How I will light my Vid/PodCast

**AlBurr** · 01-08-2014, 03:02 PM

True Doc...the lights I purchased operate at 5600K and come with 2 filters...one diffusion and one tungsten filter 3200K. I also purchased what they refer to as a "milk" filter that further softens the leds so that the individual bulbs don't show up in reflections.

A common issue I have heard is that the leds create multiple shadows. Now for what we are doing in lighting a Podcast I can't imagine it being a big deal...but in professional photography or video shoots I can see someone being that particular...oh and I think the parchment paper does exactly the same thing so perfect application...although I prefer using parchment paper for making awesome cookies

**AlBurr** · 01-14-2014, 08:22 PM

Thought I'd share a few pictures of the mounted lights with some illustrations on how I did it. The first thing I did was remove the black metal mounting plate from the lights and attach them to wood back plates that I created. I did this because the four corners would not line up with the wall studs and I just felt like cutting some wood

I could have simply secured everything with the (8) center holes but I like to over engineer stuff for no reason. I then painted the whole thing flat black to match the original paint. Then I used ~3" long cabinet wood screws to secure them to studs using the (8) holes in the center of the metal back plates, reattached the lights to the back plates and voila...

All in all I think it looks pretty good. I only mount two of the three lights I purchased (fill and key). The back light will be on a stand. However I may end up getting one more the wall mounts for the heck of it.