[Matthew Delaney]

Hi Bob, and everyone else,

Just reporting back. The shoot went really well and I think we have some really nice results.

We ended up using photo white paper for the background and used to 1k Chimeras to light it. The Chimeras gave us a really nice event light with lots of kick.

As it turned out the room was quite deep, about 30′. This enabled us to get nice separation with the subjects from the background and limited spill from the background lights. We lit the subjects with a 1k chimera, 650w red head and a 650w arri as backlight. All of these lamps were on dimmers in order for us to lock down the exposure and make minor tweaks for different skin tones. The color temperature variation is pretty minor from what we could tell.

The other nice thing that happened was that when we arrived the client decided to stay away from the full wide shot that included the floor. We essentially stayed between a 3/4 and a MCU. Saved us having to try and light the floor evenly with no shadows.

All in all I think the project was a great success. Thanks to all who offered some advice. It really helped out.

Cheers for now.

M

[Matthew Delaney]

Thanks John,

Definitely info I’m going to use.

Regards
M