily.com/Home/Proposal.html\"\u003eThe whole story\u003c/a\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVia \u003ca href=\"http://www.crackajack.de/2010/01/12/giant-lightwriting-heiratsantrag/\"\u003enerdcore.de\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\n“Will you marry me?” is an very interesting question - There’s always a lot fuss around it. Also Derick Childress and his friend had a lot of work with planning and making the actions for that special question.\n\nWith a lot of spot-lights, a good camera and some motion, they created a giant light-writing marriage-proposal - “Emily, will you marry me?” - in Raleigh, North Carolina at the end of the last year.\n\n[Video on Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/8444316)\n\n\n\u003e “I knew I wanted to find a very special way to propose to a very special woman. I liked the look of light writing, but I wanted to do something on a much larger scale. To my knowledge, a light writing of this size had never been done before.\n\u003e\n\u003e I had the idea of placing a camera at the top of a tall building and mapping out the words “Emily, will you marry me?” over part of the city. I used Google Earth to check out the views from several large buildings in downtown Raleigh, N.C. Since none of the letters could fall on areas that were inaccessible by foot, the requirements for the vantage point were very specific.\n\u003e\n\u003e I finally found the perfect spot – the top of the Clarion hotel. Luckily, the Clarion has a restaurant that is open to the public on the top floor. I went up one afternoon and snapped some pics for reference.” ([The whole story](http://www.derickandemily.com/Home/Proposal.html))\n\nVia [nerdcore.de](http://www.crackajack.de/2010/01/12/giant-lightwriting-heiratsantrag/).\n","tags":["Light Art"],"title":"Giant Light-Writing Marriage-Proposal!","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/giant-light-writing-marriage-proposal/"}