Barry Gribble
November 21st, 2003, 02:22 PM
All,
I found a great light at home depot... it is a 250 Watt halogen clip light that costs a hair under $10. I was amazed. It was absolutely perfect for setting up back lights and kickers in the house we were shooting in... I don't have stands to get lights this high, and if I did they would be in the shot. I was able to clip this on to window frames, curtain rods and cabinet tops...
I used black wrap to block spillage... on the daylight scenes I used just a little, but on night scenes I wrapped the light enough to basically turn it in to a spot.
I also dimmed them as needed. It did change the color temperature a bit, but it didn't kill us.
A photo of the light in use is here: http://www.integralarts.com/cliplight.htm
For $10, there really is no reason to not have 2 or 3 of these in the bag...
Barry
P.S. For those of you who haven't used black wrap, you need to. It is basically tin foil painted flat black. It is easy to shape, extremely light weight, and reusuble. A 24" x 24' roll cost me about $24 at the local photo store (fancy that). It gave us lots of flexibillity.
I found a great light at home depot... it is a 250 Watt halogen clip light that costs a hair under $10. I was amazed. It was absolutely perfect for setting up back lights and kickers in the house we were shooting in... I don't have stands to get lights this high, and if I did they would be in the shot. I was able to clip this on to window frames, curtain rods and cabinet tops...
I used black wrap to block spillage... on the daylight scenes I used just a little, but on night scenes I wrapped the light enough to basically turn it in to a spot.
I also dimmed them as needed. It did change the color temperature a bit, but it didn't kill us.
A photo of the light in use is here: http://www.integralarts.com/cliplight.htm
For $10, there really is no reason to not have 2 or 3 of these in the bag...
Barry
P.S. For those of you who haven't used black wrap, you need to. It is basically tin foil painted flat black. It is easy to shape, extremely light weight, and reusuble. A 24" x 24' roll cost me about $24 at the local photo store (fancy that). It gave us lots of flexibillity.