Kino Flo: Frieder Hochheim Hurlblog Interview Part 2
Freider Hochheim continues the conversation about the direction and future of Kino Flo.
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Lighting Basics: Going With What is Available
The exciting thing about the Arri Alexa, F-3 and the new wave of DSLR’s is their high ISO range to minimum noise ratio. This has opened up a whole new way to light as a cinematographer. Whether it be...
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Building the Perfect Key Light
After my blog post about lighting from your local hardware store, I wanted to take it one step further and instruct you on two homemade lights that have been my staple on close-up lighting. One is and...
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Infusing First Person POV Into Mountain Dew GAME FUEL MW3
In mid-October, I got a call from McG to see if I was available to do a Mountain Dew commercial that was tied into the MW3 game. After viewing the boards and scripts, I was excited to collaborate with...
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Lighting With Home Depot Lights: Part 2
A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post about my lighting package that looked like an aisle inside a Home Depot store. I wanted to share how I recently lit a scene for a Call of Duty Jeep Commercial pick...
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Large Sensor Cameras – Economical Lighting
The new wave of Large sensor cameras with their high ISO range and light sensitivity are changing the way cinematographers approach lighting. This means smaller lighting packages, smaller sources, less...
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The Canon C300 on an El Pollo Loco Spot
The C300 had just been delivered to my door step, and I got a call from John Krueger, a director whom I met at our HV Bootcamp 2 years ago. John and I first worked together about one year ago. The...
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Lighting with Canon’s 1DC DSLR 4K Capture Project “The Ticket”
As a new cinematographer, you learn from your mentors, experiment and find your style – your brush strokes, so to speak. I learned to replicate all aspects of light. Using natural light outside was...
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Portable Lighting with the Rosco LitePad Kit
I am always in pursuit of new lighting technology, and this Rosco LitePad kit knocked me out with its size, versatility, color and punch. This light is LED technology, but used in a very different way...
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Building Medusa: The Perfect DIY Fire Light
To look at an existing practical lighting effect like a TV or a fire and then attempt to duplicate it with a much brighter source is an art form. With an increasing reliance on practical lights and...
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The Power of Lighting with Just Two Lights: We Are Marshall
Working with less is how I like to light. Look at a scene, watch the blocking with the actors ebbing and flowing, figure out how the camera will best move to tell this part of the story, and then...
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How to Light for Specific Camera Blocking: Master to Close-Up
It has been so much fun hearing all of your comments on the composition series that we did. I thought that I would go one step further and tell you what I think about when I am blocking a scene and...
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Creating a Beauty Light with a Book Light
How did I start out? What was my path to becoming a cinematographer? How do you recommend going about being a DP? I get asked these questions on a daily basis. My path has been one that only a few have...
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Inspiration and Passion Create Innovation: The Big Story Behind SmallHD
I felt it was perfect timing to release the trailer for the documentary that Hurlbut Visuals produced about this forward thinking company called SmallHD, founded by Wes Phillips and Dale Backus....
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Training Your Eye – Lighting for Cinematographers
Many of you have heard me talk about how I light to eye by either looking at the back LCD screen or a lighting monitor like an HP DreamColor. Lighting to eye is something that is based on experience...
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Shane Hurlbut’s Go To Lighting Package
Part One: Many of you requested information on the go to lighting package that I use. Having a package that can do many types of lighting is the secret. Lights that can multi-task are my recipe for...
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My Go To Lighting Package Part Two: The Basics
Here is part two of our ongoing series regarding the go to lighting package that I use in the field. Many of you commented on part one of this post that the lighting package was huge. That was only a...
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The Buzz About Plasma Light Tech: Hive Lighting
A few weeks ago, I shot a run and gun style web series and the generous team over at Hive Lighting gave me one of their units to demo. I knew that we would not have a generator; we would have to...
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Final Days of Deadfall: Giving the Stag Horn Saloon Life, Texture, and Color:...
Fragile Dawn and Dusk in Montreal It is so sad saying goodbye to Montreal. I love this amazing city. The crew was the best I have ever worked with and I will miss them all. Thank you so much to each...
View ArticleFrieder Hochheim Hurlblog Interview Part 1 – The Growth and Innovation of...
My dear friend Frieder Hochheim goes into the history of his innovative, forward thinking, Eco-friendly company that started renting out of a small van in the 80′s and now is the industry leader in...
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