[LargeFormat] lighting tricks

[Alex Le Heux]

On Tue, Jan 15, 2002 at 10:33:10AM -0500, Les Newcomer wrote:
> 
> for closer work, think about rigging up a quarts halogen head light, 
> (the replacement bulbs) in a softbox. Just don't use gaffertape to 
> secure it as the heat will surely cause it to fail and melt a hole in 
> your nice chimera. It wouldn't be a bad Idea if you put one or two extra 
> car batteries in parallel with the one in the car. This way if you are 
> shooting from the car, you've got lots of reserve power. If you need to 
> shoot interiors or away from the car, you can hoist a spare out and 
> still have a way to get out of there in a hurry.

Also keep in mind that in many cars the battery will slowely run down when
the engine is ideling.

Alex