Michael Asgian
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This is great!
Is there any way to stop animating and have just one random that will value that will stay up throgh the composition?
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Yes Bob, that’s pretty much what I do. I am an architectural photographer…
I wish I could do the same for video. Unfortunately not possible under normal circumstances… hmmm, while writing this reply I just got an idea…
Take a look at this last shot I did last week. Client was the Architecture Company that did a restoration of an Historic building on Coronado island
https://www.michaelasgian.com/temp/adella/
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Got now a little question about usability of the HMIs…
From what I read about them you need to ignite the light, wait a few minutes until it gets into working mode, do your takes, shut it down, wait a few minutes to cool down, while not moving the light.
I want to insist a bit on the “not move the light while operating…
That means the light cant be moved a bit to change angles, height, stuff like that? It has to stay completely still? That could be a bit problematic for my usage…
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Thanks Bill! Really appreciated!
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Yeah, It’s not me that I’m sweating… but my customers. Having good views from inside is a must. I’ll probably spend time in editing too, which is no news to me.
I plan to shoot with the BlackMagic Camera so that will give me a little leverage in pulling the views better. Probably I’ll get two 1200W chinese ones for about $2.5k both, which is a pretty sweet deal I guess, and then, when all this starts to be positive as a ca$hflow, will get more…
Thanks everybody for the guidance!
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Hey Mark, yeah. Got to the conclusion that Todd is right. However I’m open to find cheaper ways…
From what I understand reading and educating myself on this topic, “HMI” is a trademark… the bulbs are in fact Metal Halide. I’m looking up right now a few chinese knockoffs of Arris and the prices are about 8x lower than the originals.
How bad can be those?
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You are right! Unfortunately 🙂
Done some measuring with my lightmeter, It would take about 20-25 of those CFLs…
hard to manage on location… not to practical. I have to get in and out as fast as I can…Back to HMI…
I saw these to our Chinese brothers…
Are they worth considering? What’s the catch?
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The CFLs avenue is out of question then?
I have 2 bulbs each 150W, 5500K. I used them for some product shots. They are pretty bright…
I was wondering if having a few of those (like 10 or more) instead of HMIs could be an alternative? -
Thanks Todd for your answer… I’m sure it can be done with the right lights. I prefer to do it all in one, not doing in post because camera is moving on a jib or a slider.
I need some powerful lights I guess but I don’t know what lights should I look into? CFLs? Metal Halide bulbs? LED arrays? etc. I know lighting for photography. Should be the same in principle, with details that I will discover soon for sure, but I need a starting point for the lighting gear.
Looked over at B&H and those cinema lights are sold for small fortunes. Any other ways? I’m not affraid of DIY either.