Arri's New SkyPanel LEDs Offer Beautiful Soft Light & Incredible Versatility
At NAB yesterday, Joe Marine caught up with Mike Wagner of Arri to discuss the new SkyPanels: And more videos for the SkyPanel LEDs: The S60-C and S60-RP (the phosphor version) will retail for $6250...
View ArticleA New Relatively Affordable LED Fixture, a Soft Light, & More from Mole...
The only company that comes close to the ubiquity of Arri lights on professional sets is Mole Richardson, and at NAB this year, the company showed off several new powerful LED fixtures. Joe Marine...
View ArticleA Case Study in Making Your Lighting Soft, Beautiful, & Professional
John Ford, director of photography at UK-based video production company Contra, is no stranger to beautiful, cinematic commercial work, whether it's a portrait of a young woman combating homelessness,...
View ArticleTurn 4 Old Laptop Screens into a 'Fake Window' Light Panel with this In-Depth...
Ever wondered what happens to old laptop screens? Well, they mostly get thrown away. Here's an inexpensive way to reuse those panels. At roughly 5 watts per panel, the final product creates a large...
View ArticleHere's Every Type of LEE Diffusion Explained
This video helps demonstrate the subtle differences in LEE diffusion materials. Lee Filters became the standard filter company in British television in the 1970's and are now fairly ubiquitous in the...
View ArticleDigital Sputnik's New Voyager Series Aims at Low-Budget Filmmakers
Digital Sputnik ups the lighting game again with the new, affordable Voyager series lights to be released at NAB. Building on its success with its RGB LED lights (famously used in Star Wars: Rogue...
View ArticleSoft Lighting 101: How to Light a Scene the 'Pretty' Way
Soft light: What is it and what is it used for? There are many lighting techniques filmmakers use to bring out the natural beauty of a subject, but using soft light is one of, if not the, most popular...
View ArticleDoPChoice Adds Flexible Lantern to its Snapbag Line
DoPChoice unveils new soft light source accessory. The Munich-based company has added to its time-saving line of accessories for light fixtures with a new product in its Snapbags line. At 4.4 pounds...
View ArticleFree Your Set from Flags & Frames with The Lightbridge Cine Reflect Lighting...
The long-awaited Lightbridge Cine Reflect Lighting System for controlling soft light comes to Cinegear. First developed by Academy Award® winning Austrian DP Christian Berger (The White Ribbon, Caché,...
View Article5 Lighting Concepts Every DP Should Know
Lighting can make or break a film. Here are some concepts that you should know before you start filming. It’s the job of a cinematographer to know how to sculpt images and influence the visual...
View ArticleAputure's New Softdome Looks Like the Budget Briese of My Dreams
Earlier this week, Aputure announced some new additions to its lineup. As with all Aputure announcements, there was nothing but good stuff to get excited about. However, there is one piece that makes...
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