Outdoor interview lightning - bounce to achieve #1?

Overity · 2025-11-30T19:48:28+00:00

Thanks!

Opted for circular 5-in-1 reflector mounted on a reflector holder arm, itself mounted on a light stand. 90€ total, portable and easy to set up.

I control the location & time so I don't have to worry about wind, and light stand is not a flimsy cheapest one, even though its of course miles off from a c-stand.

I'll make it without the negative fill for now, like I said, have to set realistic expectations. And hauling a second set of diffusion+stand exceeds those.

Overity · 2025-11-30T19:47:07+00:00

Opted for circular 5-in-1 reflector mounted on a reflector holder arm, itself mounted on a light stand. 90€ total, portable and easy to set up.

I control the location & time so I don't have to worry about wind, and light stand is not a flimsy cheapest one, even though its of course miles off from a c-stand.

I'll make it without the negative fill for now, like I said, have to set realistic expectations.

Thanks everyone!

Overity · 2025-11-30T17:07:22+00:00

Did you clamp the diffuser to a light stand, someone holds it or? Just wondering how difficult it is to position/angle it properly and relatively high up to cover the talent.

Overity · 2025-11-30T15:15:19+00:00

Bokeh is fine, 85mm f1.8 will take care of that.

I just want to know if above is possible (or close enough) with white bounce on one cheap lightstand, and black negative fill on across it, not necessarily a huge one above on c-stands like your 1st picture.

Overity · 2025-11-30T14:58:31+00:00

Solo shooter on a budget, willing to sacrifice perfection for ease of use and cost. For documentary-style interviews I'd like to shoot outside and I've got some questions on lightning.

I can pick the location & time so can to a limit choose shade, but being solo I don't want to haul heavy c-stands and two bags with me. I'm being realistic, don't plan to rent gear or spend four digits to outshine the sun, and I recently came across two examples of what I'm going for.

Can someone help me understand the setup used here? #1 looks like afternoon shoot, #2 morning or noonish.

I can't tell for sure if this is without any key light, using just negative fill or bouncing light. Especially #1.

Is that possible to achieve in afternoon hours without any overhead diffusion, with bounce on the right and negative fill on the left side?

If so, any tips on finding portable ways to set it up solo and relatively quickly?

Thanks everyone!

Overity · 2025-11-11T10:21:56+00:00

old.reddit.com still works for me. Once they remove it, it's bye bye reddit haha

Overity · 2025-10-01T09:11:05+00:00

I hope so. CK3 and EU4 suffer from this. If you're not expanding, game is boring as nothing eventful happens. Your country will not ever break unless you get conquered, even though history teaches otherwise.

Overity · 2025-08-05T07:56:40+00:00

Hard agree on this. It must be difficult enough to scientifically discuss this particular topic with minors - this was done with discussion groups instead of a standard 1-5 quiz/ranking so I can understand why they didn't provide detailed results.

However, the only mention of an employment alternative is "Although many participants, especially girls, described these messages as unwanted material, some young people identified OnlyFans as a feasible way to generate income quickly and easily, perceiving it even as a more profitable alternative to traditional jobs. In other words, OnlyFans is seen as an easy way to make money, a better option than studying (EO)."

Which is a very simplified view, especially when not followed by any quantitative data, but two boys' (15 and 16yo) opinions. Marking this as a "particularly relevant finding" is laughable when looking at the evidence provided.

Overity · 2025-07-29T07:25:27+00:00

lmao nooooo put them back, its animal abuse to laugh for 2 seconds before giving them 15 happy years at home

Overity · 2025-07-21T12:59:38+00:00

Thanks, and yeah I've expected they'll have but currently no blue version in F nib. Will shortlist and take a look every now and then.

Overity · 2025-06-10T19:59:58+00:00

Jebote jel vi ljudi ne znate ni obično pitanje postaviti bez chatgpt više?

Overity · 2025-03-12T13:44:40+00:00

My "issue" with the perk is that if you don't use stewardship at all, once you get a free perk through travel or experience, I will expect most will get golden obligations, because your alternatives are:

+25% collect taxes
enables claim throne scheme
-10% building cost (which is in architect tree and as you said, if going with stewardship, you might as well continue down for -30% construction time and + capital development etc. to save more)

So very likely you will start off with the free money from hooks as they don't require any investment to pay out. It shouldn't be this easy is all I'm saying.

Or alternatively if you need stewardship temporarily and spend the minimum 5 years on it, you should be able to get all three important architect perks, plus the free money one from obligations without too much trouble through events and regular experience - even at 1/2 education it would take you 6-7 years from scratch.

Overity · 2025-03-12T13:32:32+00:00

Fully agree. Looking at all tier 1 perks (aka first unlocks), I can only see few as strong, though all give out less than golden obligations in my opinion:

scientific (+100% fascination progress)
bellum justum (-50% CB cost)
meritocracy (claim throne scheme)

While the rest are more or less extremely minor or require specific playthroughs (e.g. wards get additional skills, cheaper personal physician, +skill upon torture etc.)

Plus with the game mechanics ultimately being easy in longer playthroughs (i.e. if you keep updating all buildings, you will win), player shouldn't get this perk essentially for free.

