Dennis Size
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The trick lies in the use of edge light on your subject and judicious textural lighting of your background. You need to provide highly selective visual information while keeping light off the subject that you want dark.
DS
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GOOGLE UsedLighting.com
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At 6 3/4″ x 2 1/4″ by 1 1/4″ deep, you can’t go wrong with a Mini Plus Lite Panel. They pack quite a punch and you can easily change the color temperature of the light source. I use them often, and they’re slowly replacing the Min-Kino Flo (or the much more power consumptive 100w tungsten with Micro-Chimera) as my eyelight of choice. Their “big brother”, the 1’x1′ Lite Panel is rapidly becoming one of my favorite fixtures. I’m using 50 of them on a studio project I’m currently designing. I recent designed the lighting for Discovery Channel’s MOST HAUNTED LIVE (7 hours of LIVE TV) and the Lite Panels bailed me out repeatedly. We also used infra red LED’s for the Night Vision sequences.
DS
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paper based?
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Then he should have been more specific — as I was in suggesting a product as he asked for — on a PROFESSIONAL Lighting Forum.
DS
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Actually, this fixture — with it’s crank-o-vator stand — would cost closer to $40,000.00.
DS
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ROSEBRAND…….as discussed in a prior post.
DS
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There is an incredible list of questions that you need to answer to get an accurate response to your query….. and you’ll find there will be an even longer list of possible solutions.
Rule of thumb….avoid shooting your talent in bright, open, sunlight.
When that is not an option, to combat the effects of bright sunlight on blown-out backgrounds I always use a 12kw or 18kw HMI Fresnel (depending on the distance my instrument needs to be from the talent).
My favorite new instrument of choice is the ARRIMAX 18/12. You can’t go wrong with that fixture. Remember, you can always make your light dimmer and softer; but you can’t make it brighter when you need it.DS
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Both are comparable. The Arri fresnels are better but I don’t care much for their softlights. You should touch/handle the actual gear to see what “feels” best to your touch …then make your choice.
DS
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ROSEBRAND Theatrical Fabrics in New York City is who I use. (www.rosebrand.com)@ (800) 223-1624.
My personal favorite — although expensive — is Black SHARKSTOOTH SCRIM, which is available in 35′ widths and sold by the yard.
I use the much cheaper black BOBBINETTE everywhere …from cutting down exterior light coming through windows to in front of light boxes to reduce glare (and fluoro intensity). It’s available in 10′ and 30′ widths, sold by the yard.
When I’m on a really tight budget I’ll even use black TEXTILENE — but it only comes in 54″ and 98″ widths.DS