Cinematic Lighting with Just ONE Light
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
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Filming with one light source is an incredible challenge for any cinematographer. To succeed in this challenge, one might have to consider the limitations of the budget and set space for the production. All the while, one must consider what style and genre the project entails. Today, director of photography Hunter Gulan walks us through how to light a talking head shot and one narrative setup, with just one light -- on ANY budget -- using high end and low budget lighting gear.
In this video, Hunter shows us how he approaches lighting using just one fixture.
First, he places our talent in a controlled environment with a standard grey screen behind them. This ensures light isn’t bouncing towards undesired directions. The first light hovers above (and in front of) the talent to create depth in their faces while wrapping around their faces. This will be our only source of light. Next, he sets up a few bounce boards and reflective cards to help fill and define the talent. One bounce helps fill the shadows, while a single reflective card adds an edge light! Lastly, he adds an extra reflector - this provides vibrance to the talent’s hair; breathing life and color to a fairly neutral image.
The main techniques we will be discussing today are utilizing a single light and shaping light.
Using a single light is when, simply put, you use only one light. This could be a fresnel spot fixture, a lamp, light bulb, computer or TV screen, or even the sun. Knowing how to utilize one light can be incredibly helpful for shoots where you are limited in space, or a budget where you can only afford one light. Shaping a light is when you control the way the light hits the subject; this is a gaffer’s paint brush. This can be accomplished by diffusing and softening the light, cutting the light, bouncing and reflecting the light. In this example, boards and reflectors were utilized to shape one light to look like a three point light setup.
As a skilled cinematographer, it can be a fun challenge to light with only one source. But on set, sometimes that’s your only option and it’s up to you to figure out how to craft that one fixture into the next visual masterpiece. Don’t forget, lighting with one light can be achieved through diffusion, cutting, bouncing and reflecting. You can achieve an intense and dramatic setup with one light, or a 3 point light setup through clever uses of gaffing gear. At the end of the day, it depends on your vision and how to best tell the film's story.
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250W halogen work light from Home Depot ftw! Shower curtain diffusion. Who says you can't ball on a budget?
The first light that I had was a really old redhead 800W light kit, without intensity control or anything that I got from the the ex boyfriend of my mom (when she was a like 20 and sutend at a cinema school) who is documentary producer in Belgium. I used it from my first shortfilm without knowing anything about lightning so I think I probably did some direct undifused lightning and using real sunlight... As I can remember it was pretty bad. It wasn't so easy to use cause it was really heavy so I had to ask my grandpa to drive me to shooting places and to wait about 20 minutes for the light cooling after shutting down.
Hi there ✌️
My first lamp was a construction halogen. And i use it very bad by hit to much in the face and it Was horrible 🙃
All good 4 2020 ✌️
The original tungsten Lowel Rifa 66. Used it with bounces much like you're using with the 300D. Maybe not the most exciting answer but was a big Lowel fan for many years with their affordable lights. Aputure is the new Lowel maybe.
My first light was one I made myself with PVC and mdf. I used 2 lightbulbs with 3 different white balances. It was't handy at all but it did the job.
My first light was the sun. Still pretty powerfull :D
Heck yeah, nice! :D
Maybe one day it will be RGB capable.
@@aputurelighting who knows
My first setup was a 6w LED lightbulb wrapped up on a plastic bag and (barely) filled up with a movie poster (taken from the movie theater) clean side.
the camera sensor almost couldn't get it, but I was nice on enlightening it to her.
My first light set was a cheapo 3 light halogen set that I could also use give my talent a tan or keep my coffee warm. I'm loving the rise of the small LED light for video production. It gives us little guys a way to always light a shot without being constrained by time and power concerns.
First light I ever owned was a Sylvania Sun-Gun II. My aunt got it for me on ebay, which now in hindsight was a terribly dangerous light to have at 17. Got super hot and those bulbs were really fragile. I shot a short film for high school with it. 9/10 times I was bouncing it off walls to soften it. Incredibly powerful light and a good budget light, just no chance of getting modifiers for it and difficult to handle without bounce, cutters, diffusers, etc. Handling that light taught me so much about the technical side of lighting, and learning to respect the gear. It was the first time I ever pointed a light in different angles and bounced it off different things just looking at the talent, seeing how they and the space looked. Very thankful for it and I still actually have it. It's been kept safe in a bag.
