Douglas, I just had a look at it myself:

http://www.sonymediasoftware.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?Forum=4&MessageID=443442

Thanks Paul. Yes, these are basically the same as Victor's nanolight.

yep - I got the light it right DVD - and I got the idea for this - as it's basically just that, Vic Milts "nanolights" and his light it right DVD did a wonder for my shooting (I only called it the "cheaplite" cuz I ran out of room on the title :) ). Anyway - mine are just single lights that run between 100-135 equivelant outputs "balanced" 6500K light.

anyway, just thought I'd share some of the results.

Dave

looks really good. For the cost...hard to beat

for certain, I'm having a time of it figuring out the right distance though (that whole soft light intensity falling off so much faster than hard light gives you a very small range to work in before you are too low or to high) - and the set-up time - I absolutely can't complain about - no waiting around for these things too cool. I can strike my "set" in no time.

Dave

Hey Dave, the examples really look great. Your original post got me thinking along slightly different lines, with similar good results.

We have two on-camera lights -- Varilux Pros from NRG -- which we seldom have a need for. I found 120v A/C to 12v D/C power packs made by Bescor ($130 from Adorama) that will power the camera lights. Add a couple of adapters to couple them to light stands and voila! studio lights -- dimmable and with barn doors.

We've been using them in conjunction with a soft light box or a
Chinese Lantern, with lovely results.

Thanks for the tips on the fluorescents, and for the inspiration to experiment.

Jack

I would be interested in seeing a diagram of where you positioned the lights. I was blown away by Vic Milts DVD and am dying to wander around the lighting area of my local Hardware store.

-TomE

since I was only using 2 lights, I didn't have the luxury of a hair light, O plopped the main light at approx a 45 deg angle from nose to ear. and anywhere from 30-45 degrees up angle. Thing is that light is very fluid so you just end up fine tuning it for a couple of min when they get in there to get the right look. the 2nd light goes directly to the side of their head but out a bit and then you just position to preference so that you can get a nice looking soft light on their other side.

Anyway - it's all a mater of adjusting to preference after following a basic standard 2 light portraight shot.

Dave