[LargeFormat] lighting tricks

[Dave Southwood]

i work for a magazine called COLORS  and i have to embark on a long road
trip next week. i will need to light truckers and prostitutes in the night,
and fill-in in the day, so i am trying to organise myself a good light
source.

1. some quantum packs. ideal but expensive. might run out
2. flash heads and a generator. too bulky and noisy
3. candles. would introduce a sinister air
4. make a soft box for some cigarette-lighter driven spots

i think i will go with 4. please offer advice on the feasibility of this
last option. ill just procure some corrective gels and try and make a
splitter so that i can run two simultaneously. i recall vociferous dialogue
on four wheel drives and thought perhaps some of you might have ideas on a
bright solution.

whats the deal with cooling opened packs of 4 by 5 film? does condensation,
on warming, make for problems? i try not to cool film too much if its been
opened but have never clarified my suspicion

i generally use kodak 160 nc/vc in my master technika with an old apo
lanthar 15cm and push it half a stop.






dave southwood
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cape town
8001
south africa

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