If you're concerned about reliability, buy two kits-worth. That way when the first breaks, you have a backup (test everything when you receive it and send back any faulty gear). That's still under $600 vs. $5000. Quite a savings even with 2x the gear. I've been considering swapping out my softbox and might go with this gear to do so.
Would absolutely love to get this free kit for our church. My pastor just planted our church last weekend and we could use all the help we can get with no budget
Dang those lights pack a value! For backlight, I'd suggest pointing it opposite (but still from the rear) of the key. Her shoulder closest to the frame needs that separation a bit more than the other because of the ambient lighting. Imagine the lighting bouncing off the environment she's in rather than lighting just *her*. Maybe even a practical that's warmer in temp on that left side of the frame? Still, an excellent video and great info as always!
I would say, try to throw up some shear curtains in front of windows to help soften the light coming in as well as hide what will be some very over exposed areas of you shot if you don't have any ND to knock the levels on your windows down. Or possibly just avoid shooting towards windows if that is not an option and use some other practical's in frame to motivate your lighting.
I'd argue as well that 2-4 300W COB LED video lights would definitely be a lot less expensive than pro fixtures for stage lights. The only thing I wasn't sure about would be DMX capability, but Aputure/Amaran, Godox, and Zhiyun are making lights like that. For $1500, you could get 4 Aputure 300x lights - enough to spot and wash a smaller stage - rather than $4000-6000 on 4 pinspot lights all DMX controlled and professionally integrated.
Can't tell if it's just a trick of the eye or not. But the cheaper lighting set up actually looks more color accurate, with the expensive set up looking like it has a more green hue. Could also just be the LUT I guess. Brady any weigh in?
4:49 & 5:11 It is inescapably difficult to see the negligible differences in these two shots with the 100%-white background filling up the vast majority of the video here, to be fair. Even watching the video in full-screen mode, it's brutally harsh. ❤
This was so helpful! Here's my current headache: How do you light someone with glasses who's reading from a teleprompter? I have three lights with softboxes, and feel like I've tried every configuration to not get the teleprompter to show in their glasses. Any advice?
have the reader tilt their glasses down just slightly(raise the backs of the glasses up just a bit above the normal resting spot on their ears) until the reflection disappears.
You need the light up high and pointing down. The bigger the source, the harder it wlll be to get the reflectionless look. I never worry about reflection, just getting the reflection out of the actual pupil of the eye. You can also have the subject tilt the glasses up or down on their face to help.
Did you remove my question ? I wanted to know whether the light is truly 300watt as you inform us. The manufacturers site on Alibaba says it is 120 watts. I had posted the link to the site. May be you tube deleted it. Curious to know what is going on. Did you tube remove my query or you did it ? Anyhow, I am requesting again. What is the correct wattage of these lights as I have been interested to know more about the light. You probably are first one to write about it Thanks.
How noisy are the fans? How much color correction did you need to do? I have some cheap LED softboxes that need a little hue shift, but cost equivalent to usd100 (for 2 300W lights, with softboxes and stands)
@@prochurchtools Welp, I just double checked and now they are working. 😅 I clicked all four earlier and it took me to an AliExpress page saying page not available.
Am I crazy or most people will benefit A LOT by having at least some warmer light pointed their way? Otherwise there is some risk of looking like a ghost. Skin tones come alive with a little 4k or warmer. Even our man at 7:43 I'd say looks a little pale.
Thanks Brady for creating content like this that is relevant for smaller churches. Super helpful!
If you're concerned about reliability, buy two kits-worth. That way when the first breaks, you have a backup (test everything when you receive it and send back any faulty gear). That's still under $600 vs. $5000. Quite a savings even with 2x the gear. I've been considering swapping out my softbox and might go with this gear to do so.
Great tip.
Very cool how this lighting setup compares to an expensive setup! Would be great for Church announcements!
Would absolutely love to get this free kit for our church. My pastor just planted our church last weekend and we could use all the help we can get with no budget
Absolutely love everything about this video! Please do more like this.
Thanks for reviewing this amazing lighting tool 👍🏻
Dang those lights pack a value! For backlight, I'd suggest pointing it opposite (but still from the rear) of the key. Her shoulder closest to the frame needs that separation a bit more than the other because of the ambient lighting. Imagine the lighting bouncing off the environment she's in rather than lighting just *her*. Maybe even a practical that's warmer in temp on that left side of the frame? Still, an excellent video and great info as always!
