{"id":29588,"date":"2013-07-19T01:37:06","date_gmt":"2013-07-19T01:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philipbloom.net\/?p=29588"},"modified":"2013-07-19T02:41:03","modified_gmt":"2013-07-19T02:41:03","slug":"a-documentary-about-the-art-of-lighting-light-shadow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/a-documentary-about-the-art-of-lighting-light-shadow\/","title":{"rendered":"A documentary about the art of lighting: Light &#038; Shadow"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"http:\/\/filmconvert.com\/link.aspx?id=21&amp;return_url=%2Fpurchase%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fpromo_code%3Dbloom\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazyload\" title=\"pbpd800X80\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/pbpd800X80-670x67.gif\" width=\"670\" height=\"67\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 670px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 670\/67;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"pbpd800X80\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/pbpd800X80-670x67.gif\" width=\"670\" height=\"67\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/div>\n<div><strong>I am bit late with posting this. Sorry for that, but better late than never!<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Back in 2011 I did an interview for Zacuto\/ Kessler&#8217;s Great Camera Shootout 2012. The interview was not your standard interview. There were almost no questions about specific cameras. It was much more inspirational questions&#8230;way deeper than I expected. To be honest, when I was asked to do it and heard what the idea was, I was enormously flattered and embarrassed to be interviewed alongside some quite legendary Cinematographers<\/p>\n<p>There are so many masters of their craft in the edit of the Shootout, and to have my soundbite straight after a legend was amazing&#8230;but as I said, embarrassing. I am not one of these people. I am a simply a digital filmmaker with a massive passion for what I do and a desire to share as much as I can with people&#8230;.but most of all, I love to simply shoot. Video, stills&#8230;It doesn&#8217;t matter. Capturing images&#8230;being behind a camera and seeing the world through it, is what I feel I was born to do, in that it is that place I am most happy!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>My dear friend Steve Weiss never actually let on what he had at the back of his head, but all those left-field questions all make sense now. He was making two docs: the shootout, and this film below. Light &amp; Shadow. Again, to be in this is a wonderful compliment, and I am proud to be in a documentary like this with people who have inspired me to be here today.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/filmconvert.com\/link.aspx?id=21&amp;return_url=%2Fpurchase%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fpromo_code%3Dbloom\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazyload\" alt=\"pb_670x67\" data-src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/pb_670x67.jpg\" width=\"670\" height=\"67\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 670px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 670\/67;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"pb_670x67\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/pb_670x67.jpg\" width=\"670\" height=\"67\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Lighting is the most beautiful thing in the world. Mastering it is the hardest. Learning how to harness available and natural light and knowing how to replicate it and create a whole new world via it. It&#8217;s the one thing I learn the most about on every shoot, and by watching more experienced Cinematographers (and many with a lot less experience!) than me.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>I have included a few of my favourite things I have shot that for me harness the light to the closest I had envisioned. Some of it is all available light. Some of it is all controlled light. Some won&#8217;t look lit but are &#8211; the music video &#8220;Bitten by the frost&#8221; had a critique on Vimeo that I found to be a massive complement. &#8220;Why didn&#8217;t you light it?&#8221;&#8230;I did. I made the whole video look like real available light when most of the time there wasn&#8217;t. A massive challenge. It&#8217;s easy to blast lights but way harder to be subtle and replicate what we see with our eyes.<\/p>\n<p>This film is a lovely piece of work from Steve and the team, and I hope it will inspire you to seek out the work from these Cinematographers and get inspired!<\/p>\n<p>Anyway enough from me&#8230;.a few words from Steve then <a href=\"http:\/\/store.zacuto.com\/idevaff\/idevaffiliate.php?id=107&amp;url=257\">click the video image (or here) to watch the film!<\/a><em> (Oh one small note, the projector footage was mine from my mini doc &#8220;Portrait of a protectionist&#8221; that I gave Steve to use. That mini doc was made entirely with available light and you can also watch that below&#8230;)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Futura;\"><strong>STEVE WEISS:\u00a0<\/strong>The was definitely a passion project me. \u00a0We started interviewing Cinematographers 18 months ago. \u00a0We decided not to ask the obvious questions, but more to try to find the passion and inspiration we all have for film, cinematography and creativity itself. \u00a0We wanted our cinematographers to offer advice to aspiring cinematographer&#8211;real advice, not just how to light and shoot. \u00a0It started as an idea I had 2011 (the interviews) and was incorporated into Revenge of the Great Camera Shootout 2012 but actually went on long after the 2012 Shootout aired. \u00a0We continued shooting interviews and simultaneously worked on the edit of Light and Shadow. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Futura;\">This is not an educational film, although you can learn a lot if listen. \u00a0It&#8217;s more of an inspirational piece that I hope will motivate people to get out and shoot, improve their craft and see how others before them made it to the top of their field.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Futura;\">I have to say both Jens (my DP) and I learned a ton just asking these questions and listening to what they industry legends had to say. \u00a0It was truly a privilege to be given access and I&#8217;m sure we will become better filmmakers from this opportunity. We hope you will too. &#8212; Steve Weiss, producer\/director\u00a0<i>Light &amp; Shadow<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Futura;\"><i><a href=\"http:\/\/store.zacuto.com\/idevaff\/idevaffiliate.php?id=107&amp;url=257\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29591 lazyload\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-07-19 at 02.19.38\" data-src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Screen-Shot-2013-07-19-at-02.19.38.jpg\" width=\"597\" height=\"334\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Screen-Shot-2013-07-19-at-02.19.38.jpg 597w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Screen-Shot-2013-07-19-at-02.19.38-310x173.jpg 310w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 597px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 597\/334;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29591\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-07-19 at 02.19.38\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Screen-Shot-2013-07-19-at-02.19.38.jpg\" width=\"597\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Screen-Shot-2013-07-19-at-02.19.38.jpg 597w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Screen-Shot-2013-07-19-at-02.19.38-310x173.jpg 310w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/philipbloom.netamazon\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazyload\" alt=\"amazongearstore\" data-src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/amazongearstore.jpg\" width=\"238\" height=\"169\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 238px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 238\/169;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"amazongearstore\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/amazongearstore.jpg\" width=\"238\" height=\"169\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"272\" data-src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/39453069?badge=0&amp;color=ffffff\" width=\"640\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/39453069\">Portrait of a boxer<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/philipbloom\">Philip Bloom<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lit with 3 hard lights&#8230;2K, 800 W and 150w, plus natural light from windows.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"251\" data-src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/61174671?color=ffffff\" width=\"640\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/61174671\">Bitten By The Frost<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/philipbloom\">Philip Bloom<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is the music video I was describing above. Lots of\u00a0additional\u00a0lighting used, but all in a simple way. We never had more than two\/ three lights up. A lot of the time it&#8217;s about\u00a0harnessing\u00a0or enhancing available\/ natural light.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"272\" data-src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/51534371?color=ffffff\" width=\"640\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/51534371\">Portrait of a projectionist<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/philipbloom\">Philip Bloom<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>All available light, including interview. No additional lighting used.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/9978341?color=ffffff\" width=\"640\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/9978341\">A day at the races<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/philipbloom\">Philip Bloom<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A great example of the beauty of available light mixed with the stunning natural light. We had a gaffer. He used his 1X1 as a flag! :&#8221;)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/4350237?color=ffffff\" width=\"640\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/4350237\">NT Live trailer<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/philipbloom\">Philip Bloom<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lots of lights used here. My favourite being the big stage lights. Lovely!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"272\" data-src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/25108377?color=ffffff\" width=\"640\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/25108377\">Insipiens<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/philipbloom\">Philip Bloom<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Again the beauty of natural light and golden hour. Nothing beats the golden hour.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"272\" data-src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/47426015?color=ffffff\" width=\"640\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/47426015\">Olly Knights: If not now when<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/philipbloom\">Philip Bloom<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>All the shots of performing are 2 litepanels. All the narrative shots are 100% natural light.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"268\" data-src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/48661187?color=ffffff\" width=\"640\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/48661187\">Host (a Danny Lacey short film)<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/dannylacey\">Danny Lacey<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shot on Epic. Lots of light. 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