Lighting for shooting movies
 

I am looking for ways to improve the lighting during my shoots. Any suggestions? I have checked out several photography sites, not sure what I need though.

what are you using now?

Nothing other than the lights in the house:helpme

the more light, the better. improves quality. daylight lamps are good, but you can also work with less expensive stuff as long as you do manual white balance on your camera.

Thanks

Looking for something that won't create shadows as well

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh You going for the amateur look

The shadows are created by putting the light in the wrong place

Yep

If you come to the next networking I can tell and show you exactly what you need :)

Thanks Tony, do you have a date set yet?

you never heard of non-shadow special lights? :Graucho


just kidding, he's right. 3 lights would be good to have no shadow. one from the left, one from the right and one from the front.

:thumbsup those non-shadow lights are cool but damn expensive

Thanks, any recommendations?

take a look on ebay they always have some deals on lighting kits.. get one with a couple of umbrellas and a softbox

Easiest and cheapest way to improve your video lighting is to go to home depot and pick up 3 of the work lights (500w halogen). Then like someone above said, one next to the camera, and 1 to either side, pointed into the scene. Use the manual white balance setting on your camera to get the correct color balance.

Checking it out now, thanks

I thought about doing something like that, not sure it would work though. Thank you

Those lights are on a completely different color level than what you should be using

Yep july 17 and work lights are cool but you can get some harsh shadows. I would bounce the light if using work lights.

Nice :thumbsup

Really hoping to be able to make this one

Lots of stuff on ebay:thumbsup

At last someone used the word bounce wondered how long it would take.

Unless you are looking to shoot pro standard films, which if you're asking this question you should not :1orglaugh , go with the work lights, they do come with stands but be careful the stands are not that stable. Use professional light stands if you have them.

Bounce the lights of a wall and the CIELING or with/through umbrellas. Adjust the lights until you have the best effect, white balance your camera.

Shout ACTION at the model. :Graucho :Graucho

Nice "hair" by the way. :Graucho Hate it when women shave it to death

:winkwink:

:Graucho :Graucho

Thanks, looking to get set up with something for a few hundred right now.

Just make sure you realize that whatever color the surface is your bouncing off of will be reflected onto the models.

Check out:

http://alienbees.com/packages.htm

Nice company to deal with :)

I have alienbees for photography work ,they are useless for video they sell flashes.

I guess all those classes my wife is sending me to is paying off :)

Good site but not going to help with videography

:1orglaugh I LOVE doing that... it cracks me up everytime

:thumbsup

It all depends on the size of the room you are using. If you are shooting in regular rooms with white ceilings you dont need 1500 watts.

Yeah, they will be regular sized rooms, ok looking for something smaller

then you want lights that are 250 watts more than enough with softboxes is nice.