How to Light and Expose for Darkness
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Lighting for a dark look can be a struggle. Intuitively, it makes sense to shoot something that's supposed to look dark, dark - but this can lead to your audience not being able to see what's on screen - and noise! We take a look at contrast ratios and utilising a lower ISO in this video, to create a dark look that is visible, clean and controlled.
https://www.holdan.co.uk/ambassador/r... - I shoot primarily with the Samyang VDSLR MK2 Cine Kit. In this video we used:
Samyang 24mm t/1.5 VDSLR MK2
Samyang 35mm t/1.5 VDSLR MK2
Cameras:
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro
Lights used in the video:
Nanlite Forza 720B (key light through gridded beauty dish) - https://en.nanlite.com/products/topic...
Godox M600D (fill light bounced from large bleached muslin rag) - https://www.godox.com/product-d/M600D...
Video Contents:
0:00 - Can't Have Dark Without Light
0:33 - Why Doesn't This Underexposure Look Dark?
2:13 - Light Meter or False Color?
3:45 - Measuring Light Levels
6:22 - Building a Dark Image with Contrast Ratios
9:14 - Dark Image = Noisy Image
10:19 - Lower ISO = More Shadow Detail
12:10 - Contrast Ratios = Repeatable Exposure
13:45 - No More Noise! (Just YouTube Compression)
15:20 - Using False Color for Contrast
18:37 - Lighting and Exposing for Darkness
19:13 - Support My Channel/Get Extended Videos
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