That's pretty rad. I'm happy to hear you learned a lot from just that one light! Using and experimenting with lights is the best way to learn them :)
I remember using a cheap soft box and shining it against a wall for extra diffusion.
My first light was a large clip light from home depot and a 300w bulb. I used it to light an interrogation scene for a class project. It was the generic swinging light above the table. The nice thing was that light also bounce off the table back at my actors and filled them in a touch.
Very applicable to shooting near a big window or even mid-afternoon outdoors. Great vid!
Thank you! Indeed, windows can be our best friend. Oof, golden our window shots are my favorite!
@@aputurelighting Big oof indeed
This is so impressive, thank you for adding the low budget option at the end. Clearly you guys did listen to the feedback about the earlier videos being interesting but impractical for us indie creators, which I appreciate.
Hey thanks for watching! Indies are our goal. A lot of us A-Team members are indies or have an indie background, so whatever your budget is, we aim for that pro-look while keeping things practical.
But thank you and the rest of our watchers for giving us feedback! It goes a long way!
@@aputurelighting you should try to make a video on lighting a scene with $0
Hello, thanks for the info.
And about my first light that was not natural light, well... 4 years ago when I started I went to Walmart and bought an 8" Clamp Light for $10, dayum.
Right on!
A lot of us here also started out with just clamp lights from Walmart. Baby's first steps!
Appreciate the video guys! Thank you
Good old memory my old small Manfrotto LED light that still use Triple A battery to power the light. I always try to use more natural light and using the small Manfrotto LED as a fill light to brighten up the shadow with a baking paper taped in front as a diffuser. Thank you for the video, I always love Apurture contents that always include a lower budget option to help small creator to start creating more. Keep making more contents like this!!!
I didn't think about using baking paper for diffusion, but I might try that next time. That's brilliant :)
Thanks for continuously watching! We'll keep the episodes coming!
Amaran 60x and it is beautiful! I used a white bounce board using book light techniques with a gold fabric curtain. Really brought out the triangle! Thanks Aputure!
My first video light was Aputure Amaran AL-H198C. Incredible how much you can do with such a cheap yet efficient piece of gear! I bought it for my first interview style job when I had zero experience as a content creator, but I must say it was the best choice I could have made. I had to shoot the talent in a pretty small and dark space and Amaran AL-H198C did the job just right. It ended up as this one piece of equipment I had in my camera bag regardless of what kind of a shoot I was going to do. Its variable color temperature was a great feature too. Upped the production value every time I set it up! Great piece of gear.
Thanks Michal! It's been a while since we've heard or seen them used, but I'm happy you made great use of it!
Aputure yeah, it was quite some time ago! Still a great one though!
Some of my fondest memories starting out has to be when I used my dads shop lights from the garage. The color temperature was insane! My talent always had the worst looking spray tan you have ever seen! Thankfully, I now use an Aputure 120d II with the light dome and I could not be any happier with the results. I appreciate this video for helping me remember (and shudder at) those great times learning the craft!
And we appreciate you! We're super happy to hear your 120D II and light dome works so well for you!
I used something similar when I first started. It was such a mess to use, but man did I make some great memories X)
My first light was a tungsten Lowell unit that was hot enough to fry an egg. It actually gave a nice quality light, but it was hot to handle, made talent sweat and used a lot of AC power.
Shortly after that I started buying Aputure Amaran LEDs, and eventually my 120d and 300d lights.
Ah Lowell lights, good times. It made me sweaty just using the thing!
@@aputurelighting Those hot lights aren't much fun for talent. Fortunately, they had so much output that I didn't need them very close. I still love the color quality of tungsten lighting, but I haven't used those Lowell lights in many years (the burns finally healed...LOL).
So I used a bunch of smaller lights, ring lights, I had a kinoflo for a while that my friend loaned me for like a year. But the first lights that I used as "mine" and were used professionally were Bowens Gemini 400.
There was a fashion label going out of business and clearing out their storage, a friend of mine was on TaskRabbit helping them clear it out. In the process, she found these lights they were throwing out, so she asked me I ended up buying like £3000 worth of lights for £50.
It was an absolute steal and I've used them for two years now as great tungsten lights, they obviously have the Bowens mount, so they're super versatile. They've taught me a lot about how to use lights because you won't always have a cool LED that doesn't burn to touch, you can't just adjust RGB or automatically match daylight.
