Green Screen for Stills

[Michael T]

Hi I have a job coming up shooting some motorcycles in front of a green screen and was wondering if after lighting the green screen evenly it would be better to use soft boxes to light the bikes with or if strobes would be better. I haven't done this kind of job before so I was thinking that the strobes would create to many reflections. would 1000w softboxes be better?

Appreciate any input that you guys might have.

 

[bgundu]

Persoanlly I wouldn't even shoot it on Green. I'm assuming the bike has a lot of chrome which will be reflect all the green. I would shoot on a seemless white background and roto out the image later. There is no difference with using strobes or continuos liighting in terms of reflections. However, you'll need way more power for continous lighting and you can see what you're getting. I would personally using strobes which by the way, can have softboxes on them too.