Light stand review and gel management rigjob at DVinfo.net

Andrew Dean · April 3rd, 2017, 06:04 PM

Howdy, I've made a couple more videos for people to sniff at with contempt. hehe.

This here is about my gel management solution for guerilla lighting:

And this here is me talking about my favorite light stands that I've been abusing for around a decade:

Holler here or there with any questions. Cheers!

Oren Arieli · April 3rd, 2017, 07:15 PM

Nicely done on both videos. Keep them going during the 'lean' months. I have to say that a bi-color LED does come in handy when I've got rooms with mixed lighting that I just want to supplement. Some units allow you to dial in the exact color temp between 3200 and 5600. And few rooms I've worked in are actually at 3200 or 5600. That being said, more power is always my first option.

Andrew Dean · April 3rd, 2017, 08:37 PM

Here's my problem with bi-colors. (i probably should have put it in the video, but i just talk unscripted and probably leap over all kinds of stuff.)

If you are trying to match daylight or tungsten, the daylight is ALWAYS way brighter - a window, a skylight, etc. You need all the grunt you can to fight daylight. If you need tunsten, you can get away with a lot less, so a bright daylight fixture with a couple different levels of CT gives you all the same color range (maybe not to the same degree, but close enough) in the tungsten spectrum, while giving you twice the power to fight the sun. That seems *way* more useful to me than having an easy dial but only 1/2 the power. Gels are easy and fast, but not having enough punch is horrible!

My 2c anyways. if you get enough kick out of your bicolors, then you win!

April 3rd, 2017, 06:04 PM	#1
Andrew Dean Major Player Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Motukarara, New Zealand Posts: 475	Light stand review and gel management rigjob Howdy, I've made a couple more videos for people to sniff at with contempt. hehe. This here is about my gel management solution for guerilla lighting: Rigjob's Film Lighting Gel Management System Thingy Binder Whatever - YouTube And this here is me talking about my favorite light stands that I've been abusing for around a decade: The most incredible light stands you'll ever see in boonboon. - YouTube Holler here or there with any questions. Cheers!

April 3rd, 2017, 07:15 PM	#2
Oren Arieli Major Player Join Date: May 2007 Location: San Jose, California Posts: 919	Re: Light stand review and gel management rigjob Nicely done on both videos. Keep them going during the 'lean' months. I have to say that a bi-color LED does come in handy when I've got rooms with mixed lighting that I just want to supplement. Some units allow you to dial in the exact color temp between 3200 and 5600. And few rooms I've worked in are actually at 3200 or 5600. That being said, more power is always my first option.

April 3rd, 2017, 08:37 PM	#3
Andrew Dean Major Player Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Motukarara, New Zealand Posts: 475	Re: Light stand review and gel management rigjob Here's my problem with bi-colors. (i probably should have put it in the video, but i just talk unscripted and probably leap over all kinds of stuff.) If you are trying to match daylight or tungsten, the daylight is ALWAYS way brighter - a window, a skylight, etc. You need all the grunt you can to fight daylight. If you need tunsten, you can get away with a lot less, so a bright daylight fixture with a couple different levels of CT gives you all the same color range (maybe not to the same degree, but close enough) in the tungsten spectrum, while giving you twice the power to fight the sun. That seems way more useful to me than having an easy dial but only 1/2 the power. Gels are easy and fast, but not having enough punch is horrible! My 2c anyways. if you get enough kick out of your bicolors, then you win!