This week I’m doing something a little fun and different. This installment of Izzy Video is a pop quiz that will test how well you know the concepts discussed in previous episodes.

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Spill light can be somewhat frustrating to work with, so in this installment of Izzy Video, I review a few methods to reduce it. The tool I show in the last part of the video is particularly useful, and I highly recommend it for your setup.

Incidentally, the reason why this video has this certain “look” is because I was experimenting with special effects in Apple’s Color, and frankly I just thought I look cool with a bleach-bypass filter. Nope, there’s no other reason. Just thought it looked cool. :-)

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In this installment of Izzy Video, I pick up where I left off last week, and this time I review the two-step process to accomplish “broad lighting.” This is a less popular method of lighting a face. It makes a face look wider, and it flattens the image. In Izzy Video 89, I show you how easy it is to use broad lighting.

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In this installment of Izzy Video, I review the two-step process to accomplish “short lighting.” This is a very popular method for lighting a face. It makes a face look thinner, and it adds drama to the image.

Watch Izzy Video 88 to see how it’s done.

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This installment of Izzy Video explores “Catch Lights” which are the little bright lights in a person’s eyes that give them “life”. It’s a simple episode, but it’s a useful one.

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The size of the light source you use when lighting a person’s face makes an enormous difference. It transforms the quality of the light. In this installment of Izzy Video I show the difference between a bare bulb, small, medium, and large Chimera light banks. Visually, this really demonstrates my point — particularly in the High Definition version of the video.

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Today’s installment of Izzy Video is an answer to a question from The Wood Whisperer. His question was regarding the challenges of working with mixed light sources. This show should help with some ideas.

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Controlling soft light is difficult because it tends to spread out everywhere. For the first members-only episode in February, I do a quick intro to the soft box. This is one of the best tools for both softening and controlling a light. I show how to assemble one, and what it looks like on the inside and outside.

When it comes to lighting, a soft box is one of the most important tools to have. I use them more than I use barn doors.

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For the first members-only episode of the month of January, I show the revised setup I’m using for Paperclipping. I show the large Chimera light bank I’m using for the key light, along with the white foam core board for the fill, and the small light bank for the kicker.

This episode is in high definition. And yes, I shot it on my new camera.

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I just posted Izzy Video 68 in the members-only area. This installment of Izzy Video is all about light positions. It shows the various results which come from moving the key light relative to the subject. I demonstrate “Broad Lighting” and “Short Lighting” among other topics.

This is the second and final members-only tutorial for the month of October. The other members-only tutorial for October, Izzy Video 66, was on the subject of Compression. Both light positions and compression can be complicated subjects. I do my best to simplify the concepts.

As a reminder, premium subscribers receive two members-only episodes per month which are not released in the free feed; they receive all the new shows in a higher resolution, access to all of the archives, and faster download speeds. More…bigger…faster. I think the $45 is a bargain.

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I thought you might be interested in seeing the studio setup I use for Paperclipping. In this video, I show you how I convert a room in my house into a temporary studio. It usually takes about 30 minutes, but in this video, it only takes a few minutes. Enjoy!

Also, the first premium-only episode was released last weekend. Those of you who are premium subscribers have it waiting for you in the premium section.

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Light modifiers, just like they sound, are tools you can use to modify your light source. For example, you might use them to change the color or shape of your light.

In this installment of Izzy Video, I briefly discuss barn doors, color gels, and a snoot.

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I received this great request from Izzy Video viewer, Chance:

Can you repost your tutorial on capturing fireworks again, since it’s that time again, but in Revver format please?

Great, idea, Chance. Thanks for the suggestion.

I hope that everone in the USA has a happy 4th of July!

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Izzy Video 56 takes you behind the scenes of a Paperclipping episode, and demonstrates three point lighting. You get to see my setup for 90% of the shoots I do, because they usually take place in my living room.

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My goal in this installment of Izzy Video is simply to illustrate the fundamental differences between hard and soft lighting.

To do this, I light an orange using both a hard light source and a soft light source. The results are quite different.

By the way, the lights I use are a Chimera Small Video Pro light box (for the soft light), and a Lowel Pro Light (for the hard light).

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