For a while, I shot it using a reflect on the broadside as fill and the main light just using the beauty-dish it came with until I eventually got a softbox. It's super easy to use and has fully adjustable power. I've learned a lot from using them and adjusting my white balance with other lights I've gotten since, to create a blue background using daylight and orange tungsten as the "white light", or reverse that if I'm trying to warm a scene, I do use CTO and CTB occasionally with it when I want it to match but sometimes it's fun just to play with colour.
My first lights were the Aputure HR672s! Awesome lights that I still use on almost every shoot :)
This warms my heart! :D
Nice. Always useful info for people on any budget. Much appreciated!
My first set of lights were a few cheap clamp lights from the local orange big box home improvement store. I bought a dimmer and several different bulbs to go with them so that I could change up the brightness and temperature of the lights, and used them as home studio lights for a while. Talking head sort of stuff, with some green screen action in the side. I learned early to make the best use out of what I had available, and the results weren’t bad 💡 💡 🪔 👌🏻
My first light set up was a work light(with a stand) from The Home Depot. I used white cardboard as a reflector. That was fun and creative.
First light? $0. Two product photography lamps I found in an old barn - had to de-rust the stands and reflectors! Incredibly low power, painted my walls white to bounce and soften the light. Between that, grease-proof baking paper for diffusion, some metal clamps from the washing line, and some warm bulbs recovered from old desk lamps, I had something resembling a lighting setup. Skin tones do look a tad like Jaundice.
Now I use them as work lights, when my slightly upgraded lights are cooling down before I go home.
The first light I used was pretty cool, I made it when I was 12. I took apart an old traffic light strobe that my dad had, to get the light bulb holders, I attached 6 of them to a cut up palette that I had painted blue, I then added a normal household light switch. It was a pretty epic light bar, except it was super bright.
Wow, that's incredible! If it's super bright, perhaps you can use it as moonlight for night EXT scenes.
@@aputurelighting Oooh that's a good idea!
Amazing!✌️
Thank you! :D
4 minutes of joyful learning. Thanks A Team!
Thanks for watching, Smack Daddy!
My first light was the Aputure Lightstorm LS 1c. I used it as a key light for a feature film I shot last year. Having the daylight and tungsten choices allowed me to use it outdoors for daylight providing an organic look. And to simulate a night scene with the cooler daylight setting and having it peek through slightly opened curtains. We had a large drop of duvetyne behind the light to block the daylight from entering the rest of the window. Worked perfectly.
The first light in my kit was a 30" China Ball from Filmtools. That plus a sizeable photo bulb produced a beautiful soft key for under $50. At the time, I was too young to understand the importance of controlling the light, so I just let it go without any skirt, duve, or black wrap. Now, if I need to use it again, I make sure to wrap it and control the spill of the light (unless necessary). Still highly recommended as a piece of starter kit for someone who needs a soft beauty light on the cheap.
Couldn't agree more, Adam! My old film professor recommended Ikea China ball lights for those no-budget students who wanted to build their own kits. The footage turned out pretty well. I'd recommend our Lantern modifier if you're interested in another China ball looking fixture.
I got a Linkstar RX-11TD led flex panel. I still use it as a key light, fill, practical...whatever my scene calls for! Having less lights to work with has really helped/forced me think creatively and outside the box!
My dad gave me a Pentax H1a SLR when I was 12 years old and that started me on my life in photography. I should also say that was 55 years ago and I still remember how much I loved that gift! My first attempt at "pretending" to be a professional photographer (still as a 12-year-old) was using a couple of those clamp lights with about a ten-inch metal diameter reflector. All we had were house lightbulbs (incandescent) but I didn't know any better. I had no clue what I was doing but I was having fun doing it. I was mostly shooting in BW so I guess the lamps didn't really matter. I don't have that camera anymore, but I have never lost that love of photography.
My first light was one of those lunchbox-type flashlights when I was a kid. That and a mirror. I was always fascinated with light reflection and how a small mirror could cast a beam from the sun in a pretty powerful way. So, I combined the two to take photos of my action figures with a camera I had gotten for my birthday. My only regret is that I no longer have the photos. Kind of makes me want to recreate that now. :)
Very nice. Absolutely, you should recreate them! That sounds like a fun project :)
My first light was an Aputure C300d mark ii. It wasn't mine per ce, because I rented it, but it was the first light I ever used. It helped me to shoot my first video clip :D
First first time I only had my girlfriend's phone, torched that up and I wrapped it to the camera! 😁It worked at that time! 😁Thank you guys, awesome video! 💥
flood lights from home depot. once white balanced it looks pretty good!
