Patrick Gerke

Actually, it's a night shoot... i'm shooting from 7-midnight, this coming wednesday, the 2nd I'm worried about matching to the fluorescents, and to the central overhead lighting, which im guessing is mercury vapor, or hallide, something like that... I was thinking of just bringing in 3 kinos and balancing my school's lowel omni's for background fill... one of the problems though is that i'm having trouble getting a hold of anyone in maintenance to find out what kind of fluorescent bulbs they are using... Patrick, would you have any time to talk with me about this in a bit more detail? You can email me at ptgerke@gatablanca.com Thanks Pat

does anyone else have any suggestions? I'll take any and all advice i can get B)

Thanks for the advice... I'm still waiting to hear back on the type of tubes they are using... my biggest concern is not having the correct gels when i get in there... and just lighting and area that big... i'm used to rooms in a house and stuff... it will be an adventure

Hello All- I am new to these forums.... Shortly I will be shooting at a gate in Portland International Airport, and need some lighting advice... First off... does anyone have an idea of the best way to match tungsten light to the mercury vapor lighting's color temp... the local shop wasn't sure what kind of gel it would need... Also, my homemade softboxes won't fit throught the xray machine, so I need to come up with an alternative for that... I had condsidered just renting actual chimera softboxes... Another idea if have is to rig up some 4' flourescent light houses, but I am worried that the color temps will be even tougher to match up... I should also let you know that I am shooting this on a xl1s and am going for that soft, gradated shadows look, with a contrast ratio of about 1:3 or so... Thank you for you help Patrick