How do lighting techniques differ between photography and cinematography?
Might sound like a stupid question, but I have been studying all things light and I guess this is an opinion question more than anything.
I wish I was still at exam age dude, I really do.
"I wish I was still at exam age dude, I really do." Oh boy, so do I!!!
Principally, the difference is between continuous lighting and flash lighting. When shooting stills, it is of course possible to use continuous lighting, but then there is no opportunity to play with flash/ambient lighting mixes – with continuous it’s all ambient light.
Flash is more powerful in a short burst of time, to get that sort of power from continuous lights they need to be a high wattage, soooo they get hot. They need cooling, they are a fire risk and the model gets hot, sticky & sweaty, which is a pain for the make up artist to have to keep sorting out. All those difficulties are removed with flash.
There is also the difference that stills shoots tend to be relatively static, whilst video is often more dynamic, needing the use of lighting dollies.
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January 1st, 2012 at 6:28 am
Exam time huh…??
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Think about it..
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One is still and the other is moving… Leaving your light stand 20 yards away as you are moving isn’t a good thing, is it..?
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January 1st, 2012 at 7:02 am
"I wish I was still at exam age dude, I really do." Oh boy, so do I!!!
Principally, the difference is between continuous lighting and flash lighting. When shooting stills, it is of course possible to use continuous lighting, but then there is no opportunity to play with flash/ambient lighting mixes – with continuous it’s all ambient light.
Flash is more powerful in a short burst of time, to get that sort of power from continuous lights they need to be a high wattage, soooo they get hot. They need cooling, they are a fire risk and the model gets hot, sticky & sweaty, which is a pain for the make up artist to have to keep sorting out. All those difficulties are removed with flash.
There is also the difference that stills shoots tend to be relatively static, whilst video is often more dynamic, needing the use of lighting dollies.
References :