#3 POINT LIGHTING GREEN SCREEN PLUS#

If you have not already looked at it spend some time with it. Someone posted a link to an illustration of common lighting setups. You always need to be concerned with light on both subject and background, whether you use separate lights on the BG or let the subject light also cover it. Flags are anything used to block the light - despite the name they area usually rigid material such as foamcore. So maybe something like a largish softbox or umbrella with reflector fillįeathered is aiming the light to take advantage of the natural falloff at the edge of the beam. Thanks for your help gato! Hope I was descriptive enough if not let me know In terms of reflector do you just mean like a pop up reflector or the white side of a v flat, will that provide enough light on the subject though? I was thinking a bounce umbrella or parabolic to provide enough overall illumination as was more concerned with lighting subject and not background Would you be able to send a diagram example of this setup and I am very unfamiliar with using flags

The person will be cut out and placed on a blue background, so I was thinking of using a blue backdrop? I don't want colour problems or green edges etc I say natural light however but if it's consistent and the entire subject is filled would probably be fine For a first attempt a softbox or shoot thru umbrella would probably be easiest modifiers to handle.Īpologies for not specifying - it will be of a person. Light modifier could be anything from a beauty dish to a large softbox. That leaves one light for the subject, probably you'll want a reflector for fill, possibly several on a product shot. You may need v-flats or flags to keep stray light off the subject or out of the lens. Dont bother with lighting parts of the screen that are not in the frame. 1 Kinoflo on each side, vertically, to light the screen. It depends on your lenses what works best here. This is most important right around the subject - if edges or corners fall off that's a minor problem in post processing. Stand maybe 7-10m away from the screen, and the player at least 3-4m away from the screen. Very generally, I'd use two lights on the background from opposite sides, feathered and balanced for the most even light I could get. These can be used as is, should you want to. White is pretty easy to work with, unless you have a white subject or a person with light hair.

#3 POINT LIGHTING GREEN SCREEN PLUS#

Plus it is pretty much useless for anything other than dropping out the background. Green is easy to extract if you have software, but may cause color problems around the edges, especially with light color or transparent areas. Many thanks, any examples would be very helpful!!ĭepending on the subject, I'd use green screen, white, or gray for the background. What kind of natural light? Hard sun? Overcast day? Window light?Īnd will be using Profoto equipment, which modifiers would you suggest? I think id like it to replicate natural light What kind of subject? Person? Product? Jewelry? Automobile? Hard to give even general advice with out that. I am doing a studio shoot and wondered what would be the best 2 or 3 point lighting setups in order to cut out a subject to composite on to a background.

3 point lighting green screen