Rosco Laboratories’ Photo Film and Television Marketing Manager Joe Svendsen discusses the ins and outs of lighting filters with Bill and Ed in this, the tenth episode of LightSource.
Hosts:
Bill Crawford, publisher of StudioLighting.net (Flickr)
Ed Hidden, exclusive IStockPhoto.com photographer (Flickr)
Special Guest:
Joel Svendsen, Photo Film and Television Marketing Manager for Rosco Laboratories
Joel is the Photo Film and Television Marketing Manager for Rosco Laboratories. Rosco is a major manufacturer of color filters and photographic lighting materials.
View Rosco products at: http://www.rosco.com/us/
Filter Tech Notes section of Rosco.com
FilterFacts filter use manual
LightSource Episode 10 (Interview Series) [45:20 minutes]
LightSource E010 [20.9 MB]
In this episode:
Special Guest Joel Svendsen discusses:
- The history of Rosco Laboratories
- Photographic or lens filter versus Lighting Filters
- Selecting Lighting Filters
- The meaning of Kelvin
- Color balancing with CTB and CTO filters
- Plus Green filters, Minus Green filters for flourescent light balancing
- Digital cameras, white balance and light filters
- How to attach light filters
- How filters reduce light
- How to get a free swatch book of filters
- Joel recommends a beginner filter kit
- Using filters for creative lighting
- CalColor and Roscolux lighting filters
- Using filters to get better green chroma key when using a green screen
- How Polarizing light filters work
- Rosco Diffusion material
- The lighting “swiss army knife” – Cinefoil
- Rosco Lens cleaning products
- Rosco reflective material
- Rosco large diffusion panels and “shower curtains”
- Building your own cheap softbox
