Andre Andreev
January 21st, 2004, 01:46 PM
This February I will be shooting a firedance performance.
I feel stuck because such a shoot calls for seemingly contradicting elements:
- fire must be visible => low light or complete darkness
- fast movement which I'd like to capture (and not have it be too blurred) => shutter = at least 30
- I want to see the body of the performer => some lighting
See some images of what I'd like to do at his web site:
http://fyregod.com/fg_images/fg_images.htm
Lights I own:
- 2 lowell omni lights with barn doors
My thoughts so far:
- put orange/red gel on one of the lights and position it behind and to the right of the performer, just above head level.
- position 2nd light low, behind performer, in such a way that the light doesn't hit the camera
- have him move parallel to the camera so I don't have to rely on autofocus
- have him prepare a routine with mimimal movement through space.
setting as I see it right now:
L2(blue gel)
L1(red gel)
<----P---------->
C(amera)
P=Performer. He'll be moving side to side only to make it easier to maintain focus.
However, I think the photos were made without artificial light and I am afraid my dvx100a won't let me do this without too much gRain(tm).
I need your advice on:
- best camera settings (I will use manual focus/shutter/iris and will do at least one 24p or 30p take)
- lighting suggestions (I have very little experience)
Once I do the shoot I will post a clip and a description of the set up.
Thank you!
-- Andre
I feel stuck because such a shoot calls for seemingly contradicting elements:
- fire must be visible => low light or complete darkness
- fast movement which I'd like to capture (and not have it be too blurred) => shutter = at least 30
- I want to see the body of the performer => some lighting
See some images of what I'd like to do at his web site:
http://fyregod.com/fg_images/fg_images.htm
Lights I own:
- 2 lowell omni lights with barn doors
My thoughts so far:
- put orange/red gel on one of the lights and position it behind and to the right of the performer, just above head level.
- position 2nd light low, behind performer, in such a way that the light doesn't hit the camera
- have him move parallel to the camera so I don't have to rely on autofocus
- have him prepare a routine with mimimal movement through space.
setting as I see it right now:
L2(blue gel)
L1(red gel)
<----P---------->
C(amera)
P=Performer. He'll be moving side to side only to make it easier to maintain focus.
However, I think the photos were made without artificial light and I am afraid my dvx100a won't let me do this without too much gRain(tm).
I need your advice on:
- best camera settings (I will use manual focus/shutter/iris and will do at least one 24p or 30p take)
- lighting suggestions (I have very little experience)
Once I do the shoot I will post a clip and a description of the set up.
Thank you!
-- Andre