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Saturday, Feb 10th, between 10 AM – 2:30 PM. Client trying to save a few bucks, seeing if I can find someone to cover this and send me footage. Basically replicate how I do their work - 4K 24p (me, NX1 + Nikkor, so comparable), separate audio with camera synch (me, DR-60D, AT hyper, camera out...

I really like the 672 for backlight/hair/cheekbones with the diffusion panel in place. I tried blackwrap to control the spill and just managed to overheat the panel. This sort of look: The 672 gives the highlights to the side of the face, at about 13% power. Anyway, ghetto'd this up in an...

Raise your hand if you're unimpressed with the LED panel softbox solutions. Oddball sizes, the fronts aren't recessed, not very big - like, who every reaches for a 24" square softbox? Anyway, this is on a Aputure Lightstorm panel - I took the mounting part of a speedring (removed the...

EDIT: TYPO - they're $75, not $150... We went through this a few years ago when a used light vendor was clearing out Enliten show pars - Source 4's converted to cold-start HMI (or HID I guess?) Several of us picked up on those. Biggest issue is the available globes - 85-ish CRI, available in...

Think about what you want the image to look like, and light it to get there. Or post an image that's in the ballpark and you'll get specific ideas.

It's pretty DIY, but I found a 150w Osram GX9 globe with great daylight rendering, which works with a $45 ballast available on Amazon. Modded one of those 3" theatrical fresnels (like an Altman 100 or a times square, $30 eBay). Cold-start but the size means it cools in a couple minutes. Fixture...

I'm doubting it's worth the extra $$ as far as bounce goes - I think a big green wall will reflect about the same whether it's flat paint, muslin or commando. Plus you'll need to get those yards sewn together, without wrinkles - (I usually find some lady that does drapes and curtains, handling...

A napped fabric like that may prevent a bit of spill - but in reality, I'd guess you won't see much difference from muslin. And man, that's pricey at $20 a yard. I've done a lot of keys, and my favorite thing is a wall painted with flat paint. No messing with wrinkles if the wall is prepped...

Sorry, just noticed this - No pics, and I have the smallest-cheapest rock-n-roller, and I don't have the tabletop thing for it. But basically, I have an amazing view-camera case that I found for a steal and it's configured to hold my camera, on rails, with the matte box. Pull it out and stick...

Alzo sold some spirals they claimed are very high CRI, I think they're still on their site. I'd just do it "fairly right", bite the bullet, and get a couple dual biax units (chinese kino knockoffs). They're really pretty cheap and can be used for many things. You don't need perfect CRI for a...

I could see these being insanely handy for the price - 48" T8 LED tubes, 5000k… 8 bucks a tube. Ballasts are cheap too. Available in color temps starting at 3500k. 1350 Lumens, so three of these would equal one 55w Biax tube. Not a ton of light but for hidden fill on a set, etc... CRI is 83 so...

1x2, the others are listed with the big one at 5000 watts equiv.: High light output - equivalent to a 1000w tungsten soft light - 2900 lux/269 FC at 4ft [.8m] - with broad light dispersion/coverage

With fresnels, it's very difficult to fill an entire panel - say a 4x4 - with light vs. having a little spot on it. (And I love fresnels, I own about nine from 2" to 8" lenses - those tiny antique 2" fresnels are wicked). Since most panels are rectangular, the rectangular lights are the easiest...

Worked like a charm. CT) and plus green on my kinos, HMI and LEDs, CTB and plus green on tungsten.

Another shoot with the exhibition-style par - just barely fought the texas sun through a window. Really need a 1.2 one of these days… and yes, that's her skin tone, got a great match.

Just wondering how many of you guys are using AE strictly for animated projects - I know it's discussed primarily as a post-tool here, but with the popularity of explainer videos, more and more of my billing is straight-up animation vs. footage with post work. These were rough client...

Check this out - when scouting locations where you'll be augmenting practical fixtures with your own lights, here's a way to get close with gel combos to save some time on set. Check out the Lee mired shift calculator at this link. Yeah, I know some people hear "mired shift" and start thinking...

I rely on the histogram and decent monitor accuracy for exposure and have never blown a shot - for me the #1 feature is blue-only so you can setup the screen properly. Two of my cameras don't generate bars, but I check the screen at my NLE regularly and it's very stable. Especially since going...

Ghetto lighting day this week: 400 Mogul HID starlite key; Aputure LED from the side… DIY 150 HID 3" fresnel on the wall w/gel: 575 HID Exhibition Par + 1/4 CTO just barely fights the daylight window (through a popup diffuser)… Aputure on the hair. (Yep, that is about her exact skin tone).

I have a 12 x 20 screen; generally I've done a diffused dual biax flo on each side, and more on the ceiling pipe grid (maybe every 3 feet or so). I even bought an 18' long DJ truss for spaces with no grid. This is also handy for backlighting the talent for separation. Before I had a lot of...