CLASSROOM: 2 Key Concepts You Should Know about Lighting Metal Objects1 min read
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How do you light a gun or a teapot or anything else that is shiny and metallic? If you don’t have a whole lot of experience lighting things this might sound like a dumb question, but I promise you just pointing light at it isn’t the answer. I mean, it is…but just like everything else in filmmaking, it’s a little bit more complicated than that.
Jay P. Morgan offers up some sage advice on how to light metal objects, and he even walks you through his process of lighting a metallic bb gun to make it look dynamic, stylish, and dangerous as hell.
Not using these techniques when lighting metal could lead to some seriously nasty images.
Image credit: The Slanted Lens
