We caught up with a 40-year industry veteran and university professor for some lighting advice.
You don’t always have the luxury of filming in an area where there are windows. Sometimes you have to film on sets where there are no windows at all, but the project you are working on calls for some positive and upbeat window light.
How do you create window light...
In this article I will share with you the KISS method — or Keep It Simple Stupid — as it pertains to various aspects of video lighting, and how you can still get professional results with minimal setup, and without any high-quality equipment.
Top-notch equipment doesn’t necessarily guarantee a top-notch...
There is something that a good video producer or cinematographer should understand to help better create engaging shots that develop the emotion on screen and set the tone of a project...that is a proper contrast ratio.
As filmmakers, we’re storytellers. Through our lenses, we unfold the chronicles of the human experience. Whether we are taking the viewer on a fictional journey in a narrative feature or a real life experience through a documentary, it is our job to make the viewer feel something —hopefully many...
“Lighting is to film what music is to Opera” - Cecil B. DeMille.
As the legendary director was implying, light is the foundation of our craft. Big budget feature films spend small fortunes lighting each scene, and with good reason. Light itself can set a story: From the harsh noon...
Proper lighting is one of the primary elements separating poor-quality images from masterpieces. A scene without enough light or with harsh, distracting shadows or highlights is not effective in communicating your message. It’s important to learn early on the best practices for lighting for video. This article is intended...
In most cases, multiple lights are used to create what is seen on screen or in a photograph. This can be an intensive and expensive process that takes time to setup correctly. Yet in many cases, such setups are not needed or are just not possible due to budget...
Cinematography is all about light, but filmmakers soon learn that all light is not created equal. The human eye is immensely versatile at adapting between different light sources — if you follow someone wearing a white t-shirt from daylight into a house lit with tungsten bulbs, their shirt still...
Unless you bring a van full of lighting equipment, the most important consideration when deciding or how your scene will look is the existing lighting on your video shoots.
