dallas kruse

oh well thank you, Brian! That is MUCH appreciated! I only have a couple of stock lenses and I'm trying to do the best with what I got. Thinking that investing in a light meter will help me as most of the time it's just me running the cameras and lights.

This is great advice! When setting white balance on my cameras ... does it make sense to do it this way... set the lighting scene to a "pure white" setting. I.e. find a spot light setting where the singer is lit up in white and no colors ... then take my still on a white board and set the white balance that way? Re: light intensity, that's one thing I did NOT do ... check the actual brightness of the LEDs/Spots in each camera before we shot the scenes. I needed to check it on actual skin tone, which I didn't do. I'm imagining I should use zebras and such to make sure I'm not overexposed.

Screen grab 1 is obviously blown out. Screen 2 is a few frames later when the stage lighting changes ... in which the singer looks great. 3 and 4 are really blown out and I lose definition on her face. Trying to find a way to balance out my shots so I don't get ANY blown out shots. Should I be using a light meter before shooting?

Good idea. I'll grab some stills when I get back to my place. Thanks!

I'm a noob. I have a Sony a7sII, a canon t3i, and a canon t4i. I've been shooting, for fun, some live bands in my studio. The lighting is just like a live concert with 4 channel LEDs, LED movers, and a couple of static par cans. I'm not behind the camera but rather playing keyboards so I don't have an idea of how the shots look till the taping is done. I'm wondering how I avoid getting shots that are blown out. One shot will look fine on the Sony but will be blown out on the Canons. The lights are constantly changing colors and scenes throughout each song ... with a lot of colors. How should I be prepping each camera to ensure NO shots get blown out? My ISO never goes above 800 (set manually). My white balance is set to AUTO. Should I be simply turning down the white channels on my DMX board? Should I be running some kind of light meter before each shoot? How do I measure lighting to ensure the footage will come out with no issues? Thanks and apologies for my lack of knowledge but this is how I'm learning ... by asking.