its 2am where we are now. Just came from a 6am shoot that just ended. Saw this post and immediately, I felt the need to try the setup. Wow. I was amazed at how effective this lighting setup is. Looking forward to more setups!

Thank you very much,

Seph

Shane, I see that in the examples above you use 2k fresnels, are those HMI’s, or tungsten technology?

See, I’ve just started into this amazing video world, and I have a pretty good image of how I want my lighting to be (coming from a stills/strobes training), however, when I use difussion or soft-boxes, my light barely shows up on the 5D MIII display, and since 2k tungsten are the most punch I’ve got, I have been cornered to using extremely light difussion in front of the light aimed aggressively at the talent, still resulting in very harsh shadows.

So basically two questions arise:

1.- Do you consider HMI’s to be THAT much a difference compared to tungstens in light output?

2.- What do you consider to be the highest Usable ISO settings for a Mark III? That is, with a margin for making it look good on post and not completely noisy and having to lose detail later.

Thanks again for your dedicated attention and sharing!! :D

I want to try this setup to light a dark-skinned subject but only have access to fixtures up to 1K fresnels in size. Do you foresee any issues firing 2 1K’s right next to one another into the bounce in the book light configuration?

Thanks!

Thank you for yet another gorgeous tutorial.

I was wondering, since you are bouncing and then diffusing, you will lose a lot of strength on that light, with a 5D mIII as your camera, and only a 2k tungsten fresnel, you would really need to go high on ISO, right?

I love your site and the things you share with us. This might be a silly question but the 150 watt lights used in DIY part are they flood lights you can get at HomeDepot?

Thank you

Thanks again for sharing your “secrets”( which a lot of dps guard so zealously)with us.
I also use a lot of light diffusion for a cosmetic & hair work in tvcs, and I do a slight variation of the book light.
I get two pieces of 4×8 styrofoam boards(painted black on one side) stand them up vertically with the black side facing outward, and create a letter V by securing both sides together with a barbecue stick, or if I am not in a hurry, a small door hinge ( so I can change the angle of the V from wide to narrow, thus controlling the wideness or narrowness of the light source)
I then place a redhead, blondie or even a 1.2K HMI inside the V, making sure that it doesn’t touch the sides so the styro will not burn or melt. I put the light on a low boy stand or an apple box, aim it upwards so that the light doesn’t obstruct itself. Or if I want a stronger source, I put another similar light on a stand, boom it up to the edge of the styro and aim it downwards.
Now I have a diffused source of light. I f I want it softer, I put a 4×8 trace frame with 216,250 or muslin in front to create different levels of diffusion.