Through trial and error you can find the perfect way to create the best lighting for your next production.
Lighting a white cyc wall.
Then by incorporating shape and contrast you can take your project to the next level.
The concept is that the talent is performing yoga in the middle of a white sweep.
I am trying to achieve the look of the mac vs pc commericals with possibly the lighting on the talent a little more on the contrasty side.
I have a 2k a 1k 2 tweenies and 2 teenies.
If the background is too close to the subject your hard direct lighting will spill over onto the background and will show.
In theater and film a cyclorama abbreviated cyc in the united states is a large curtain or wall often concave positioned at the back of the apse it often encircles or partially encloses the stage to form a background.
I am shooting a yoga video and need some advice on how to light a white cyc wall.
Cyclorama lights while very similar to borderlights produce a very broad asymmetrical wash of light used to light cycs and scenery from as high as 25 feet.
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Imagine being inside an empty egg.
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Why build a studio cyc wall.
Overall lighting a white cyc wall or backdrop is an exciting and fun part of the filmmaking process.
It was popularized in the german theater of the 19th century and continues in common usage today in theaters throughout the world.
Hi everyone i am going to be filming a white cyc wall and am doing full body shots.
There you are surrounded by white with no horizon in sight.
Commercial advertising photographers use a cyc wall for professional lighting and no horizon line.
You want sharp crisp lighting on her and her partner.
Apple also has several pro cyc studio systems and you ve most likely seen many of their commercials set against an infinite white cyclorama wall.
Your cyc is white and want a nice smooth transition on the horizon that gradually fades from white where they are standing to a 30 grey at the top of the set.
This article is about how to build a commercial photography studio cyclorama.