Recent content by giantbucket

ok, i don't shoot video but only photo. i'm watching your video "glam bag 2016". looking at the lamp shadows tells me you have two lights, not that bright, far away, since they case distinct clean sharp shadows. one light is from below and one is around eye level, but neither is bright enough...

use what you have with the tin foil for now. an 85W CFL should be pretty good if it's actually 85W and not "85W equivalent"

yes to the idea & type of umbrella, no to the type of lights. those 85W CFL are for lighting up an object while you take a photo, and when you do a still photo you have a lot more flexibility when it comes to shutter speed and exposure. with video, your shutter speeds HAS to be faster than...

if you buy 2 of those lamps (or a kit that has 2), then you can experiment. i would try a few methods - front, front+rear, front+side, front+rearbounce, etc. i only use umbrellas for still photos - they're mostly for diffusing light, and that ends up reducing the brightness. unless it's a...

yup, those cage types that sit on a tripod. they're probably cheap, very bright, and meant to run continuous. if someone has them to borrow, that would be cheaper especially since you don't know for sure if they'll work well or not. or buy and return - 30 day policy, right?

can't use strobes for filming - there's no way you'd be able to recharge them fast enough to blast every 60th of a second. you need light and plenty of it. a flash gun is bright, but it's very brief and would burn out if you try to use it for repeat shots. they are designed to "compete" with...

also, remember that daylight and natural outdoors light is BRIGHT, even when it's cloudy. if you try to punch up the ISO to make up for it, you always lose colour ability while you gain exposure ability. on the T5 you probably don't want to go past ISO 400 anyways, but if you're shooting at...

in the pic where you're in the car, the light is coming in from the sides and from behind. in the video, it's mostly front lighting. set up some rear lights, something to help illuminate your hair from the back. for example, look at this image below. the part of the hair that has backlight...

I would try amp rec to eq in, and eq out to amp play. If you want, put the tape deck into the eq's rec/play loop (rec to in, out to play)

dynamic mics don't need power (phantom power). just buy the nicest mixer or mic-preamp you can get your hands on for the price. do you need other input channels (for more mics), or just the one mic?

Ransomware?

+1 to using an external one. the upshot is that you can use it on more than one machine! like a laptop, a second computer, lend it to a friend or enemy, etc.

you'd need option #2 from this one: http://www.ebay.ca/itm/For-1080P-HDTV-Mini-Composite-HDMI-to-AV-CVBS-Converter-Adapter-/131688010603?var=&hash=item1ea937936b:m:momcljJnroCLVLpc0LGe9zw

or mining bitcoins.....

part of it is the ads on the page that hosts it, other part is promotion and building oneself. give away a small program for free, get your name out, be recognized, and then when you develop something larger you can charge for it. it's like promoting yourself.