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I'm poking around www.bhphotovideo.com right now looking for adequate lighting for a standard new york sized living room. Does anyone have any ideas on what criteria should I implement when choosing a lighting system?
Or could anyone recommend a good lighting package?
there are a lot of good lighting kits you can go with. We went with Cowboy Studio 2275 Watt Lighting Kit
thank you for responding, I'll check that out now.
how big is the room? The lights can play a big factor in that also
Roughly 14 x 17 square feet.
I think those lights would be good enough. the good thing about them is that you can turn each bulb off if you need less lighting
All I would need after that is a good cooling system.
Our studio gets really hot. there have been days we hit 100 degrees in there
Yeah, I remember you holding up the thermometer during the stickam japan relief aid benefit.
The lights themselves won't get too hot since they use florescent bulbs. You're going to need a couple of minus green gels since the bulbs that come with most of to today's s kits tend to give off a green/blue hue. Can work for stills, not not so much for video...Quote:
Originally Posted by bushido
green gels, noted. This shopping list is growing. LOL
We added a pink Gel to ours and it really balanced out the color of the lighting
spencer I thought you had made your own lighting setup. what happened to that?
okay, placed the order for lighting, gels and all. going to be a busy few days for UPS ,lol.
@ bushido I hope you ordered MINUS green gels…NOT green gels:) The color of the gels are actually magenta which color corrects the green hue from the florescent bulbs. You'll probably need at least 1/4 http://www.filmandvideolighting.com/lee14mamigrs.html
@Podnutter I used my home made light kit for years, but purchased the cowboy studio kit a few months ago.
