Solo CEO Interviews FX6 Aputure Lighting | Dallas DP - Pro Vlog 009
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- čas přidán 13. 05. 2023
- Dallas Texas DP | Production Vlog Behind the Scenes
Another one man band shoot with lighting breakdown. This time I leave the room lights on, but that did cause banding issues. You can see the final result as I stand into frame and show you the results. Using my Sony FX6 and Aputure lights made things go a lot smoother.
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The dreaded moment you realize it’s back in the car 😅
Thanks for the shoutout man! 🤙🏻
With the one man band stuff, it always happens. I was lucky it was only one trip. The worst is when you leave stuff at home! I seem to forget my XLR cables a lot recently.
I scrub youtube looking for other production vloggers, but can’t seem to find them easily. We need a standard hashtag. I did PROVLOG, short for Production Vlog.
Always a pleasure watching you and others!
Leaving equipment and accessories behind and having to go back is the worst, especially when you see how far you had to walk to get from your vehicle to the set. Great video though Pete. Awesome to see fellow solo cinematographers doing their thing.
@@tripoutkaz It is such a drag to stop everything and get something left behind. I appreciate your support! I’m not stopping anytime soon!
I am surprised at how much you have permission to show. So, Polish Peter, just a thought, when on your own and dropping the boom mic in, using a spare stand at the subject T mark using the top tip of the stand to mark the top edge of frame to bring boom mic down to. I know what a pain it is to work without another body. As always I enjoy watching your videos and marvel at where you find the time to make them. Cheers!
I have so many shoots I wish I could share, but no permission. I always ask and am very aware of what can be shown. I sent this vlog via dropbox for client viewing and approval.
Thank you for the boom tip! I will give it a try next time!
I like to keep it high and a loose extension. Then when talent comes in, adjust after we confirm the mark.
Piotr, I've been shooting probably since you were a kid but it's great to see young guys like you, up and coming, growing in their knowledge and skills. I'm constantly impressed with how well you can document things with your phone, Go Pro, etc for your Vlog as you are on shoots, that, in itself, is pretty difficult to do with the time constraints and things requiring your attention on set. I've been following Cranky Cameraman for a few years now and just checked out Morefield recently too on your recommendation. You are really up on the latest and greatest gear and gear set ups too so I find a lot of value from seeing your gimbal setup with the V-Mount and the EasyRig and how you are utilizing your FX6s.
As a DP, I would suggest you perhaps try to mix up how you utilize soft, medium and hard sources perhaps a little more? I feel a lot of modern DPs have become overly dependent on ONLY utilizing large soft, diffuse sources on talent and there is a lot that can be done to make things a bit more interesting. Perhaps experiment a little mixing a harder source with your large soft, diffuse sources, to try utilizing some smaller, still diffuse, but harder sources. You have to know how to read faces, their angularity and skin reflectance values but I am always paranoid of editing my demo reels and seeing the same lighting in faces, over and over again.
A good exercise on your off time would be to experiment with lighting a talking head or model solely with fresnels, no grids, frames, softboxes. Most modern corporate clients won't go for that kind of lighting but it can be a good tool for YOU to have in your toolbox that will set you apart from your competition. One of my absolute favorite photographers was George Hurrell, who was THE glamour photographer for the studios during the Golden Age of Cinema. He made all of these amazing images utilizing pretty much mostly carbon arc large fresnels and keep in mind he was largely shooting large format 4x5 and 8x10 negatives with ISO 25 or 50 film stock. georgehurrell.com/
Your channel is growing really nicely so congratulations on that, you are making content that is finding a good audience!
Hello Dan, sorry for the delayed reply. It is not easy trying to reply from a cellphone and read everything at the same time.
Thank you for noticing the effort it takes to shoot and vlog as a one man band. I actually leaned a lot from CZcams when I started shooting back in 2006. I like to have modern gear, because it makes my job easier, even more so being disabled.
I think the big trend for super soft light is the result of super sharp glass and cameras. I know back in the film days the film would soften things up and then they would add diffusion to the lenses too. So harder lights could play a lot better. I am still very green when it comes to lighting. I have been doing more prosumer lighting since mid 2020. A lot of my work is corporate and they like it flat and soft. But I will start mixing things up more. I can see how everything can start to look the same and I rather not be a one trick pony!
I might have to hire or trade with a model/actress one day and put some lighting to the test. This would also be great to share with clients. I actually have a set of Arri Tungsten lights I can go crazy with, they do render the skin tones better than anything else man made. I have seen George Hurrell's work in the past, it is very impressive.
I appreciate the kind words and support!
Dude, you're killing it. Great video, great BTS, great editing. Loved the split-screen load-out. I'll be back for more!
Thank you so much, I appreciate the feedback. I will keep it coming!
Great freqency scan how bonus tip.
I really like your approach and your delivery. Thanks for sharing this!
I am getting better each time, glad you enjoy the videos. I’m only 20 in, but hope to keep knocking them out.
Why is a well packed cart so satisfying to look at lol. Great work!
Legos and tetris created this monster! I always get the “it won’t all fit”. Then I think, challenge accepted!
Thank you for watching!
Really appreciate your videos. I'm also a one-man-band (not operating at your level) but love your videos, your way of explaining things and your approach. Subscribed 👍
Great video! Love seeing your problem solving process live, very useful information.
Thank you so much! I will keep it as real as possible and keep them coming.
Great Job Peter! Love all the details on the setup. This was a great Vlog man!
Thank you Joel! Congrats on the last big video, I noticed the views and was blown away. Insert “My man” meme!
@@PDMokry I appreciate it Dude! Would love to connect one day. Im always in the Dallas / Houston area for work.
