Lighting for Film & Video

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1. Diffusion 1 2

   By Vivek Venkatraman, August 11, 2015
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   • Vivek Venkatraman
   • August 13, 2015
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3. Large, distant soft sources vs. soft sources which 1 2

   By DavidSloan, February 3, 2005
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   • Ed Moore
   • April 16, 2008

4. Night Lighting - Balloon VS Dino/Wendy's 1 2

   By Simon Rowling, March 23, 2016   

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   • Stuart Allman
   • March 31, 2016

5. Par Strength for Bounced Moonlight 1 2

   By Tim Wu, August 15, 2008
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   • Matt Irwin
   • August 24, 2008

6. Safe materials for creating light shafts 1 2

   By Kim Bolan, January 12, 2018   

   • safety
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   • JD Hartman
   • January 15, 2018

7. Which light do you like to start with? 1 2

   By andrewbuchanan, October 23, 2004
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   • Michael Morlan
   • November 1, 2004

8. LED vs Tungsten 1 2

   By Peter Bishop, February 2, 2017   

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   • Robin R Probyn
   • February 19, 2017

9. KinoFlo vs Softbox 1 2

   By Tom Savige, May 17, 2009
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   • giap vu
   • May 20, 2009

10. Brute Lights? Dino lights? 1 2

    By Joshua Hesami, January 12, 2016   

    • Big Lights
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    • Jay Young
    • October 13, 2022

11. My First Lights / Gloves for Lighting? / Best Practices? 1 2

    By Matthew B Clark, December 29, 2013
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    • Matthew B Clark
    • January 20, 2014

12. Recommended Light Meters 1 2

    By Guest Daniel J. Ashley-Smith, February 7, 2005
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    • Patrick Neary
    • March 5, 2005

13. Spotted in the wild! 1 2

    By Phil Rhodes, February 23, 2016
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    • Shawn Sagady
    • August 29, 2016

14. WHAT IS GOOD CINEMATOGRAPHY????????????? 1 2

    By Daniel Porto, August 25, 2008
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    • Joe Giambrone
    • December 20, 2008

15. Hard Light, Women, And Brian DePalma 1 2

    By Marcos Cooper, August 11, 2020
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    • Stuart Brereton
    • August 17, 2020

16. The Historic Light Meter Appreciation Society 1 2

    By Phil Rhodes, January 29, 2005
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    • Chris Keth
    • February 4, 2005

17. Electronic Ballasts and Genies 1 2

    By Matt Workman, September 19, 2006
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    • timHealy
    • October 15, 2006

18. stinger?? 1 2

    By Guest oscar, March 16, 2004
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    • Guest
    • March 19, 2004

19. Key light on which side 1 2

    By Malik Sajid, October 30, 2008
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    • Robin R Probyn
    • November 3, 2008

20. when to change lights 1 2

    By Jim Nelson, April 3, 2009
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    • Jim Nelson
    • April 10, 2009

21. Soft light on talent for night interior. 1 2

    By Haydn Michael John West, August 24, 2015   

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    • interior
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    • Haydn Michael John West
    • September 4, 2015

22. Lighting choices in a huge hangar 1 2

    By Adam Worth, December 20, 2018
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    • JD Hartman
    • December 29, 2018

23. Light Meters 1 2

    By Reggie A Brown, March 16, 2017
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    • Brian Drysdale
    • September 10, 2018

24. Light Meter: Do you use spot or incident? 1 2

    By Wendy Sanders McDonlad, August 30, 2020
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    • Marcos Cooper
    • September 23, 2020

25. Lighting in Daylight 1 2

    By Neirin Jones, April 3, 2015   

    • Daylight Lighting
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    • Phil Rhodes
    • April 27, 2015

26. Lighting for black and white 1 2

    By Alex Hall, January 23, 2008
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    • Tom Lowe
    • February 15, 2008