Dirt Cheap Lighting for the DVX100A

[ChillWill]

Hi everyone,

I wish to shoot sequences of me, myself addressing the camera to be shown on the web. The shots will be mostly of me speaking, and evaluating / demonstrating various products.

First I'll go over what I've done so far with lighting. Please tell me if I'm making any lighting mistakes, or suggest another inexpensive alternative lighting strategy.

I have bought a few white paper Chinese lanterns from Pier 1.

I also picked up some work lamps, and compact fluorescent light bulbs from the hardware store.

I put it all together, and have light globes that seem to work well. Although I'm not sure if they're bright enough.

Any advice about what kind of bulbs are the best, how to tweak the dvx100a settings or anything else.

Thanks,
Chill Will

 

[DGW]

Assuming you're not keying yourself and just shooting against some type of background, simple 3 point lighting techniques would probably do the job. You can google for more specifics on that. Another consideration would be to purchase a simple tungsten lighting kit from someone like Westcott. They are inexpensive and can be found with softboxes for a few hundred dollars. I use them for some interview shots and they work pretty well for small indoor venues. Good luck.

Here's a tutorial on 3 point lighting: http://www.mediacollege.com/lighting/three-point/

Here's an inexpensive light kit that comes with a green screen: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...CODE=GOOGLEBASE&cm_mmc_o=VRqCjC7BBTkwCjCECjCE