Chapter 8
Avoiding Problems
Be Prepared
The greater the preparation, the smoother the shoot. To be properly prepared for an interior or exterior location, you should budget money and time for a site survey. The information you learn from a complete survey will not only affect your lighting approach, but it will affect your shooting schedule as well. The equipment required for a survey is minimal:
1. Take your light meter to measure existing light levels. Take the measurements at the same time of day every day as you plan to shoot in that location.
2. A 50-foot tape measure and/or a measuring wheel determines the exact dimensions of rooms, doors, windows, ceiling heights, outlet locations, and cable runs.
3. A quad-ruled planning pad and architect’s ...
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