August 2012
Intermediate to advanced
320 pages
8h 5m
English

I participate in a number of Internet forums related to video production and often field questions about lighting issues. After a thread where several of us explained to a beginner why he needed to light his videos, one wag posted:
“Remember, without lighting all you have is a black picture.”
Facetious, tongue-in-cheek, but true! The most common mistake beginning video shooters do is to overlook the importance of good lighting.
I’ve always been interested in lighting. In my earlier days it was theatrical lighting; I just loved playing with the light boards (built one myself) and figuring out dramatic lighting effects. Then I became interested ...
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