Outdoor Lighting,

[horrorshockpictures]

When you are trying to light a big area at night in the woods. For example the front part of a house including the sourrounding area. What is the best powerfull light to buy? Are there any power generators that I have to buy for these lights to run?

 

[filmat11]

There are countless questions about night lighting on this forum..Use the search function at the top of the page, and type in "lighting at night" or "filming at night"

 

[ozduc]

H.m.i.

 

[Cool Lights]

Ceramic Metal Halide with CRI of at least 80 but you can get them higher and they are still relatively reasonably-priced. It's a good substitute for HMI which is very expensive but both allow you to get a lot more light than tungsten for sure.

DVXUser Shawneous has been using metal halide "in the woods" I believe or at least has some plans to. You might look him up if he doesn't show up to post here.

To do what you're doing doesn't require a fresnel most likely, you could get away with a metal halide flood light as long as its not the typical garden variety bulb. Ballast should be electronic )with a relatively high output frequency of 10KHZ or more) instead of magnetic to avoid issues of flicker and hum.