I used 4 shop light silver reflectors with 300w equivalent compact fluorescent bulbs bounced off of a 4'x4' styrofoam panel through a 6'x6' sheet of white ripstop nylon. It was the crudest booklight ever and light went everywhere. I didn't have any flags so I balanced cardboard on top of that whole set up to keep the light from bouncing off the ceiling. All that grip equipment was built out of 1" pvc.
A tiny Boling RGB. Brilliant little light. I used it along with 4 NEEWER LEDs to shoot my feature
Perfect episode :) This time we will definitely not see any ranting comments about the budget - principles are the same with any light. As many others, I've started with LED flood light with a few layers of parchent paper for diffusion and 5in1 reflector. I really like to use the gold side of it. Now I have Godox SL60W with dome and grid, but I'm saving my pennies for Aputure. Godox is not bad for the price, but ... eh, you can't say it's perfect :)
Thanks a ton :D
That's a great first lighting setup! And exactly, with enough tweaking and creative work, any light will give you wonderful results.
First lights I ever used were the Lowel Pro in their VIP kits. Used them for a few shorts until I got new gear.
My first light was one of those clamp lights that you pick up from a hardware or home improvement store. Started with photography lights then started using it more in my student films while I was in college.
I started off with a lot of hard lighting looks, kind of noir-ish. Later I started using sheets of baking paper to diffuse the last light and repositioned for softer looks. When I noticed that my exposure was being heavily affected I either kept to a low key look or just backed away the light without diffusion. It also fun utilizing the clamp to stick the light various stands and solid objects to place the light. Eventually I paired it with a halogen work light which eventually became a replacement for the clamp light.
My first light kit was a very cheap discount softbox kit with stand legs that break if you sneezed wrong. I used it to try and do photography and shoot random silly videos for friends.
My first light setup is my table lamp and white sheet for reflection, for my beginning ameture photography. And thank you guys for your wonderful tutorials. I learned lot from your tutorial.
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Thanks!
My first light was cheap photo light bulb. I used it with reflector and umbrela for softening. Put it in small angle to achive loop lighting.
Now, when I bought Amaran F7 I use it as a key on 3200K and the old bulb 5600K for lighting background so i can make bg blue to make the subject pop.
My first light was a small Neewer LED. I still use 3 of them in various ways since they are easier to use on small real estate jobs.
I started my business in 2018 and I still use my first light I purchased which is a Godox SL60W.
Using a micro torch to creat a portal to another world in my airing cupboard. Sounded stupid on paper but with it giving such a cold blue ish light it looked amazing!
I started out doing studio photography with my wife, so the first light I used for a video shoot were Paul C Buff’s Alien Bees (photography strobes) using the modeling light. I came out looking good through. Having that start is what attracted me to the Aputure system. I used the 120D just like I would use my strobes.
I used a light bulb and card board to shape the light with aluminium foil inside and cover with shower curtain. DIY soft box it is lol.
I love this so much. This hits me right in the nostalgic feels. Awesome job DIY'ing it! Hopefully you've been able to upgrade recently haha
I ask because I love your channel. My office lighting property that I used for the first time was LED with 4 panels. I don't remember what was the brand but, it brought me to my senses that lighting is an important instrument when you shooting videos.
The first light in my kit was a home depot worklight (led). I also bought some diffusion material to drape over it. Then I got a very small 5-in-1 and began putting the diffusion part in front of the light. Made it pretty soft, but zero control over it. Plus CRI was horrible in retrospect. Very glad to have several Aputure lights in my arsenal now.
My first light was and IS the Aputure 120d II with Dome Mini 2, an incredible light that it's perfect for my RUclips videos and Vlogs in the studio. Thanks for your educational videos! ;)
Thanks for watching them! :D
My first artificial light was the flashlight on my iPhone 😅. I used it with a blue colored paper wrapped around it as a small fill light for my background while using my window light as a huge soft-box to light my face.
Hopefully my second one will be an Aputure MC 👀!
I love the 4⁵+
My first light was the HR672s and I used it with the middle part of a 5 in 1 reflector as a diffusion.
