Posted on May 23, 2012 in Lighting | No Comments
So often when discussing the three point lighting basics we place the key light (the brightest and most important light) to our subject’s front and offset by 30-45 degrees. But a lot of interesting and naturalistic compositions can be obtained by moving the key further to the side or even behind the subject.
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Posted on May 17, 2012 in Lighting | 3 Comments
StillMotion demonstrates three lighting set ups for different moods and how and why they used the lights they did.
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Posted on May 2, 2012 in Lighting | No Comments
OliviaTech demonstrates how a simple DJ Pinspot LED Light and some cheap outdoor flood lights plugged into a surge protector and connected to a Router Speed Controller gave us the ability to create dynamic lighting for an artist performance.
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Posted on April 24, 2012 in Lighting | 3 Comments
Tom Antos breaks down how to light using relatively inexpensive Umbrella lights to create a fashion look.
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Posted on March 28, 2012 in Cinematography, Lighting | No Comments
Shane Hurlbut blogs about his experience shooting a round of spots for El Pollo Loco using the Canon C300.
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Posted on March 28, 2012 in Lighting | 2 Comments
Griffin Hammond crafts a unique DIY lighting solution for $86, using hardware store parts, and eight 100-watt-equivalent compact fluorescent (CFL) bulbs.
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Posted on March 8, 2012 in Lighting | No Comments
Melanie Mann meticulously breaks down the lighting set up of extraordinary photographs taken by such extraordinary photographers as: Annie Leibovitz, Patrick Ecclesine, Jill Greenberg, Dave Hill, and Martin Schoeller.
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Posted on February 16, 2012 in Lighting, Storyboarding | 4 Comments
Filmmaker Tom Antos demonstrates how storyboarding and strategic lighting design are key to achieving a cinematic look in this video by Indy Mogul.
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Posted on February 7, 2012 in Lighting | 1 Comment
These two tutorials by Jeff Shaffer demonstrate some techniques and terms for shooting polished metal objects in still life photography.
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Posted on January 25, 2012 in Lighting | 2 Comments
The Oregon Filmmaker, Tim Cash, demonstrates how to make a light board to spice up your backgrounds using a peg board and those Christmas Lights you’ve hopefully taken down off the house by now…
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Posted on January 24, 2012 in Cinematography, Lighting | 1 Comment
In a follow-up to 3 Rules for Shooting Outdoors, Chris Weaver gives 3 Simple Tips for shooting better footage when the action moves inside.
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Posted on January 13, 2012 in Lighting | No Comments
Call them guidelines if you want, Chris Weaver sets up three practical tips for shooting outside with available light.
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Posted on January 11, 2012 in Lighting | 1 Comment
Time Cash, the Oregon Filmmaker, demonstrates how he lights a small space for a music video look and shows off the double speed music video technique.
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Posted on January 3, 2012 in Green Screen, Lighting | 1 Comment
The Cinematographer for our favorite Underwater Short Film and Blog (The Underwater Realm), Eve Hazelton, put together three basic lighting and greenscreen tips and tutorials for PhilipBloom.net to illuminate a some concepts:
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Posted on December 8, 2011 in Lighting | 1 Comment
LoweRuno Productions shares some modifications he made to his construction work lights to re-purpose the for video use. The results aren’t spectacular but if you absolutely have to use these abominations (as opposed to bare bulbs which are readily available), these modifications can come in handy.
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