This month’s podcast covers your questions on setting up your lighting.

Shane discusses lighting backgrounds first, set ups and ratios as they pertain to moods, white balancing the night, lighting tips to create a darker mood, lighting for different skin tones, and smoke and hazers.

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This month’s podcast covers your questions on planning coverage and when to roll.

Shane discusses rolling during rehearsals, coverage and storyboarding, color grading, aspect ratios, and more.

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This month’s podcast covers your questions on good work ethics shaping you as a leader. Lydia discusses challenges faced by Lydia and Shane, advice for those with families who want to pursue this line of work, the importance of energy and self care, and inspiration for the Inner Circle.

This month’s podcast covers your questions on getting into the business. Shane discusses building relationships with vendors, putting together a reel, the pros and cons of getting into the union, and eye correction.

This month’s podcast covers your questions on topics related to lenses, filters and cameras.

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This month in her podcast, Lydia answers your questions on film crew attitudes, growing in the business, and breaking into the business, as well as adding her point of view to some questions asked of Shane.

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In this month’s Inner Circle podcast, I cover your questions on:

• Techniques for best camera placement
• Best documentary cameras and lighting
• Best ways to operate the camera handheld
• The power of the Leko Light
• Painting with “strokes” of light
• Differences in quality of light from the Kino Flo vs. the Book Light

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This month in her first podcast, Lydia answers your questions on work/life balance and talks about her philosophy on making career decisions.

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This month’s podcast focuses on your questions around understanding workflows in relation to camera technology.

• Color grading and camera bit depth
• The future of the digital imaging technician (DIT)
• How I use post production lighting and vignettes
• The differences between cinema glass and still lenses for the cinematic look

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In this month’s Inner Circle podcast, I answer your questions about:

• How I create flame flicker and the color quality of fire
• Lighting talent near a fire effect
• Differences in wood burning fires vs propane fires
• How to light for small objects, shiny objects and other product shots
• Lighting to bring out a product’s texture and color
• How I create a catch light without changing levels or ratios
• My batten lights and how I use them

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