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Posted by Bill Farnsworth on 10/20/05 15:58
"Matt" <mttmrrsn.nospamme@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:jLN5f.38908$Lp.25232@bignews5.bellsouth.net...
> I'm looking for something lightweight and portable for mainly small shoots
> with a PD-150 (I'll be a one man crew with fast set up times). I'll be
> shooting 30 second commercials in a 50/50 store/office to warehouse
> environment. I'm thinking of something along the lines of a :
>
> Lowel DP&T-92 Tungsten 3 Light Kit - consists of: 2 DP Lights, 1
> Tota-Light, Barndoors, Gel Frames, Gels, Light Stands, Bulbs, DP3 Case -
> 2750 Total Watts
>
> But I'm a little worried about the warehouse shoots so I thought I'd seek
> some advice from the professionals.
>
> Thanks
>
> Matt
That's a good start Matt.
I would invest in at least one 24" x 32" soft light box for the Tota, like
the Chimera or Photo Flex brands. (about $235.00)
Of course, you will need a "speed ring" to hold the box to the fixture. Even
though it's pricey, ($135.00 retail) the Chimera brand speed ring is the
best. Then, you will need a grip head to hold the speed ring to the light
stand. But that's only 25 bucks.
So you wanna light a warehouse?
Not easily done with three lights.
Depends on what kind of lights are used in the warehouse in the first place.
If they are fluorescent, tungsten or possibly even mercury vapor, you can
use them as the overall source and just light a key area with your three
lights. For fluorescent and mercury vapor, you can add "half" blue gel to
the DP or Tota to balance the color temp somewhat.
If the overall light source is sodium vapor (orange looking) you are pretty
much out of luck color balancing.
Sodium vapor lights are monochrome wavelength. They occupy a very narrow
band in the light spectrum. White balancing to this kind of light can be
done, but the results are not going to be very close to what you would hope
for.
However, Bill Davis brought me on one of his shoots somewhere's in the south
a few years ago and I was quite surprised we got an OK white balance in a
warehouse under sodium vapors with his DVCAM.
Bill F.
www.billfarnsworthvideo.com
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