Urgent! MIRROR BALLS in LA!

[Marc Hutchings]

Need a HDRI ball fairly quickly in LA or US with fast shipping, anyone know where you can buy them???? Bit of an emergency!

thanks

Marc

 

[Matt W.]

Garden decorations at Home Depot (though I have rarely found much of use there) or large christmas ornaments can work. There's no standard HDRI sphere that I'm aware of, everything is makeshift. You need a black stand like a tripod but thinner, too.

Or you can get a good sup for a day for pretty cheap these days, $700/day or so, and he or she should have the gear. Make sure to take multiple exposures of both sides in a way where you can easily and consistently paint yourself out. I have Christmas ornaments but nothing better. :/

 

[Marc Hutchings]

No there's not really time to fabricate mounts etc very surprised there's no one selling these in la thought you guys shot movies over there!! There's solutions for sale in the uk and on the continent.

http://www.vfx-store.co.uk/chromeBalls.html
http://akromatic.com/gadgets-info/

 

[Matt W.]

Very classy. I would reach out personally to sups you know here. I know a few but am in no place to contact them because of workplace politics. On lower budget projects we've used christmas ornaments with some success.

 

[Marc Wielage]

http://www.discolights.com/id17.htm

(818) 557-0903

 

[Keith_D]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B016PC3YCM/ref=psdc_3742351_t1_B001949T1W

https://www.amazon.com/Rome-712-S-S...coding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=X4XA9R36Z1M16V8NH623


Mask off half of the Globe and spray it a flat matte gray. Use a 3M industrial epoxy to glue on a mount...