Hi Guy's!
So we had the pre-shoot today to test out the gear in the place we are using on the live shoot.
It was very educational, i got a much better idea how much power i need/get from continues light!
It was quite obvious that i'v been a bit optimistic with the power output in regards to my preferred camera settings. As many of you already had pointed out.. :-)
I noticed i got a visible hotspot with the 2k Blondies, so i will need more power and spread, the Arri M8's will certainly give me more power not sure if the beam of light is wider ? (i know it's focusable)
The other thing i noticed is that the Briese H5 was not very sufficient at the distance i had to use it, i probably understated the distance and the area i needed to illuminate.
So to have it affect the exposure at it's position (fixed just behind and slightly above camera 1) i had to focus the light, thus contributing even more to the hotspot created on the bg by the 2k Blondies.
The Briese T4 will most likely change that as it's 4k HMI which is pretty much the double output if I'm not calculating it all wrong..? :-)
The ideal situation would be to have a light overhead and maybe even two more to compliment the Arri M8's on the bg.
But i have to weigh that against the need of the client(the AD agency which do the post work), which is actually not pure clean white bg as they gonna mask it and clean it up in post anyway.
Then again as a photographer i want to do as much as i can "in camera" as i'm used to with strobe lighting. :-)
Will report back how the HMI setup worked on the live shoot!
Thanx