[Stan Welks]

The idea behind all of this is to shoot photos/videos every week, and this is about the best location in the house to easily store the lights and equipment (all being borrowed long term), keep them away from the dogs, kids in the house during the shoot, block natural light (other rooms have high ceilings with windows I couldn’t easily block). I could put the baby on the floor during shoots on soft cushion material, though it just seemed that the bed would be comfortable and safe. I’m not sure I understand the reasoning for going with the floor instead of a bed, other than trying to find a different location with more space for the lights?

I’m going through all of the stands, connectors and diffusion I have available to me before I go out and buy anything.

I have this diffuser https://www.samys.com/p/Color-Filter–Diffusion-Sheets–Rolls/DFS4P/ParaBeam-400-Diffuser/17650.html
and have it connected to a clamp like this:

1.) Any thoughts on this diffuser? Any idea if this material would produce better results than shower curtain liner?

2.) I can also try hanging the flozier in front of the Diva on a C stand instead of shower curtain liner. Any idea if this material would produce better results than shower curtain liner?

3.) What about hanging chimera soft box fabric from a clamp on a C stand a few feet in front of the Diva? Would that produce better results than shower curtain liner?

Any thoughts on all of this?

THANKS!!!!

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[Stan Welks]

Please don’t feel silly for asking, I am very new to working with the stands and lights, and you nailed it. I feel silly for not figuring that out…

1.) The room is very small, so having to add two additional C stands to hang shower curtain liner 1-foot apart is going to be difficult. I think I may need to go with Flozier over the Diva strictly based on the limitations of the size of the room. I’m not sure if I will even be able to use one of the c stands for shower curtain lining. I guess I will try the flozier to see how soft of light it produces.

1.) As for holding the foamcore, just something like this:

OR I could try to place the foam core in the attachment on the end of this?

Any tips for doing this?

Thank you for your time, help and patience!!!!!

[Stan Welks]

1.) I attached the Diva to a Matthews C stand, however, it seems as if it is just sitting on top of it, and it will not lock into place regardless of how much I tighten it. It doesn’t seem to fit all the way in. I also tried it with some other C stand attachments with the same result. I want to make sure that the Diva is very secure on the stand for obvious reasons, though no matter how much I tighten it, I’m still able to lift it off the stand. Am I using the correct pieces? If not, can you please suggest the type of connecting pieces I need?

Photo of Diva sitting on top of C stand, I can lift it off even though tightened

Photo of C stand attachment that connects to Diva

Thanks again!

[Stan Welks]

1.) My camera has an ISO range of 100–25600. How, if at all does this affect the lighting advice you provided previously?

2.) Is there anything I should look for in a shower curtain liner? If I have the option of thicker, thinner, white, cream, off white, etc.?

3.) If this works out with the lights, I will be using them often. I was looking at Kino Flo 4Bank Full Flozier – 4′ https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/258335-REG/Kino_Flo_DFS_4804_4Bank_Full_Flozier.html

and

Kino Flo Flozier Diffuser for Diva 200 and 2′ Double System – 1 Stop
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/258364-REG/Kino_Flo_DFS_D2_Flozier_Diffuser_1.html

will these do the same thing as the shower curtain liner for diffusion? If so, I won’t need 2 separate c stands to hold the liners.

Thanks!

[Stan Welks]

1.) Will one Diva be enough, or should I consider the larger 4-Bank as the key light?

2.) When you said “you could probably use your Kinos pushed through two layers of shower curtain liner with a foot or so between them,”

Would I use some C Stand to hold the two layers of shower curtain liner to the C stand with some spring clamps?

3.) As for the fill light, should I use foam core on a c stand vs. using the 2nd Diva or 4Bank since I have them? Will I get better results with just the foam core

Thanks!

[Stan Welks]

Hi Mark,

Thank you for your insight.

It is not worth it for me to get a lawyer, I guess I’m just really upset that this guy is able to continue what he is doing and Google/YouTube is allowing it. It boggles my mind.

Are you suggesting that I can replace my current videos with updated versions with watermarks without removing the views and comments that are currently there, or do you just mean that I should do this with all of my future videos?

Thanks again.

[Stan Welks]

Thanks everyone for your replies, sorry for not responding sooner.

UPDATE: I responded to the counter-claim with some of the useful information provided here and I didn’t hear back regarding the matter until about 10-minutes ago. I just received the following email from YouTube:

We received a counter-notification under Section 512(g) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in response to a complaint you filed with us. In accordance with U.S. law, we have reinstated the following URL(s) to YouTube:

If you would like to pursue this matter further, you will need to work directly with the uploader or obtain your own legal counsel.

Regards,

The YouTube Copyright Team

I am VERY upset and confused. How can someone just take other people’s videos, provide no credit, edit the videos slightly without changing the meaning, provide no commentary, no parody and the videos are not for education, the stolen video competes with my own video since we both have ads on them, and this person gets away with it???? I was very clear when I responded that I was NEVER asked for permission, did not receive credit, they are competing with my own videos, it is not Fair Use, and I do not consent to the video being used.

[Stan Welks]

1. Do you know if the metadata that Prelude creates is universal? If I leave the CS/CC world, will the metadata be read by other applications?

2. Any idea if the new AVCHD file that Prelude creates when transferring files can be read by other programs, such as FCPX?

Thanks for your help!

[Stan Welks]

1.) I was just confused by the single file because the standard AVCHD folder structure that comes when you copy footage from an SD card was not part of what Prelude created.

2.) Where is the metadata added to the files used? Lightroom? I would very much like to find a way to tag all of my large videos for easy accessibility later.

3.) “If you’re worried about data copy there’s plenty of programs on the market that can facilitate that transfer.” What did you mean by “data copy”?

4.) I have a large folder full of hundreds of clips, and I only need a handful. After transferring the handful out using Prelude and into a new AVCHD file, is it safe to delete the original AVCHD folder? Is that the idea of what Prelude does?

Thanks!

[Stan Welks]

Thanks Paul, I will look into Prelude.

Is there anything in CS6 similar to what FCP 6 or 7 had where you could import clips and export them as self-contained QT files that apply no compression, and can be viewed individually in a QT player or re-imported into CS6, After Effects, etc.?

Thanks!