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Best lights to illuminate a small area.

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Off The Mark Veteran Member • Posts: 6,934
Re: Best lights to illuminate a small area.
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Hendrik_nl wrote:

richsfusa wrote:

Why not use flash with a flat modifier to shoot through. Wouldn't that be the normal way? Unless you are doing video.

As a photographer I light the model. I have three Balcar monoblocks with modifiers to do this.

I now want to do video. Because the model moves in the area I need to light the area. I don't have experience with cinematography. The question is what lights are the best for a first purchase for my use case.

I need to do the lights, audio, camera, direction, everything alone. So, ease of use helps also.

I have Godox VL lights. They are good but slight magenta tint. They are chip on board (COB) lights, not flat panel. They work well if you have Bowens mount modifiers, but I believe Balcar uses a different mount than Bowens mount????

You could set up a couple of COB lights and shoot through diffusion on one side to simulate window light, then set up a reflector or, more likely, fill lights in front or to the opposite side.

It kind of depends on how even you want the lighting to be.

AT a minimum it would be two COB lights shot through white umbrellas, although a key light in a large soft box and a fill with a shoot through umbrella would give more power.

If the area you have to light is 3 square meters you will want a lot of working room for moving the camera back and moving the lights out if frame.

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