Lighting on a budget. Learn how to substitute expensive video lighting equipment with inexpensive alternatives.
You're ready with 3-point lighting or a soft-light and mood setting. But what's missing? How about some red and blue on that dull white scene? Use lighting gels to add some color.
As you prepare for the 4th of July in this politically-heated year, you might find yourself...
Setting up, working with and tearing down studio lighting equipment can be some of the most dangerous tasks of your video production.
Throughout the years, we have presented many ways to light your subject and improve your lighting skills. However, one area of lighting we have not covered is lighting...
Lighting accessories can be as easy to make as a trip to the local hardware store, but why would you want to go through the hassle?
In the December 2004 issue, we inventoried the lighting equipment you could buy in whole or assemble from pieces picked up at your favorite...
Sometimes we're too busy illuminating you in this department to define basic terms, like, for instance, all the different lights we talk about. So here's a quick description of the movie lights commonly used for video. Seat belts please; we're gonna move fast.
But first, three terms that apply to...
Nothing can match a professional lighting outfit, and one to three thousand dollars is a fair price for a matched set of lights, stands, cables, and accessories, all in a sturdy, fitted case or two. If you don't need a full kit, don't use lights all of the time...
"Lights, camera, action!" is about as clichd as you can get, but there is a reason they say "lights" first. Video and films always look better if you light them well. This doesn't mean the scene has to be awash in light. It does mean that there is a...
From time to time we've suggested ways to beat the high cost of lighting equipment by buying or building your own. So let's pull all those tips together into a survey of guerrilla lighting tools. We'll cover lights and lighting instruments, reflectors hard and soft, and diffusion screens that...
