Chris Coulson
April 19th, 2011, 04:08 AM
I'm looking to buy something for a small UK video club, so we don't have a huge budget, maybe £3-400 or $700?
We already have a variety of flourescent softbox type lights, and we're looking to give the guys some more creativity with lighting.
We thought about something more focussed, so we could light a person in a room, without lighting the rest of the room. Maybe like a redhead with barn doors?
Maybe a little like Mastermind (do you get that in the USA?)
However, I'm wondering if the days of Redheads are limited now, with heat etc, so is there a flourescent alternative that we can use? or can you buy add-on egg crates/honeycomb for softboxes?
Any other ideas/suggestions? or should we just go with a redhead and a dimmer or something?
I've been looking on this forum for an hour or so, and found nothing, but I'm a bit worried about getting the "if you're spending less than $2000 its a waste of time, you'll get green spikes etc" :-)
These are lights that will give people who can't afford ANY lights the opportunity to use some to see how it all works and what a difference it makes.
We already have a variety of flourescent softbox type lights, and we're looking to give the guys some more creativity with lighting.
We thought about something more focussed, so we could light a person in a room, without lighting the rest of the room. Maybe like a redhead with barn doors?
Maybe a little like Mastermind (do you get that in the USA?)
However, I'm wondering if the days of Redheads are limited now, with heat etc, so is there a flourescent alternative that we can use? or can you buy add-on egg crates/honeycomb for softboxes?
Any other ideas/suggestions? or should we just go with a redhead and a dimmer or something?
I've been looking on this forum for an hour or so, and found nothing, but I'm a bit worried about getting the "if you're spending less than $2000 its a waste of time, you'll get green spikes etc" :-)
These are lights that will give people who can't afford ANY lights the opportunity to use some to see how it all works and what a difference it makes.