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The Eagle has Landed

By Jon Roemer On 28 May ’12 · 1 Comment

After four months on order, my Canon C300 has arrived. The C300 is the first of Canon’s line of Cinema EOS cameras – inverting what was the standard with their DSLRs. In this case, creating a camera designed from the ground up to shoot video not stills.

Its form factor is [...]

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Sophie Clarke, CBS' Fall 2011 Survivor South Pacific winner. Coney Island, NY, March, 2012.

Here Comes the Twister

By Jon Roemer On 16 May ’12 · 1 Comment

A photo, a portrait, can sometimes be a puzzle. Asked to do a feature on Sophie Clarke, last fall’s Survivor South Pacific winner, it was up to me to find a concept. How do you meld Survivor, reference the South Pacific where it took place, and pay homage to her new home town, [...]

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Litepanels Sola Engs for backdrop light, three 1x1s for key, fill and a bit of back/hair light.

Sola ENGs on Set

By Jon Roemer On 9 May ’12 · 2 Comments

Last Friday was my first opportunity to use the Litepanels’ Sola ENGs on set. They worked well and definitely far better than relying on my Omni Lights + CTB filters for backdrop lights.

The light from the Sola ENGs is easy to control. The two were set to flood and full power, their [...]

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L to R:  Sola ENG set to flood = f/4; Sola set to mid-point [similar to usable are of Omni + CTB] = f/4.5; Sola set to spot = f/6.3.

Sola ENG

By Jon Roemer On 1 May ’12 · 1 Comment

I’m running some quick tests today on Litepanels Sola ENG lights to see if I can use them to replace my sixteen year old Lowel Omni lights. I have used two of the Omnis on video projects with CTB filters to convert them to daylight when I have needed something beyond [...]

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