@@JoelGabrielsen heck yea! Just reach out! Also if you get a big enough shoot, I can come in with my grip van and lighting.
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Love this
Thank you!
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Thank you!
Thank you! 26 down and plenty more to go!
I love this walk-through. It's so helpful to everyone! Thanks!
Thank you for always coming back for my videos! It keeps me coming back with new edits!
Great video. I love seeing how you make things happen. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for watching! I will keep them coming.
Pete, well done. Excellent work. Great closing statement. Subscribed.
Thank you so much! I appreciate your viewership!
Enjoyed the video. For the level I’m at in my videography journey this is perfect content for me. It’s great see what seems to be the most a one man band can do before growing into a crew. A van fully stocked with gear and pro level equipment but you are able to do it alone. If you keep making this type video I’ll keep watching. Learned a lot from it.
Thank you Jeremy. It is great to have a fellow Dallas shooter following along. I will keep cranking them out!
Greetings from Austin! Keep up the work man, great to see more content from DPs in Texas!
Hello neighbor! Thank you, I will be sure to keep it coming!
Hey buddy another great video. Been at this business a whole Lotta years and still feel I have much to learn. Ever changing and ever evolving. That's what seems to keep me interested and hungry. Cheers!
I totally agree! I am always open to learn and share ideas. I am constantly trying to learn and grow in the industry. No matter how long you have been around the industry, you can always keep learning.
Love how you load up your c-stands onto that cart! I'm gonna steal that idea 😀
Gotta keep things nice and tidy! Thanks for watching.
I’ve had a sound guy tell me to start with the boom in frame and the slowly move out vs start with it out and move in. Little way to speed up getting boom placed 👍🏽
I would not trust those sound folks, too many movies and shows with booms in frame. Just kidding!
Great idea! I will see if it is faster next time for me.
I could watch these BTS videos all day! Keep them coming man! Great work!
Thank you for the support! I have a playlist with all my vlogs. I will keep them coming.
Thanks for this.
Thanks for watching!
Very Good job👌🏽
Thank you 🙌
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These vlogs are so fire...
I am in Texas! Gotta bring the heat!
Thanks for the support!
@@PDMokry Same here, Corpus Christi!
Thanks for sharing.
More to come!
love your BTS content, thank you Peter
Thank you for the kind words! I will keep them coming!
nice work, man. love the humbleness at the end. i wish i wasn't so shy in front of a cam; i've wanted to do videos like this. i, too, am a one-man band...often. other times, my trusted business partner, who just happens to be my wife, is my b-cam op/audio/p.a./photographer. maybe we'll make a video like this at our next corporate interview shoot. anyway, keep it up man.
Thank you! I have had to just suck it up and get in front of the camera. I need to lose weight, so that always bothers me. Funny you mention your partner! My wife finally agreed to quit her job last year and has been a pivotal part of my growing success since. So has zero background in our industry, which actually becomes beneficial at times. She is able to communicate things to clients in a clearer non technical fashion.
Send over your first vlog after it is up, would love to see it!
@@PDMokry congrats to you and your wife! and yeah, it does help that she can communicate more clear w/ clients. my wife was a photographer already when we met, but she's had to learn video stuff on the fly when we decided to take our biz full-time (got laid off in aug 2022). oh, and i've been doing videos for over 10 years....and still learning! :)
Just subbed.
Thank you greatly!
@pdmokry, how are you mounting that 1/4 grid? I'm trying to save from having to purchase a 6x6 frame. Thanks so much! Do you have any economical "hacks" that you can share on a simple solution like this mounted to a stand with a crossbar?
Very impressive work! What's the name of that t-junction thing you use on your c stand at 11:02 to hold that bar? I've been looking for that for ages but it doesn't seem to be available in my country haha
Thanks!
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@@PDMokry Thanks so much!
When one-man-banding it, how much time between the you first got into the office with the first load of gear and the time your contact comes in? Then how long until shooting?
So with this client, I beat the contact in. We have it setup that way. I give myself 3hrs from arrival to my parking spot to actually filming. I often get done in 2hrs, but some spaces are harder to setup. Or security can be difficult.
Id bring the key around a bit, like 45 degrees,and actually put in some neg fill , don't be afraid of shadow (modeling ) on the fill side , otherwise its very flat and bit 2 dimensional . stills people have been doing this for decades in portrait shoots and Rembrandt way before :) . Not sure you're really getting any more softness of light with your diff rag , as it's not much bigger than the actual source you have in the first place, it's really just cutting down the intensity . But getting any light closer to the subject will soften it, the softness being the relationship between size and subject. You already have a big light source , unless you are pumping that into a much bigger diff frame , and so actually making a larger source ,it's not really doing much as you have it , just infront like that. But moving your soft box as close to the subject will make a big difference . Kudos for the video,s ,great to see.
Thank you for the feedback! Client just loves the look of the more flat lighting. The person we were filming had a darker skin tone than me, so even with the bounce, we were getting a good ratio. I will have to give it a try next shoot with and without the second diff, and let everybody decide what looks better or if they are the same.
Check out my paramedic video and you will see the Rembrandt lighting I did on that setup.
I really do appreciate you making the time to comment and give your feedback.
@@PDMokry Oh right yeah , Ive battled many a corp rate client about lighting a face. Or worse the "lighting consultant " on a zoom call with the clients ,who turns out to be an ex BBC new cameraman ! with no clue about lighting .
@@robinprobyn1971 The folks using straight hard lights with zero diff. Then they ask how to fix it in post. I tell them reshoot or you got what you got!
@@PDMokry Yeah ,interviews ,unless its for an affect that suits the subject /content , hard light just isnt going to work , stills sure , but 99.9% of corporate / doc interviews there is no point .
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Yes it was! Crack kills!