[LargeFormat] lighting tricks
Alex Le Heux
largeformat@f32.net
Tue Jan 15 10:45:32 2002
On Tue, Jan 15, 2002 at 10:33:10AM -0500, Les Newcomer wrote:
>
> for closer work, think about rigging up a quarts halogen head light,
> (the replacement bulbs) in a softbox. Just don't use gaffertape to
> secure it as the heat will surely cause it to fail and melt a hole in
> your nice chimera. It wouldn't be a bad Idea if you put one or two extra
> car batteries in parallel with the one in the car. This way if you are
> shooting from the car, you've got lots of reserve power. If you need to
> shoot interiors or away from the car, you can hoist a spare out and
> still have a way to get out of there in a hurry.
Also keep in mind that in many cars the battery will slowely run down when
the engine is ideling.
Alex