Lighting around sunset time

[Daniel John]

Hi all-

I have an upcoming job where the director wants to shoot a couple of days right around sunset where the subject is placed in front of the (hopefully, weather depending) orange
glow of sunset as the sun drops below the horizon. He wants to retain the color of the sky while also getting a little exposure on our subject without them feeling "lit". Any suggestions
on how to achieve this? Some sort of China Ball perhaps? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thank you
Daniel

 

[Quinton Weiskittel]

There was an article on Shane Hurlbutt's site about this topic. I believe it used to be a blog post, but seems to be part of this course now.

https://www.hurlbutvisuals.com/blog/product/day-exterior-lighting-playbook/?tm=ic

On Into the Blue, he used an HMI with CTS gel and a very large frame. I can't remember if it was bounced or shot through something like silent grid. He was able to extend the sunset look a long time.

 

[Jake Wilganowski]

At sunset you have 2 things. Hard orange light (or orange glow in sky if sun has already set) and soft, way cooler blue ambient light. A sky blue bounce works good.

 

[Bob Gundu]

Just shot something like that over the weekend.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BZRFRuvlVRS/

 

[Daniel John]

There was an article on Shane Hurlbutt's site about this topic. I believe it used to be a blog post, but seems to be part of this course now.

https://www.hurlbutvisuals.com/blog/product/day-exterior-lighting-playbook/?tm=ic

On Into the Blue, he used an HMI with CTS gel and a very large frame. I can't remember if it was bounced or shot through something like silent grid. He was able to extend the sunset look a long time.

Thanks Quentin! I'll take a look at that article from Mr. Hurlbut.

At sunset you have 2 things. Hard orange light (or orange glow in sky if sun has already set) and soft, way cooler blue ambient light. A sky blue bounce works good.

Thank you Jake. Hopefully this doesn't sound ignorant but what is a sky blue bounce? Like an Ultrabounce or similar but tinted blue?..

Just shot something like that over the weekend.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BZRFRuvlVRS/

Thanks Bob. We'll definitely shoot a little in a similar setup to this. I think we could get some subtle return on the subject with a gator board with some muslin on it in this instance. What I'm wondering is more for after the sun goes below the horizon and we have that (hopefully) orange to blue glow in the sky, how the best way to get light on them without feeling lit is.

 

[Jake Wilganowski]

https://normsstudio.equipment/?s=Day+blue

 

[Daniel John]

https://normsstudio.equipment/?s=Day+blue

Got it, thanks Jake!!