Profoto Studio Lights

This year one of my goals is to work on more personal projects. Part of that work requires studio lights. I already have a suitable set of studio lights. However, for location work, I need to have a set of lights that will give me all of the power I may need for the majority of my work. This means battery-powered lights. This set will also replace my current studio set. No point in having one set for the studio and another set to lug around on location. I want one that does it all. Again. Battery power.

Stay tuned. I will be posting more as soon as I purchase and start using the new light set.

In my quest to find the right set of lights for my work, and researching the brand I will likely go with, I ran across a music video that shows just how far some artists are pushing the use of photography lighting gear. Now, battery-powered lights are not used in the video – the set used in the vid is their top of the line AC-powered ‘pack’ – it’s just that they are made by the same company (Profoto) I am likely going with for my next lighting – that’s how I discovered the vid.

This video is shot with a digital SLR camera (the same one I use as my main body) and studio strobe lighting. Yes. A video shot with a still camera and strobe lights – NOT in video mode (this camera does not have video mode), and NOT continuos video lights.

Although I don’t use it very often, I do like the fact that my camera shoots 10 frames per second, it is fun to catch a sequence of shots from time to time. However, I never thought of using it to shoot a video. Not like this.

So check out the vid first and then the making of the vid. Amazing.

The music video:

The making of the music video: