From the course: Green Screen Techniques for Photography and DSLR Video
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Using constant lighting for photo and video
From the course: Green Screen Techniques for Photography and DSLR Video
Using constant lighting for photo and video
Rich Harrington: So, we just finished shooting strobes for shooting still only work, and that went great. What we want to do is actually switch over to just shooting Constant Lighting for a moment, for video purposes. Now, the reason why we've done this is couple of things here. I want to have good even light on the set, and I want to be primarily shooting video, but along the way I might grab some stills, and the thing is, is that there's some major drawbacks to using strobes as a constant light source when it comes to the purposes of shooting video. Abba Shapiro: Yeah, now, the purpose of using strobes is simply you want bright light, and you want a freeze action. Now, when you're shooting video, the lights aren't as bright, and you have to realize that modeling lights are a different color temperature than these constant lights so that you won't be balanced, and it will be tougher to get the quality of image that you want. And also, a lot of strobes have fans to keep them cool…
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