4:49 & 5:11 It is inescapably difficult to see the negligible differences in these two shots with the 100%-white background filling up the vast majority of the video here, to be fair. Even watching the video in full-screen mode, it's brutally harsh. ❤
If you're concerned about reliability, buy two kits-worth. That way when the first breaks, you have a backup (test everything when you receive it and send back any faulty gear). That's still under $600 vs. $5000. Quite a savings even with 2x the gear. I've been considering swapping out my softbox and might go with this gear to do so.
Am I crazy or most people will benefit A LOT by having at least some warmer light pointed their way? Otherwise there is some risk of looking like a ghost. Skin tones come alive with a little 4k or warmer. Even our man at 7:43 I'd say looks a little pale.
Did you remove my question ? I wanted to know whether the light is truly 300watt as you inform us. The manufacturers site on Alibaba says it is 120 watts. I had posted the link to the site. May be you tube deleted it. Curious to know what is going on. Did you tube remove my query or you did it ? Anyhow, I am requesting again. What is the correct wattage of these lights as I have been interested to know more about the light. You probably are first one to write about it Thanks.
Would absolutely love to get this free kit for our church. My pastor just planted our church last weekend and we could use all the help we can get with no budget
This was so helpful! Here's my current headache: How do you light someone with glasses who's reading from a teleprompter? I have three lights with softboxes, and feel like I've tried every configuration to not get the teleprompter to show in their glasses. Any advice?
have the reader tilt their glasses down just slightly(raise the backs of the glasses up just a bit above the normal resting spot on their ears) until the reflection disappears.
You need the light up high and pointing down. The bigger the source, the harder it wlll be to get the reflectionless look. I never worry about reflection, just getting the reflection out of the actual pupil of the eye. You can also have the subject tilt the glasses up or down on their face to help.
I'd argue as well that 2-4 300W COB LED video lights would definitely be a lot less expensive than pro fixtures for stage lights. The only thing I wasn't sure about would be DMX capability, but Aputure/Amaran, Godox, and Zhiyun are making lights like that. For $1500, you could get 4 Aputure 300x lights - enough to spot and wash a smaller stage - rather than $4000-6000 on 4 pinspot lights all DMX controlled and professionally integrated.
I would say, try to throw up some shear curtains in front of windows to help soften the light coming in as well as hide what will be some very over exposed areas of you shot if you don't have any ND to knock the levels on your windows down. Or possibly just avoid shooting towards windows if that is not an option and use some other practical's in frame to motivate your lighting.
Dang those lights pack a value! For backlight, I'd suggest pointing it opposite (but still from the rear) of the key. Her shoulder closest to the frame needs that separation a bit more than the other because of the ambient lighting. Imagine the lighting bouncing off the environment she's in rather than lighting just *her*. Maybe even a practical that's warmer in temp on that left side of the frame? Still, an excellent video and great info as always!
How noisy are the fans? How much color correction did you need to do? I have some cheap LED softboxes that need a little hue shift, but cost equivalent to usd100 (for 2 300W lights, with softboxes and stands)
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