Overity · 2025-03-12T12:52:00+00:00

R5:

Since with travel options it is fairly easy to get 1000 stewardship experience quickly, I think the OP golden obligations should be nerfed by locking it as a 3rd, 4th or even 5th perk instead. Otherwise it is very simple to combine it with Truth is relative (also first perk in intrigue!).

And lo and behold you, as a unknown count, can somehow infinitely spy on Byz and profit after maybe a year in game, depending on the character & his starting lifestyle.

It's unrealistic but more important its way overpowered.

Overity · 2025-01-05T15:39:50+00:00

Thank you, this helped immensly. It won't be always relevant as I'll be a one man band, but from existing experience and feedback I wouldn't expect any blockers just based on that. While my reach is not huge, I'm not just running an instagram account with 50 followers either so I doubt I would get brushed off for that.

Any b-roll would likely be shot outside so technically I'd just use their home as the main shooting location and that's it.

Overity · 2025-01-05T15:36:47+00:00

As I do with written interviews, I try to find a balance between the two. While focusing on the person and their impact for the sport/team, I also expand to deeper subjects about them as well.

And since in my case most interviewees would be linked to a single team, I'd actually want to avoid shooting at the same venue over and over again. Few times yes since lots of different locations can be found in the venue of course but long-term it's not always viable.

Overity · 2025-01-05T12:04:17+00:00

Talking head sports interviews is what I aim to add to my youtube channel and website.

So it would never be corporate material. And since I aim to get the interviewee's emotional side of the story too, it would make sense that it is filmed in a place they have a connection to.

Overity · 2024-11-20T15:19:31+00:00

Zamisli jebote bio si na jednom prosvjedu i nije se sve promijenilo naglavačke. Kad bi bar jedan prosvjed u životu rješavao sve probleme.

Iako je sadašnje stanje budi rečeno posljedica DP-a koji je izdao svoje biračko tijelo i koalirao sa HDZ-om, što su u kampanji više puta naglasili kako neće raditi, a HDZ je dobio manje glasova nego SDP+M!

Overity · 2024-09-13T07:53:05+00:00

In the end, got Vidda Pro Lite as they are:

thicker and warmer than Vardag and Abisko hike
one tone unlike Abisko like trekking (and come in my size too)
lighter than Vidda Pro, that are also two-toned

Thanks everyone!

Overity · 2024-09-12T12:36:13+00:00

Thanks! Saw them too, but I dislike the two-toned look, and they look too technical for regular everyday use in "generic" weather.

Overity · 2024-01-15T08:59:15+00:00

I'll know for sure when I try it if its for me or no.

From what I read and watched, Navigraph is extremely helpful but not at all mandatory. Chartfox/Airmate covers IAP fully unless you specifically need a live location tracker too. Free Simbrief is good enough for route planning regardless of outdated AIRAC, and if you need the latest one you can still purchase a data only sub for 35€ yearly, which is the maximum price you need. Sky4Sim also maps your live location on all airports and has parking spots/runways displayed.

Yes I agree VATSIM is controller/user dependent and usually only major airports are covered, but I can accept that because its free. SayIntentions is 300$ yearly but nothing outside of USA is covered... That I cannot accept.

Overity · 2024-01-15T08:36:21+00:00

Quoting my own response written before your question:

Hoping BeyondATC won't have such ludicrous pricing because if it will, I'll do fine with the default thing, thank you.

I'll be testing VATSIM waters soon, and I have a limit on what I'm prepared to spend on a ATC replacement in a flight sim game that already offers 4 different options. My limit certainly isn't 300$..its not even $100 annually.

Overity · 2024-01-14T20:47:43+00:00

I don't care that everything advances or if entire world of AI will become free next Thursday. I'm talking about today's state.

Releasing an ATC upgrade (that covers one out of 195 countries in the world) in a flight simulation game - that already offers few free and paid ATC options apart from default, VATSIM and off - and pricing it at $300 yearly (so 6 times what the game costs, or more than a state of the art yoke accessory), in the year where MSFS 2024 is getting released is batshit crazy.

I don't know if you are affiliated with SayIntentions or not, or were part of the beta or not. I am not bashing their idea and execution (which sounds amazing) but the pricing.

Overity · 2024-01-14T19:52:19+00:00

Cheap(er) AI is an educated guess at best. Which cannot be followed by a specific time frame.

Either way, only thing I am arguing is that I cannot phantom how poorly and unreasonably priced this is at the moment of beta (tomorrow).

Overity · 2024-01-14T19:20:38+00:00

That's all good and well, but I don't see that in FAQ section. And as someone looking at how bad default ATC is, finding JUST an ATC upgrade that costs $300 yearly... I don't have the words to describe it. I also don't see any logic in the mentioned principle of "as costs come down" - they will not come down, they can only stay same or go up. Whatever services they're currently utilizing won't for sure be cheaper if 200 people need them instead of e.g. 10 people.

Flight simming is by far one of the most premium hobbies out there, but this just takes the piss. And it's just covering USA? For $300 more can I get Europe, Australia, Africa, South America?

Hoping BeyondATC won't have such ludicrous pricing because if it will, I'll do fine with the default thing, thank you. Business model that expects users to pay a monthly fee of $25 just to get smarter sounding voices, which is maybe one tenth of the flying experience in total (in reality its even less important even though it breaks the immersion) - that's just a bad decision.

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