I would say, try to throw up some shear curtains in front of windows to help soften the light coming in as well as hide what will be some very over exposed areas of you shot if you don't have any ND to knock the levels on your windows down. Or possibly just avoid shooting towards windows if that is not an option and use some other practical's in frame to motivate your lighting.
I'd argue as well that 2-4 300W COB LED video lights would definitely be a lot less expensive than pro fixtures for stage lights. The only thing I wasn't sure about would be DMX capability, but Aputure/Amaran, Godox, and Zhiyun are making lights like that. For $1500, you could get 4 Aputure 300x lights - enough to spot and wash a smaller stage - rather than $4000-6000 on 4 pinspot lights all DMX controlled and professionally integrated.
The BEST advice I've seen! Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Awesome! I was just looking for a lighting setup for our podcast.
This is awesome!
Thank you... from Brazil!
Can't tell if it's just a trick of the eye or not. But the cheaper lighting set up actually looks more color accurate, with the expensive set up looking like it has a more green hue. Could also just be the LUT I guess. Brady any weigh in?
@@aranamedia5072 The larger takeaway in this case is that the difference is negligible.
Great stuff. Practical and useful info. 👍
4:49 & 5:11 It is inescapably difficult to see the negligible differences in these two shots with the 100%-white background filling up the vast majority of the video here, to be fair.
Even watching the video in full-screen mode, it's brutally harsh. ❤
what brand is the camera tripod?
Would’ve been nice to see the comparison shots at full size - you could hardly notice details when shrunk down so much
This was so helpful! Here's my current headache: How do you light someone with glasses who's reading from a teleprompter? I have three lights with softboxes, and feel like I've tried every configuration to not get the teleprompter to show in their glasses. Any advice?
It’s really just an experimentation thing. Roxanne had glasses in this shot and we had to move the lights around to make that work.
have the reader tilt their glasses down just slightly(raise the backs of the glasses up just a bit above the normal resting spot on their ears) until the reflection disappears.
@@Willis2588 Thanks for chiming in!
You need the light up high and pointing down. The bigger the source, the harder it wlll be to get the reflectionless look. I never worry about reflection, just getting the reflection out of the actual pupil of the eye. You can also have the subject tilt the glasses up or down on their face to help.
Did you remove my question ? I wanted to know whether the light is truly 300watt as you inform us. The manufacturers site on Alibaba says it is 120 watts. I had posted the link to the site. May be you tube deleted it. Curious to know what is going on. Did you tube remove my query or you did it ? Anyhow, I am requesting again. What is the correct wattage of these lights as I have been interested to know more about the light. You probably are first one to write about it Thanks.
Nice Video!
How noisy are the fans? How much color correction did you need to do? I have some cheap LED softboxes that need a little hue shift, but cost equivalent to usd100 (for 2 300W lights, with softboxes and stands)
No noise. The color wasn’t an issue either. They just were different from the Aputure lights. But they were consistent with each other.
What camera were y'all using though?
Sony a7c II
I would love it if we could send you photos/videos of our setups and have you critique them or suggest changes.
Hey Brady and team, just a heads up, the links in the description no longer work!
Are you sure? I just checked all four and they opened for me.
@@prochurchtools Welp, I just double checked and now they are working. 😅
I clicked all four earlier and it took me to an AliExpress page saying page not available.
Am I crazy or most people will benefit A LOT by having at least some warmer light pointed their way? Otherwise there is some risk of looking like a ghost. Skin tones come alive with a little 4k or warmer. Even our man at 7:43 I'd say looks a little pale.
The link for the spotlight doesn’t work. Do you mind updating the link?
Yes this would be helpful - also can you post the adapter you needed
Hey so I bought this lights, and they flicker (not in the camera shot) just by itself.
@@hectordavidaguilar9705 I’m sorry to hear that, Hector. Ours didn’t experience anything like that at all.
@@prochurchtools so I think it’s because they need 220V for some reason. So I ordered a converter and see how it goes
I didn’t see the winner on the news letter😢I thought I won
@@elocko55 announcement coming next week!
@@prochurchtools okay, I can’t wait. Thank you so much.
You used a kitchen knife to open the boxes? That is so carnivore!
Backgrounds are still a problem for me.