Recent content by slondon

This stuff looks good for some day. http://www.businessinsider.com/fipel-lighting-technology-david-carroll-wake-forrest-2013-1

For the love of it, I do still photography too and everything you know about light transfers from the still to the motion picture world. Light is light and more importantly, shadows are shadows. In fact, in still photography one so often uses flash that can only be visualized in a photograph...

And don't ever say I didn't give ya nuthin'. :Drogar-BigGrin(DBG) http://www.westauction.com/auction/index/id/626/p/1

:) Is a good sticky on beginning lighting kits. We get so many similar questions from both new and experienced filmmakers that are turning their attention to lighting and want to get some equipment together and hone their skills, and we give so many similar responses, in my mind, it makes sense...

But you might get it going. Has feeder cable and ballast. The price is right for taking a chance on a cleanup or even repair, $100 as I write this. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160607814478&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT I have a couple of Ianiro 575W HMIs and they work fine.

Some of you might find this interesting. It fascinates me that when I walk into a room at night illuminated by incandescents, colors look pretty natural to me. When I walk into that room with daylight streaming through the windows colors look pretty natural to me. Long ago, color film balanced...

Okay, so after reading lots of other folks I finally picked up a copy of McKee and have managed to wade through a big chunk of it. Am I the only one to find this tome tedious in the extreme? A good editor could have removed 75% of it and made a tidy little tool that left out nothing of...

People here are always asking for versatile lights for their kit. Pyramid Films (no connection with me) is selling off forty used 650W tungsten fresnels. There, my favor for the day. You're welcome.

I have a script with a letter within a letter. I'll use INSERT - THE LETTER Quote the letter and then BACK TO SCENE But how do I format the second letter that's quoted within the first? And if anyone can tell me how to do it in Final Draft, for which I'm a noob, please do. TNX

Anybody find a cheap source for the usual 2"X4" 12" long wooden wedges for leveling dolly track? I don't have a band saw and don't know who does. I can buy these for like a buck and a quarter but I need a whole milk bucket full. TIA

Lots of solid info here. Be sure to read the tech report and watch the videos. Lots of subtle color issues due to the strange spectra of LEDs. No wonder I often hate them :) http://www.oscars.org/science-technology/council/projects/ssl/index.html

People are always looking for good lights at good prices. I've been buying fixtures on eBay for years with great success. Right now there are some good looking DeSisti 1K fresnels for sale and in my experience DeSisti hardware is well made, tough and does the job. The seller is even offering a...

Yah, and see if you can get some art on the walls to break them up and maybe use a practical desk lamp that's warmer for some visual interest. You'll almost surely have a window so see what you can do using the blinds to take light off the wall or get some texture from them. You might be able to...

Some photosharing sites won't let you link to them from a post, right?