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Mike Jefferies
September 9, 2008 at 9:16 pm in reply to: Shooting with a pure white background?

Thanks again for the advice guys, I have green chroma on its way but I’ll certainly try shooting with a white background as well. The one thing that I do have a lot of is time, so hopefully one way or another I’ll be able to get a reasonable effect.

I now need to choose some lights for illuminating the subject. Will these be powerful enough/suitable. I’m not planning on full body shots, most will be waist up only.

https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Continuous-Studio-Lighting-softbox-Kit-Digital-Video_W0QQitemZ250291339693QQihZ015QQcategoryZ3860QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262

https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Pro-Studio-Lighting-Kit-105w-5500k-Daylight-Bulbs-NT_W0QQitemZ260282998715QQihZ016QQcategoryZ3860QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem

or maybe a couple of these:

https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1KW-4-Lamp-Cool-Day-light-Fluorescent-Softbox-Light-550_W0QQitemZ190249137828QQihZ009QQcategoryZ3860QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Mike Jefferies
September 9, 2008 at 2:43 pm in reply to: Shooting with a pure white background?

I’ve just checked my camera, and there is a control which I assume to be the iris. When I move the dial the f number changes and eventually indicates +db which I assume is a digital gain.

I’d already ordered a green chroma screen, so will still be using green rather than white.

Still looking for any light suggestions.

Thanks again for the help.
Mike Jefferies
September 9, 2008 at 3:59 am in reply to: Shooting with a pure white background?

Thanks for that link – useful stuff.

The lack of manual controls means I’ll be going for the green screen option for sure.

This is going to be a one time setup, any lights I buy will probably not be used again, so I’m conscious about cost. The low budget lighting in the video has created a good effect, but I’m also without suitable household lamps that I can use.

Finding a ‘household’ stand with 5 lamps will probably be pretty tough and not necessarily cheap in comparison to a proper entry level light. If you were to suggest a couple of lights, presumably a 5 lamp and some sort of weaker diffused one, what would it be? Any specific models I should consider. I’m in the UK if that makes and difference.

Many thanks!