Posts Tagged ‘lighting’

I didn't have a Canon C500, 5D Mk III, or Blackmagic Cinema Camera on me, but Shane Hurlbut & Co. had all that and much, much more at the Philly stop of Shane Hurlbut's Illumination Experience Tour. On the other hand, I did have an…

Easy to use, adjustable and lightweight, these CAME-TV High CRI LED 1x1s make high performance, color accurate LED lighting available to a much broader audience than ever before.[adrotate group="6"] Remember the first time you lit a set with hot lights and blew the circuit because…

A press release for an LED light released by a company located at Pinewood Studios outside London, titled “Rotolight LED Lighting the source of choice for Master Photographer Tom Lee!” caused me to look back on all the LED lights I have tried and rejected…

LED lights have been rising in popularity and slowly taking over the video lighting market. However, we don't want to forget there still are a lot of photographers that read planet5D.com so this news is aimed at you people. The LED Light Cube started as a crowd…

Portrait photographer Jessica Drossin is GOOD. Her natural light portraits are amazing. Her natural light portrait tutorial reminded me that great still photography can be just as much about post-production as film.[adrotate group="6"] Yet it is both ironic (and I am grateful to her for sharing…

Everyone I know talks about shooting at the "Magic hour," others refer to the "Golden Hour" or others yet say in the morning or at night.  Everyone clear? Have you ever considered (or heard) of the other "Magic hours" for light?[adrotate group="6"] Golden Hour Blue…

Sometimes I feel a bit overwhelmed by the sheer number of "apps" for my iPhone or iPad. I find many of them I install and then hardly use. It is because of this that I don't pay as much attention to apps unless I really…

There seems to be a million small LED's to choose from these days. We found this product review from Neumannfilms for Came-TV's Bi-color LED light. This is a very simple video [adrotate group="6"]of what comes in the package when it arrives along with the simple…

Need some flexible small lighting for your video project? This new light The Scorpion Light is up on kickstarter looking for some support and it has potential so we thought we'd share it with you.[adrotate group="6"] Bafta winning Entrepreneurs KickStart The Scorpion Light at BVE…

Three Surefire Purchases That Will Improve Your Work. With press releases about new gear popping up on the market, rebates on current models, the holidays and tax season just around the corner; this is the time of year that many begin thinking about their next…