jeff woods

Do you get to choose what time of day you shoot? Early morning or evening might give you some interesting shadows to play with. -j

I sort of confused myself after I wrote that...; basically, I meant that by doing the effect using a lighting console and dimmer (full, 75%, 50%, 25%), you lose both lumens and color temperature, but using multiple sources at full, you maintain CT, but just vary lumens. Or, to further confuse the issue: TV light is the same quality all the time, just stopped up or down. I need sleep, -j

I would add that the changes in intensity happen at almost a zero-count (read: they don't crossfade from one to another), and they are intensity changes, not percentage changes. The color temperature (for the most part) stays the same, and only the amount of light changes. Hope that makes sense, -j

I'll second Mr. Sierkowski's reply. Shorter answer: 0:00 You are overloading the cable by almost 2 amps (assuming 120v (I rarely see 125v unless it's off a genie)), and if something did go wrong (property or personal damage to say the least), one of the first questions would be "was everything cabled appropriately?". And though the production may have production insurance, you could also be held personally responsible for any damage or injury. In essence, you are asking "How long can I break the rules?", and I don't think anyone here would be willing to put their name on quantifying electrical failure. One man's opinion, -j

Do you have any way to bounce light from existing sources? On the cheap, I have used sheets of foam insulation, that have silver on one side, as a effective and lightweight bounce. Something like this is around 20 bucks. -j