r/LightLurking

So I have been engaged to do an onsite family photoshoot for a group of 40 pax and I'm figuring out on how/best way to light them with LED. I did tell them that 40 pax is too big a group to be lighted, so I have the options of splitting them into groups..

Here's what I have on hand:

1x 300w Bi
2x 60w
1x 90cm Parabolic softbox

I was wondering if its possible to set one side with the 60w at full power and the other with the 300w at lower power

Nice details on sprcularity, shadow and more.

I’ve been working as a Lighting Trainee for about 6 months and feel like I’m getting to the point where I could probably start functioning as a Spark on bigger jobs.

I want to get better at lighting, but when you’re a trainee you don’t get loads of time on set, and I don’t really want to keep pestering the Gaffer with really basic questions.

I’ve been watching stuff from Wandering DP, Gaffers & Gear, Gaffer’s Salon, I have the set lighting technicans handbook etc. and there’s loads of great information out there. The problem is there’s so much of it that I don’t really know where to start or what order to learn things in.

Is there a good YouTube series, course, book, or anything else that takes you through lighting from the basics and gradually builds up to a professional level? Not just this is how the different tools work, or these are things that you need to keep an eye on when you know how to light, but something that builds up your Gaffers eye so you can actually see the difference the light makes.

Basically looking for something with a bit of structure rather than trying to work my way through hundreds of random videos.

Cheers!