Steve Lord

I was recently DP for a commercial shoot here in the UK, in a studio, and the director wanted it to look as real as possible. So I simply placed all the light sources where they would naturally be in a real house. See photo below: The two windows in the photo have 1.2kw HMI PAR through 1/4 diff attached to the window. To the left is a 2.5kw HMI through a large silk (this was my large 'window', and the key). Behind the camera is a 12x12ft bounce with 1.2kw HMI PAR - this was important as there was no wall here and so there would have been a large black hole. We had a stretched textile on part of the ceiling too to give natural bounce. Another 1.2kw HMI PAR was used with Hollywood Frost through the french doors for a slightly soft sunlight (we only get soft sunlight in England!). http://www.yorkshirecameraman.co.uk/121A5783.jpg

Hello I have a project where we need to capture a golf swing which apparently reaches speeds of around 100mph. It needs to be shot green screen and of course the golf club needs to be free of motion blur (as much as is realistic to achieve) throughout its travel. Now I haven't done much high-speed work before but I do know this is going to need a staggering amount of light, not only for the golfer but the green screen too. It will be shot on location so no access to large lights, so my thoughts are to shoot exterior daylight using Phantom. Any idea of suggested frame rates and shutter speeds, and of course light required for this type of work? My low-budget option was to shoot on location with Kinoflo and F55 at its highest frame rate; but I just don't think the golf club will remain sharp throughout. Many thanks Steve.