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faux venetian blind effect mimic
I'm trying to find a way to mimic the venetian blind effect with mono-blocks ... I tried making a frame of PVC and using gaffing tape for the "blinds" .. that didn't work so well .. needs too much distance between the light source and the blind .... will try gobos and fresnel lenses ... Lately, I want to experiment with instead of blocking the light for the shades. maybe I can add the light between the shades .. maybe reflecting off thin strips of mirror, or having an attachment on the light head that is a series of long, rectangular 'lenses" ... I saw a video tutorial on YouTube one day about this effect, but lost it. But I think it was dealing with hot lights and video .... but I may be able to adapt it to the look I want... Anyone here perfected a technique for this lighting effect? 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Maybe a custom made honeycomb grid with deep slats instead of honeycomb? May 27 08 02:33 pm Link Digitallure Photography wrote: I'll have to check that out, thanks. May 27 08 02:37 pm Link I'm sorry, I'm a noob. Can you post an image of what a venetian blind image would look like? I'm not talking about a pic of a venetian blind, just what the final product would look like. May 27 08 02:37 pm Link ImageGenic wrote: Focus Stephens gobo from a distance? Stage lighting! May 27 08 02:37 pm Link ImageGenic wrote: Does it wrap the contours of the figure like a light would? May 27 08 02:39 pm Link   This is the look I want to mimic. May 27 08 02:45 pm Link Digital Soup wrote: use a displacement map and it will easily. May 27 08 02:47 pm Link StephenEastwood wrote: How much work to get it right? Or are we talking magic and trickery? May 27 08 02:49 pm Link Theater lights are a really good investment. Find a theater that is closing and purchase some stuff. May 27 08 02:52 pm Link Digital Soup wrote: I thinks that's what I need.. May 27 08 02:54 pm Link Digital Soup wrote: making the map could be automated application also can be and maybe some masking if there are parts you want masked out. May 27 08 02:56 pm Link I'm thinking the gobo projector Mr. Eastwood mention earlier would work, only I need to make a custom gobo. Since it will be used on strobes vs. hot lights, the gobo could be made from cardboard basically and an Exacto knife. The projector can focus the blinds where I need them.. A 35mm slide projector might work if I got it far enough back and powered it with a 300 wps strobe thru a snoot ... would just need a custom slide... May 27 08 03:10 pm Link If this works, I may market the damn thing! May 27 08 03:13 pm Link Oooh, I wanna do that look too. Thanks for the idea.  May 27 08 03:15 pm Link ImageGenic wrote: that gobo works on slides and is 10$ why woudl you want to make an imprecise one when they have one ready made? many in fact. And that whole setup I outlined is strobe not hotlights. If you are using a cardboard one be careful a modeling light can set it on fire. May 27 08 03:18 pm Link I'll try the background image projector.... for just a face or 3/4 shot it may project a large enough image. I didn't think of the modeling light! Thanks. May 27 08 03:27 pm Link ImageGenic wrote: Stephen already gave you, in my opinion, an easy and relatively cheap way to do this above. And yes, using the strobe set up he showed you, the "slits" of light will be big enough on the model .. you just need to position the light correctly. May 27 08 03:43 pm Link Ditto Stephen's recommendation. A gobo projector and the appropriate gobos (from Rosco, GAM, Apollo, or similar) will work fine. (If you need it extremely crisp, a higher-end projector may be needed.) A focusing light--spotlight or fresnel--shining through a cookie or a real venetian blind could also work, depending on the look you're going for. Also see: * Gobos (Discussion of flags, cookies, gobos, and focusing spotlights) * Lighting patterns on the background? * pattern gobos with AB (Focusing spotlights) May 27 08 07:45 pm Link StephenEastwood wrote: I would think that this effect would be much easier and better in camera. You can twist the light and make it what you want. The post effect would be more work and not as tight! Maybe Cheaper May 27 08 07:54 pm Link |
