Johnny Harris

Great tips. Thank you. Just so I know for future reference, what distance would normally be required for something the size of a person (standing up) to achieve such a look? What ceilings would one be looking at to acomplish that in a controlled environment such as a studio? Thanks again.

Thanks for the reply and the help. Sorry for not being more explicit. From the shadows point of view meant that I wasn't talking about color temperature etc (althought you brought up some REALLY GOOD POINTS in your second paragraph). As I'm sure you know shadows get distorted pending on how close the light is to the subject. Perhaps I can illustrate this point better with this reconstruction in cg. One is a spotlight, the other is a distant light that would be the equivalent of the sun. Note the shadow difference although both lights are from the same angle. https://flic.kr/p/vJ5XTm https://flic.kr/p/vYo8Jm

I'm new at this and have a quick question that maybe someone with more experience could give me a heads up on: I need to shoot an actor (full body + shadow) against a green screen INSIDE. That part is okay. Problem is I need to make it look like it was shot in sunlight from a shadows point of view. When composited, the studio light gives distorted shadows because of the close proximity of the light to the subject (a few feet) as opposed to the backplate (the sun, a couple of million miles). In CG (my previous gig) this light would be called 'infinite light'. How do I get parallel light (infinite light) crisp looking shadows inside my space which is 14' high. Can it be done & how? I've tried researching the net but maybe I'm not using the right keywords.