portable lighting??

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chuckles25

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Im trying to shoot a short film out in the middle of the country. obviously theirs no outlets in nature so how do you get your lighting running out in the middle of nowhere?? ive seen portable lighting kits that have a rechargeable battery on them but i dont want to have to buy a set of these lights. I was thinking about buying this portable power source here http://www.google.com/products/cata...=X&ei=evQ2T7uLM-bU2AW_2KyHAg&ved=0CI4BEOUNMAA
but I want to know if you guys have a different or cheaper approach of doing this.
 
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every other week someone asks this question and the same old answers are given.

why not do a search.
 
ian dart said:
every other week someone asks this question and the same old answers are given.

why not do a search.
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i did a google search and then looked at the stickies here but everything seems to point towards a generator, but thanks for the help. i'm really pressed on time and was hoping for a quick answer and different ideas to a problem i have, but i guess this isn't the place to do it. maybe they should get one of the older threads where there was someone actually helping someone else and make it a stickie.
 
there is no quick cheap or easy way to shoot away from mains power in a professional manner

inverters, batteries, cheap leds are an option but create as many problems as they solve.

if you are going to do it you may as well do it properly otherwise it is a waste of peoples' time.

do what the big boys do and hire a gaffer and let him worry about it.

cheers
 
there are threads on outdoor lighting and working away from power on pages

5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 16, etc on the lighting forum. check them out.

cheers
 
I have a portable power supply similar to the one you linked in your first post, which I can use it to power my LED lights in the field. But it will not power my other lights which draw too much. They require a portable quiet Honda generator, which can be inexpensive to rent. The first thing you need to do is figure out which lights you will need for each scene so you can calculate the size of the generator needed to power your lights safely.

All the Best!

Dave
 
thanks, i have a soft box that i built with 5 fluorescent lights, and a couple of other light rigs ive made that are all using 30w fluorescents and i could possibly be using some work lights. I have a minimal light set up so i think the power supply will work fine I just dont want to spend anymore money than i have too. making this short film i keep finding my self needing more and more money
 
ian dart said:
there is no quick cheap or easy way to shoot away from mains power in a professional manner

inverters, batteries, cheap leds are an option but create as many problems as they solve.

if you are going to do it you may as well do it properly otherwise it is a waste of peoples' time.

do what the big boys do and hire a gaffer and let him worry about it.

cheers
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im a bartender(actually im a bar-back "a bartender's *****") living off bread and eggs and spending all of my money on video equipment to do what i love doing. i think hiring a gaffer is out of the question and im not wasting anybody's time because its me and couple of friends that are doing this for the experience.
 
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