Article on how backgrounds help your lighting

[Walter_Graff]

Those that subscribe to my newsletter will have seen this article in a recent issue but I decided to put it up here since some many of you have been asking me questions related to the topic recently:

http://www.bluesky-web.com/backgrounds-help.htm

 

[Jim Brennan]

Great tips, as always. Thanks.

 

[Guy_Cochran]

Thanks for sharing Walter. I have a friend that used to live in the guesthouse when I was down in L.A. He was attending the Master DP class at AFI. He said one of the challenges they performed in class was to have everyone look at a still frame and figure out where the lights were and what type/wattage they were. The students were always wrong....and these are guys that have been in the biz for a decade shooting a-list actors.
I tried to do the same with your stills and of course I was wrong...but only partly

 

[Walter_Graff]

That's a fun test. WHen you tried to figure out what I used before knowing, what did you think I used?

 

[HorseFilms]

Thanks, Walter. That was very helpful (especially considering that setups like that amount to about 80% of the professional work I do).