In this episode of The Wandering DP Podcast we continue our breakdown of a television commercial I recently shot. We look at dealing with problems on set and how I play the exposure game when equipment and crew are running thin.

Shot #1 – The Wide

The Problems: Bright Sky, Dark inside of the Shed, No crew or gear to make sweeping changes

The Solution: Expose for the highs, add some light inside the shed, add a 12x Ultra bounce for the talent.

Final Shot:

Scout Image:

Shot #2: Moving In

The Problems: Bright Sky, Dark inside of shed, very directional (read harsh) light

The Solution: Diffusion Frames, Negative fill for shape.

Shot #3: The Two Shot

Final Image:

Scout Image:

Shot #4: The Walk

Shot #5: The Walk Wide

Shot #6: The Flip

The Problem: Gigantic Chasm of a difference between the highs and lows, No big guns to brighten it all up.

The Solution: Expose for the highs and add as much bounce and fill as we can.

Final Image:Scout Image:

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