Art Adams

A native of Northern California, Art Adams has been in the film industry for 22 years--including the last 17 as a director of photography. After spending ten years in Hollywood, Art is now based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has been published in HD Video Pro, American Cinematographer, Camera Operator Magazine, Film/Tape World and CineSource.

Art is a member of the International Cinematographers Guild (IATSE 600), the Society of Camera Operators (SOC), and is a trustee of the National Writers Union (UAW 1981).

His web site is at www.artadams.net.

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LIGHTING STRATEGIES: Rough Guide to Illuminating a Bounce Card
LIGHTING STRATEGIES: Exploiting a Single Light Source
BOOK REVIEW: “How to Shoot Movies Without Shooting Yourself in the Foot”
LIGHTING STRATEGIES: Placing the Fill Light for Faces
LIGHTING STRATEGIES: What Makes Soft Lights Cast Soft Shadows?
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LIGHTING STRATEGIES: Soft Light vs. Hard Light
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The Simplest, Fastest Interview Lighting Setup—Ever.
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Fill Light: The Underdog of Lighting
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Sunday, January 29, 2012

LIGHTING STRATEGIES: Rough Guide to Illuminating a Bounce Card

Lighting a bounce card is easy, right? Right… IF you know the basics. Here they are.

Is bounce light really just about aiming a light at a white card and walking away? No. There are a couple of tricks to getting the most out of your bounce source, and I can show them to you fairly quickly using a 4’x4’ bounce card as an example.

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Saturday, January 28, 2012

LIGHTING STRATEGIES: Exploiting a Single Light Source

Sometimes all it takes to make a beautiful picture is placing one light—as long as it’s the proper light source. This still photo shows an example of one style of soft lighting that’s been in use for centuries, and for good reason: it works.

There are few things more elegant than lighting a shot with a single light source. It doesn’t always work, but when it does—it’s magical.

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Friday, January 20, 2012

BOOK REVIEW: “How to Shoot Movies Without Shooting Yourself in the Foot”

The best books about cinematography aren’t necessarily about the art of cinematography. They’re about getting all the other stuff out of the way so you can practice cinematography. This is the book that tells you what you didn’t know—but need to know—about becoming a cinematographer.

This book is not for everyone. If you don’t eat, breathe and live cinematography… maybe you should read something else. Seriously. This book may not be for you. (But if it is… you’d better not miss it.)

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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

LIGHTING STRATEGIES: Placing the Fill Light for Faces

Placing a fill light properly is possibly more important than placing a key light… and I can prove it!

In this article I wrote about classical key light placement and classical portraiture to illustrate how artists and cinematographers have traditionally gone about lighting faces. Fill light is often derided as the light that simply opens up the shadows, but it can do much more than that. It can have a shape and beauty all its own, and it can save you when your key light placement is not optimal.

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