cheap portable lighting option?
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Good option for the price, but I'm horrible when it comes to the light strength.
I'm trying to see where there would be an issue (other than having to make stands and maybe directional flaps-but if you can get 4 "lights" out of it).
On the otherside, however, how much different is the light intensity from my daylight bulbs (and those have a built in support- the lamp itself
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Now if they offered "stands" to put the lamps on, that would more beneficial I would think (but lighting isn't my strongest suit)
I'm trying to see where there would be an issue (other than having to make stands and maybe directional flaps-but if you can get 4 "lights" out of it).
On the otherside, however, how much different is the light intensity from my daylight bulbs (and those have a built in support- the lamp itself
)Now if they offered "stands" to put the lamps on, that would more beneficial I would think (but lighting isn't my strongest suit)
Nice find. The only think I don't like is the whiteness of the LED light. But that could easily be fixed with a gel. Looks like a gel would be pretty easy to tape onto that as as well.
Okay, wheatgrinder, that's maybe the coolest thing I've seen all week!
That doesn't make sense to me, Dready. The LEDs are daylight temp. All you have to do is white balance, just like you would with the sun. If you want to warm them further in camera, white balance using a bluish card or just warm the shot in post.
That doesn't make sense to me, Dready. The LEDs are daylight temp. All you have to do is white balance, just like you would with the sun. If you want to warm them further in camera, white balance using a bluish card or just warm the shot in post.
Ok maybe I'm confused. I just thought in the example footage they had that the actors looked really pale, like the light was really white. Maybe I just prefer more of a tungsten(that is the more yellowish one right?), or maybe I don't know what I'm saying... feel free to school me... :/
Dreddy are you talking about the 24 footage. I don't think they USED those for exposure (key, fill etc) lights, I think they were just props.. the blue tint might sugest that they were WB for tungsten on the set of 24..
The review video the Coleman as key and fill lights which the reviewer might have WB'd to..
The review video the Coleman as key and fill lights which the reviewer might have WB'd to..
White light is what you want. That's why it's called "white balancing". You're directing the camera to see a source as "white", whatever it's inherent color temperature. If the actors seem pale, I think its more because of the way the lights were used, rather than their color temp.
(side note: in the real world there is no such thing as "white" light; what we call white is really our measurement of all colors in the visible spectrum reflecting equally)
Yes, compared to daylight, but if you white balance correctly they should appear white on camera as well.
Also, a tungsten source is a very "hard" light, whereas the LEDs are a diffused source. If you light your subject flat, it's apt to make them seem paler since there isn't much shadowing.
Oh my....whatever deitific personification you believe in.
I had never, NEVER thought about using White Balance that way! I just took it as "well, just want to make sure colours are appropriate to the white around it", but using a different colour to get different "tones"...I am in AWE!
Gawrsh. 
Another method - if you don't have a blue tinted card - is to hold a piece of gel over the lens while you white balance. Don't want to go too far with it, probably; I recommend a piece of 1/8 or 1/4 CTB.
It works the other way as well, of course. If you want a cooler look, use a warmer card or gel.
That said, you have the greatest degree of control if you just shoot it straight and apply a color grade in post.
Another method - if you don't have a blue tinted card - is to hold a piece of gel over the lens while you white balance. Don't want to go too far with it, probably; I recommend a piece of 1/8 or 1/4 CTB.
It works the other way as well, of course. If you want a cooler look, use a warmer card or gel.
That said, you have the greatest degree of control if you just shoot it straight and apply a color grade in post.
I do like this indeed. I didn't mean to nitpicky, just talking along-everyone else likes it and now I feel like I'm the one who didn't bring a date to the prom...
60 dollars for effectively four lamps is a good deal. Heck, one could use old music stands for placement.
Have to keep an eye out and see about picking one of these up or "borrowing" from a friend
60 dollars for effectively four lamps is a good deal. Heck, one could use old music stands for placement.
Have to keep an eye out and see about picking one of these up or "borrowing" from a friend