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Re: Please recommend Light for lighting backgrounds during interviews

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David SpeaceRe: Please recommend Light for lighting backgrounds during interviews
by on Jan 12, 2011 at 4:01:18 pm

Bob,

Light from above which casts the shadows down....nose, eyes, and chin...this is what helps create a 3D look to the subjects face. Remember this is a 2D medium. Lighting a face so that it appears shadowless makes the face look flat and even sunken... to me, a very unflattering look. It is okay for lighting models, products and anything glamorous in an advertising sense, but for a news person doing an interview...nada. In this day and age of high-def tv... the on camera people need really good makeup and lighting that is soft, flattering and directed from above!

Another explanation of 3D in a 2D medium.... look at your computer programs and the "buttons" that we click on! When the button appears to be raised... the shadow is below and to one side of the button... when you mouse over it... the shadow switches to the top of the button and the other side... the button looks depressed or sunken below the screen surface!

Dave Speace
Producer/Director/DP
DZP Video

Windows 7, 64 Bit, i7 8 Core, 16Gb Ram, GeForce 4800


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