Chapter 14 - Lighting Diagram

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Online Lighting Diagram Creator by QHphotography.com

Adjust seating position
if necessary

Adjust backlight

When your real interviewee sits down youʼll have to adjust the seating position and
the lighting as hair, complexion and female to male will have an impact on your
lighting set up Adding colour to a background light adds further dimension and
creates perceived depth to your shot

Gobo without gel looks overpowering

Gobo with gel looks more subtle

Turn lights off to see effect of
practical lamps in vision

Cam 1

Cam 1 - 35mm lens

Cam 2

Cam 2 - 100mm lens

Dedolight DLH-4
as backlight

Dedo Flex 150 Softbox
with Eggcrate

Dedolight DLH-4
with projector
lens and Gobo

By planning your lighting you can easily add a 2nd camera without having to re-light the
entire scene. This will allow you to work more quickly and impress your clients because by
planning you donʼt hold up the shoot or the VIP guest by having to readjust everything.
The second camera simply slips in to the scene and youʼre ready to go.

Camera positions are
next to each other