How to Light and Expose for Darkness
THERE IS A VERSION OF THIS VIDEO ON MY PATREON THAT HAS CLEAN SHADOWS AND NOT YOUTUBE COMPRESSED FUZZY BLOCKS 🙂   / robelliscinematography  - support me on Patreon for Discord access, early and extended ad-free YouTube videos, extra videos AND stream my 2023 course RECREATING DAYLIGHT! https://robelliscinematography.com/re... - download my 2023 course RECREATING DAYLIGHT for £15 here! (It's also streamable on Patreon) https://www.youtube.com/robelliscinem... - become a YouTube Member for early and extended ad-free YouTube videos! Color graded with - https://www.dehancer.com - get 10% off Dehancer using ROBELLIS at checkout https://offers.audiosocket.com/rob-el... - click the link and use my code "ROBELLIS" for a free month of fantastic unlimited music when you sign up for Audiosocket! Lighting for a dark look can be a struggle. Intuitively, it makes sense to shoot something that's supposed to look dark, dark - but this can lead to your audience not being able to see what's on screen - and noise! We take a look at contrast ratios and utilising a lower ISO in this video, to create a dark look that is visible, clean and controlled. https://www.holdan.co.uk/ambassador/r... - I shoot primarily with the Samyang VDSLR MK2 Cine Kit. In this video we used: Samyang 24mm t/1.5 VDSLR MK2 Samyang 35mm t/1.5 VDSLR MK2 Cameras: Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro Lights used in the video: Nanlite Forza 720B (key light through gridded beauty dish) - https://en.nanlite.com/products/topic... Godox M600D (fill light bounced from large bleached muslin rag) - https://www.godox.com/product-d/M600D... Video Contents: 0:00 - Can't Have Dark Without Light 0:33 - Why Doesn't This Underexposure Look Dark? 2:13 - Light Meter or False Color? 3:45 - Measuring Light Levels 6:22 - Building a Dark Image with Contrast Ratios 9:14 - Dark Image = Noisy Image 10:19 - Lower ISO = More Shadow Detail 12:10 - Contrast Ratios = Repeatable Exposure 13:45 - No More Noise! (Just YouTube Compression) 15:20 - Using False Color for Contrast 18:37 - Lighting and Exposing for Darkness 19:13 - Support My Channel/Get Extended Videos
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