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Marcus Martell · January 10th, 2010, 09:06 AM

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How did they set the light to achieve this kind of photography?

thx

Perrone Ford · January 10th, 2010, 10:48 AM

Looks like a very hard top light. Given the size of the space, and the size of the light pool on the floor, looks like maybe a 10k up high on a crane or something. Tracking along with his movements. His forehead is blown out, and other things right at the top of the frame a blown out. Light was probably skirted to reduce spill.

Also looks like the video got a "bleach bypss" look to increase contrast and black the shadows down.

Chris Ficek · January 10th, 2010, 06:48 PM

Could also be a followspot mounted in the truss with a human operator tracking him as you can see a brief instant where he moves one way and the light moves the other. But as Perrone said without a doubt a hard light high but its the motion tracking thats really interesting.

Marcus Martell · January 17th, 2010, 04:31 PM

They did a pretty good job right?

Perrone Ford · January 17th, 2010, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Marcus Martell

They did a pretty good job right?

If that's the look they wanted, then yes they did a nice job. If they wanted it to look like a good wedding video, then clearly they failed... :)

Marcus Martell · January 17th, 2010, 06:30 PM

lol Perrone

January 10th, 2010, 09:06 AM	#1
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Perrone Ford Inner Circle Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Tallahassee, FL Posts: 4,100	Looks like a very hard top light. Given the size of the space, and the size of the light pool on the floor, looks like maybe a 10k up high on a crane or something. Tracking along with his movements. His forehead is blown out, and other things right at the top of the frame a blown out. Light was probably skirted to reduce spill. Also looks like the video got a "bleach bypss" look to increase contrast and black the shadows down. __________________ DVX100, PMW-EX1, Canon 550D, FigRig, Dell Octocore, Avid MC4/5, MB Looks, RedCineX, Matrox MX02 mini, GTech RAID, Edirol R-4, Senn. G2 Evo, Countryman, Moles and Lowels.

January 10th, 2010, 06:48 PM	#3
Chris Ficek Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 113	Could also be a followspot mounted in the truss with a human operator tracking him as you can see a brief instant where he moves one way and the light moves the other. But as Perrone said without a doubt a hard light high but its the motion tracking thats really interesting.

January 17th, 2010, 04:31 PM	#4
Marcus Martell Trustee Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: spain Posts: 1,202	They did a pretty good job right?

January 17th, 2010, 06:30 PM	#6
Marcus Martell Trustee Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: spain Posts: 1,202	lol Perrone