Learn a lot love u guys❤
And we love you! :)
My first light was the Lowell Omni-Light Kit. 500 watts of beautiful tungsten. The OG indie filmmaker kit. My kit is almost twenty years old and I still use it... though I prefer LEDs today.
First light I had was a can light from Home Depot. It was very cheap but was able to fill the room I was shooting in.
My first kit was an amazon all inclusive kit. Hated it ! I started loving light when I got pro gear like the APUTURE 120d ii
The first light I used was a cheap small led light that was pretty bright! It helped me learn to use other light modifying techniques to help make the most of it!
My first light was a super hot construction work light.. mainly used it to just bounce off walls
My first lights was 3 large flash lights and red transparent Christmas wrap for a video shoot, it worked lol! Thank you for such detailed content i appreciate it!
Thanks for watching :D
Nice creativity! Just goes to show flash lights will never go out of fashion haha
My first lights was 2 pieces of Aputure MC RGB
The first video light I had was this ridiculously looking duo-coloured light panel, that I meticulously wired together following a RUclips tutorial. Daylight white and yellow LEDs on a wood surface, complete with its dimmers. My mom saw it and had me remind her that I studied Botany in uni.
After that I built Daniel Schiffer's cake pan light. I still have both and they worked okay, but I must admit sometimes it got embarrassing pulling those out in front of people. Lol. So I saved up a bit and got the “poor man's Aputure 120D.” One day I'll buy the real stuff, for now we make the most of the resources at our disposal. No limitations; no excuses 🙂
P.S: I'm based out of Nigeria, so every dollar is worth a lot lot more.
My first light was an older version Aputure M9. This was the one that came with the little gel filters. This was when I was really starting to learn how to use light and I even used that thing as a keylight in some of my first music videos. Did it look amazing? No idea. Did it help me learn and evolve? Hell yeah. Still use the little sucker for all kinds of fun stuff.
First artificial light for me (still photography!) was a flash bulb on my first camera, an Argus C3.
Wow. It is very helpful. 👍👍
Glad it was helpful!
When I was just starting to learn, I recall using table lamps with just regular bulbs inside. I used to tape pieces of white paper to them in order to diffuse the light. I also used pieces of foil to prevent it from spilling.
I was really hard to get any desirable look with a setup like that, but it was not impossible. I've learnt a lot about light with that setup, and then it was time to move on to something more professional (I'm talking about 150w halogen construction works light, lol)
My first light was a Godox SL60 and i used it for EVERYTHING!!!
First lights were certainly halogen work lights from home depot. They had a cage on them because they got so hot and would burn almost anything it touched. Including the Paper towel, I used as diffusion.
I still use LED LOHUIS, G120, E27, 18W with cold light for my commercial work.
They're great if you keep them close to the subject.
I like to use two. One with diffusion, and the other one without.
1st light was a STL-Varicolor320 (dual temp, 2800k to 6500k, 100% dimmer). It was okay for really close up project for a while, but thank God Aputure came around! :D
My first light was a YONGNUO YN-300 III, but i made me a great christmas present with one 120d ii and one 300d ii. So the MC would match perfect :D
My first light was a ianiro 1000w powerful quartz light...now i use for exibition!
The first light in my kit was the cheapest video light I could find on Amazon, which was $20-$30 at the time (Neewer CN 160 or something).
I usually used it to bounce light off a white wall or ceiling to get soft light at a super low budget.
Ah good ol' Neewer. Bouncing it off a white surface is a good idea! Nice one.
I bought both of Aputure F7 and Al M9, they are so good for my budget :)
My first light was one generic chinese little 160 leds pannel that cast an awfull greenish light. At the time and without any budget that was the only light source that i could afford and still made two full-length documentaries inside some prisions here in Brazil. Still have it to this day, but now it's just used with gels as a background kicker or to light some scenario background or something. Today i have one 120D II, two F7s and one M9.
Oof, those greenish tints kill me! Only if you're shooting a Matrix spinoff would that be ok. Glad to hear you kept recording!
@@aputurelighting 😂😂😂😂 A low budget matrix, that's for sure!
My first light was a husky construction work light. 😂 Love these quick videos! Tons of valuable info in a bite size chunk.
My first light was the wescott basic light kit which I used to make way too even 3 point light set ups.
