What Lights & Camera Gear should I use to shoot on Green Screen?
James Hetzler
Last Update 2 tahun yang lalu
LIGHTS
You can use a variety of equipment to light your subjects. For lights in the studio, we use Einstein’s from Paul C Buff company. They are fairly inexpensive compared to many professional lights and their recycle time (time between flashes) is super fast — especially helpful when shooting athlete action shots! On a smaller budget? No worries – in our early days we used any lights we could afford and still created some awesome images. Just two lights can work, but in many cases you will want at least three lights. We prefer to have five lights available to be able to exactly control the light from any direction. We don’t always use all of them but they are nice to have just in case.
MODIFIERS
We have a bunch of options for modifiers and often switch between them to try out different lighting scenarios. The thing to know about light modifiers is that larger modifiers typically produce softer more gradual shadows. Smaller light sources produce harder edged shadows.
For our main light we have been preferring a medium sized softbox or sometimes an umbrella. They offer flexibility for both soft or dramatic lighting on the subject.
For our back lights we most often use two 18×36 strip boxes with grids (see image below). Using back lights will help in defining the subject from the background and also extracting. Using grids on your back lights will help reduce the chances of light flare in your lens and also help concentrate the light in a specific area.
We also sometimes add a hair light with a standard 8” can plus a 20 degree grid to help contain the light.
We use a 30” white umbrella for specifically lighting my green screen.
CAMERA GEAR
For our camera we use the Sony A7R4. We love how the focus will track a subject and focus directly on the eye — even during an action shot! We always shoot in RAW as it offers the most flexibility for adjusting lighting and colors later.
Our typical lens for composites is a 24-70mm. It allows us to zoom out very wide if a subject is jumping or moving, and we can also zoom in if needed.
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