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It sounds like you are considering buying your first lighting fixtures. The issue with the spiral fluorescent bulbs is low CRI. It's more important to get get realistic skin tone and accurately rendered colors, than it is to "conserve energy" or reduce heat emissions. Depending on the time of...

It would help if you listed the model# of the fixture. My guess is that with an XLR connector, its a battery operated light. If the globe 12v or 30v? Are you looking for a way to run it, "as is" on 120vac? If so, you need a transformer to step down the line voltage to either 12 or 24 volts...

Llighting at night... Llighting at night... Use a camera filter (can't specify the corect one). Shoot early evening with reflectors as previously suggested. Silver mylar wrap, attached to foamcore with spray adhesisve makes a good, but harsh reflector. If you know any wedding shooters...

Expendables Expendables I guess I have worked on more than a few "lower than low" budget productions. Seems like the Production Manager always assumes that you own "everything". Or through ignorance under estimates the real costs.

I never seem to have the right gels for a job, or enough of the correct gels. I started by buying cut sheets as I needed them, but they usually aren't large enough (or economical) when you have to ND a number of windows. So I soved that by buying a couple rolls of ND. But buying rolls CTO...

I read the article and found it generally interesting and helpful. Unfortunatly, it also contains some inaccuracies of a technical nature. The author states: the wiring was rusted; there was no way for him to find the circuit and attach his power source; the fixtures were spaced 10 feet apart...

Take a look through this guys website: http://www.rondexter.com/ A lot of the low end cranes are just junk. No better (or worse) than something you might build yourself. Some of the keys are rigidity and weight. The cheap cranes are made of all steel and if you use your camera tripod for a...

How far apart are the walls? The fixtures you are thinking of using aren't that heavy. A wall spreader, properly tightened shouldn't be a problem. Are there any existing light fixtures, pipes or heating ducts that you could rig your light to? My concern would be that the light would appear...

You can dim your halogens a little without a noticable color temp. shift. But what you want to do is either move the light source farther away rom the subject or put some ND gel on the fixture.