Low budget still looks good
My first light & present light is a budget led light. i used it with a softbox and used it a a hogh key light, and i hv used a reflector to bounce back the light frm the other side.
First light other than the Sun was a work light from Lowes. Sooooo hard and way to bright. Never shot directly at anything, and we had to bounce it off walls and ceilings. Still don't know how in the world we ever got it to work.
Great .now I can buy godox Sl60 w. And follow your advices . thank you guys
My First light was the Godox SL-60W! Ended up switching over to a 120d anyhow!
Both can give you amazing results! :D
my first light was a can light reflector and a florescent bulb from Lowes
My first lighting "kit" was a Craftsman dual work light with, I believe, halogen tubes. They came with a stand but you could remove them from the stand to spread them out. Unfortunately, they were fed by a single power cord that came to a Y so the separation was 3' max. Two settings were bright and brighter. Also, they were super HOT! I had a very difficult time diffusing without catching something on fire. Oh, color temp? Horrible!
The first light I used was my phone flash! Gives a really stylized look but it worked
I won an LTM pepper with an XS chimera one eBay for next to nothing. I used that on pretty much everything with a diy grid. Want softer? Move it closer! Lol as much as I love tungsten (and still use mine in addition to LED) the LEDs are so much easier to use. And you don’t have to wait twenty minutes before putting them in the bag
The first light(s) I ever bought were 1000w work light I bought for way too much money at Home Depot. I used it for green screening spaceship models in basement.
My first light was a custom RGB LED panel made of a 5m LED strips ! Now, it's a Aputure C120D
Awesome! DIY'ing it up is my favorite! I'm happy to hear you have a 120D as well :)
lol my first light was the Aputure H198 I used it for skateboard filming at night.
Intresting
My first light was my desk lamp (fluorescent) with paper tissues on it to get a little bit of diffusion :) Something like home made mini Kino Flo :D
The first lighting setup I ever used was one of those big yellow hand flashlights bouncing off into a posterboard
Good tips! Would love to see something about very large modifiers like a parabolic umbrella but for video.
Check out our episode on lighting modifiers! It's done in a studio environment but could still be helpful for a narrative approach.
ruclips.net/video/AEqSmhED0IY/видео.html
Cool! I just started my own photography business and am looking into how people create that pro look. Gonna end up ordering a lighting kit here pretty soon.
That's awesome! Let us know if you need help tailoring a lighting kit to your photography needs
The first light I had was the fire inside me for making films. Really it was a low cri xit light that screws into the shoe mount. I still use it from time to time as an accent light or eye light with an ND gel over it to dim the light even more.
This video was very informative. Thank you.
My first light was a cheap fluorescent bulb with and umbrella from Amazon. But once use two bug flashlights taped together and a piece of shower curtain tape on also.
Thanks for watching!
That sounds like a fun DIY light setup.
Definitely those clamp work lights from Home Depot! Diffusion was made of either a white t shirt and parchment paper! Surprise I didn’t burn anything down.. 😅
I am also impressed nothing was burned. XD
That's a great first light, however!
Aputure haha right? But I’m super happy with my 120dii right now 😉. Keep up the great work guys!
My first light was DIY LED light around 80W, I could control the brigness and also the temperature. It was all buil by myself. Great experience.
Woah, I was not expecting there to be so little of a difference between the high budget and low budget lighting setup!
I remember showing up to my first ever interview thinking I would be golden bouncing light coming in through a building window with white foam board onto my talent (I clearly had no idea what I was doing...) When I realized that you could barely see the talent, I panicked! I looked out the window - saw a Best Buy across the Highway - and told them I "left something important in my car." Five minutes later I was running through a Best Buy like a madman. The only set they had was 2 x Savage LED Studio Lamp (50W, 120V).
Three years later... and I'm about to invest in my first Apurture 300D :) I wish I had seen your channel back then!
@@MW_MOWGLI Your super quick and secret Best Buy purchase is safe with me. Thanks for watching Marc! :D
Hope you enjoy your new 300D!!
My first light was a
Canon VL-10L II for my XL-1. I used that small light off of the camera a lot.
Those are wonderful. Yeah, taking the light off the camera can give you awesome and stylized results.
The first lights I got was a 3-point soft box set with 4 light bulbs and you could use 2 or 4 fo the lights it only cost me $75 for all 3 with light stands 2 regular stands and1 overhead stand I still have it to this day.