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LEDs Pros and Cons for Video Lighting

Throughout the decades of filmmaking, there have been countless advances in technology, some of which have been revolutionary and some of which have been...

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Cheap LED Lights: What is CRI and Does it Matter?

Greg Olson

We put different LED lights to the test to find out if you get what you pay for. Also, we talk about CRI ratings,...

Lighting Design

How to Build a (small!) Infinite White Set

The clean, professional look of an infinite white set is much more than just an aesthetic. Whether you are going for stylish and trendy...

Lighting Design

Shooting in Black and White

Daniel Bruns

Ansel Adams, Alfred Hitchcock, and Orson Welles. What do these three have in common? Well, besides being famous, they all shot their masterpieces in...

Lighting Equipment

Building Light Boxes and Specialty Setups

Terry O'Rourke

The fun thing about lighting for video and photography is that you get to be creative in how you approach your projects and you’re...

Lighting Design

Basic Three-Point Lighting

Videomaker

Poorly lit scenes can leave your project looking flat and lifeless. But if you can get the lighting right, it will help establish a...

Lighting Design

Exposing for the Sky

Jordan

If you think about it, your camera is basically color blind, which is sad because the outdoor videography world is full of wonderful textures,...

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Gels & Diffusion – Everything You Should Know – Part 2

Greg Olson

In a perfect world, every light source would cast the perfect color onto your scene, but in reality, the color temperatures of the light...

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Gels & Diffusion: Everything You Should Know – Part 1

Greg Olson

We'd all like to have a professional lighting technician, and an unlimited budget to get the perfect lighting setup for the perfect scene. But...