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Hollywood Lighting Partners likes the latitude in HD

By Admin November 11, 2015 November 11, 2015 728 member, lbccmvp, lighting director, Lighting Facts, local 728, peter pearce, show lights

Hollywood Lighting Partners owner and Local 600 DP, Pete Pearce loves the technology that HD recording allows. “HD chips see so much that you really have to be careful when painting with light and creating the dramatic looks. The light ratios must be considered and light control diligently monitored” says Pete.

In the photo above, a 1000w stage work light illuminates the stage wall and some phone wires. You can see the range of contrast from the shape of the bulb in the lamp which normally would blow out and you can see much detail in this relatively low light situation which is maybe an 8 stop latitude or more. Also, the grainy look is what many video film makers are looking for to imitate the film look which can be achieved when tricking and stretching the limits of the HD cameras and their CMOS chips.

Hollywood Lighting Partners knows sometimes gripping ain’t easy.

By Admin November 11, 2015 November 11, 2015 728 member, crew, Lighting Facts, local 728, show lights

Hollywood Lighting Partners knows to help control light properly you need the assistance of the Grip department.

Some gaffers really need to control the light, using every C-stand available thoroughly peeling the Grip department and lighting techs that need to get to the light.

IATSE 728 Set Lighting Technicians at work.

By Admin November 11, 2015 November 11, 2015 728 member, crew, local 728

Super-juicer candidates and IATSE 728 set lighting techs, Jorge Kunze and Seam Smith

stand ready to move gaffer, Colin Campbell’s light.

Looking West at the World from my scissor lift while getting ready for night.

By Admin November 11, 2015 November 11, 2015 728 member, crew, lbccmvp, local 728, peter pearce, Uncategorized

The fall skies in Los Angeles are always so colorful.

IATSE 728 set lighting tech, Pete Pearce, looks west during a shoot near Valencia, California.

Haskell Wexler visits the set and meets Pete Pearce

By Admin November 10, 2015 November 10, 2015 728 member, crew, lighting director, local 728, peter pearce

The great cinematographer Haskell Wexler came to visit a set we were working on.

He has pioneered so many things in our industry (see mini bio below) and deserves maximum respect.

Thank you Haskell.

Haskell Wexler Mini Bio- Two-time Academy Award-winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler was adjudged one of the ten most influential cinematographers in movie history, according to an International Cinematographers Guild survey of its membership. He won his Oscars in both black & white and color, for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) (1966) and Bound for Glory(1976) (1976). He also shot much of Days of Heaven (1978) (1978), for which credited director of photography Nestor Almendros — who was losing his eye-sight, won a Best Cinematography Oscar that Wexler feels should have been jointly shared by both. In 1993, Wexler was awarded a Lifetime Achivement award by the cinematographer’s guild, the American Society of Cinematographers. He received five Oscar nominations for his cinematography, in total, plus one Emmy Award in a career that has spanned six decades. Wexler was active as recently as 2007.

In addition to his masterful cinematography, Wexler directed the seminal late Sixties film Medium Cool (1969) and has directed and/or shot many documentaries that display his progressive political views. He was the subject of a 2004 documentary shot by his son Mark Wexler, Tell Them Who You Are (2004).

Pete Pearce has been nominated for 2 television lighting Emmy’s.

Lighting tech Pete Pearce discovers ballast central.

By Admin November 10, 2015 November 10, 2015 728 member, hollywood lighting partners set lighting designs, Lighting Facts, local 728, peter pearce, show lights, Uncategorized

Some shows have dimmer rooms. This new tv show has a room full of HMI ballasts. The grid in the bar has a ring of 4k’s around it that get turned on and off depending on the direction the camera is looking.

Hollywood Lighting Partners likes Mac Tech LED lights.

By Admin April 16, 2015 April 16, 2015 LED key lights, LED panel, lighting designs, Lighting Facts, local 728, mac tech LED, mac tech LED light, show lights

http://www.mactechled.com/

Hollywood Lighting Partners can report with 100% accuracy that the LED lights coming from the Mac Tech lighting company are punchy, light and so easy to use. Great control. Great lights.