Lighting Department
Filmming the Underwater Fight Scene for 007 – “Skyfall”
This featurette for the new Bond film visits the underwater stage at Pinewood Studios for the shooting of an underwater fight scene.Read More
Deconstructing the Cinematography of Barry Lyndon
This segment from Videomaker examines a scene from Director Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon. Released in 1975 the film won an Oscar for best cinematography for Director of Photography John Alcott.Read More
Simple Corporate Portraits: A Lighting Tutorial
J.P. Morgan and theSlantedlens takes on how to shoot very basic corporate portraits. When you take a job on to shoot an office full of people where do you start? What background do we need? Where do we shoot? What is the schedule and how do I light everyone? These are a few of the Read MoreRead More
Joel Grimes: Building the Dramatic Portait
In this lecture Joel Grimes shares the single greatest fundamental rule of lighting that will shatter your perception of how lighting really works. “I love setting people free from the technical burdens that bog us down and move forward into the creative process.” Joel will also attempt to shatter the standard view of how we Read MoreRead More
How to Use a C-Stand
Nate Selee runs down the basics of using the workhorse of the grip department: the C-StandRead More
Fabulous Food Photography Tips and Tricks
Food, glorious food! From professional food photography to snapping a picture of your dinner plate, there is a true art and craft to capturing marvellous edible still life. Here is a great mix of behind the scenes of industry food photo shoots and DIY plate shooters. View the Playlist on YouTubeRead More
How to Light Your Video on a Budget: Weapons of Mass Production
Learn how to light your movie scene using a limited budget in this episode of “Weapons of Mass Production.” Kevin and John show how to use incandescent and fluorescent bulbs, as well as using work lights from hardware stores to light your scenes by taking a scene and re-shooting it with new lighting. Read More
Perfect Light for Photography in Any Location
Moshe Zusman discusses lighting for wedding receptions. Though this talk is mainly geared toward photographers using strobes, it has a lot of applications to event videography.Read More
Make Your Own DIY Inline Dimmer Switch
John Hess demonstrates how to wire up an inline dimmer to help control the strength of your lights.Read More
Linco Fluorescent Light Fixture Review
HDSLRNOW Quicktips examines the Linco Fluorescent fixtures that utilize six high capacity CFL bulbs.
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Learn Headshot Lighting from the Santa Barbara Police Department
Need a headshot – try getting arrested in Santa Barbara where their mugshot booth actually produces some nice results.
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