Richard Swearinger Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Lots of discussion on the why of shooting with an iPhone, but I'm wondering about how. As in how do you create lighting that will let you get a good meaty picture and lots of subject separation using an iPhone. Expressiveness is a topic for another day. Specifically where would you start with light levels, ratios, color temps, and the rest? I presume you would set light levels so the camera could be shot at its native ISO value, but beyond that: Would you go very hard source light? Ultra diffused? Religiously keep your ratios at 2:1 or eliminate the fill and let the shadows fall where they may? How about colors? With the limitations of the iPhone sensor would it be best to define shapes with contrasting colors (solid-colored costumes against relatively plain cool backgrounds) or would it be better to keep everything homogeneous (beige on beige on beige). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted February 6, 2018 Premium Member Share Posted February 6, 2018 I guess the operative word is "gently." P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Adrian Sierkowski Posted February 6, 2018 Premium Member Share Posted February 6, 2018 I would figure out what the film/project at hand needed in terms of look and style and then work how to get that out of the iphone via some testing. (of note, I don't own and actually cannot work an iphone or any "i" thing though I'm find with OsX so far) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giacomo Girolamo Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 The same as another digital camara? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Connolly Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 I think anyone who shot SD digital in the late 90's early 00's would be fine. The iphone after all is luxury to compared to cameras (PD150/XL1) that many indie filmmakers had to do battle with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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