Posted on October 8, 2009 in Featured, Lighting | 9 Comments
Good lighting is one of the most important aspects of any professional production. Unfortunately your budget may not allow for all the expensive equipment required for that perfect look. With that in mind, we created this list of over 100 DIY (“Do It Yourself”) lighting tutorials.
As always, whenever you are dealing with electricity [...]
Posted on September 9, 2009 in Lighting | 2 Comments
How to prevent indoor lighting problems and utilize various specialty lighting set ups for your videos.
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Posted on July 27, 2009 in Lighting | No Comments
LED lighting is the hottest thing to hit the lighting scene – and probably one of the most cost intensive. David Tames compares four fixtures costing under $1K
…Over the past couple of years I’ve had a chance to use or take a close look at various LED lighting instruments available in the marketplace. Today you [...]
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Posted on March 26, 2009 in Lighting | No Comments
So you’ve got everything ready to go, you’re shooting on location in someone’s house, and suddenly all your lights turn off. Everyone has a brief panic. Someone (the best boy electric ideally) runs downstairs to the panel box, turns the blown breaker back on, and 2 minutes later, the same thing happens.
What happened?
Someone overloaded the circuit with motion picture lights, craft services pieces (that innocent coffee maker probably pulls around 12 amps when brewing the coffee), sound equipment, camera batteries charging, hair had to use a dryer quickly in the room, etc.
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Posted on December 17, 2008 in Lighting | No Comments
Lighting expert and instructor Rick Wise draws on decades of experience to illustrate how shadows can be the most important part of how a scene is lit. Learn how to control the direction and quality of your lighting design to add texture, dimension, and force to your images.
…There are three keys to good lighting. Learn [...]
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Posted on September 3, 2008 in Lighting | No Comments
Experts examine the lighting techniques that will help turn your ideas into top quality, professional productions.
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Posted on July 15, 2008 in Lighting | 1 Comment
An infinite white background is more than hip and trendy. Clean, professional and flexible, the secret is in the lighting. And while framing the head and shoulders is easy, lighting a full-body shot is much more complex. This segment shows you how to Light Infinite White, on a finite budget and in a limited space.
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Posted on July 14, 2008 in Lighting | 4 Comments
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Having some key items to go along with your light kit is essential when it comes lighting. In this episode we take a look at some items that should be included with your kit to prepare you for any production.
Posted on July 9, 2008 in Lighting | 3 Comments
The biggest difference between professional and amateur setups is the look of the lighting. You can light like the big boys and get great results if you know a few simple secrets. In this episode Chuck shares 5 tips for lighting faces, so you can make your subjects look great in any setting.
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Posted on July 6, 2008 in Lighting | No Comments
Some basic tips on lighting for indie filmmakers.
…OK so after making sure that your actor is saying the right lines, that the picture is in focus and the camera is recording probably the last thing on your mind is the way the picture is lit. But wait, the difference between something that is well lit [...]
