Lighting A Cyc Wall Properly

We refer to the curved pieces of a cyclorama wall as coves coves are used to connect the 90 degree intersections of wall and floor wall and ceiling and or one wall to another.

Lighting a cyc wall properly.

For the talent i d use softboxes chicken coops or spacelights from above as base lighting. The best online source for led cyclorama lights. Call us at 904 683 5553. Imagine being inside an empty egg.

There you are surrounded by white with no horizon in sight. Free lighting advice and many items ship free. This article is about how to build a commercial photography studio cyclorama. Commercial advertising photographers use a cyc wall for professional lighting and no horizon line.

The bottom of the j is for the short throw and the top part is for the longer throw. The main purpose is to get full even cyc coverage. Traditionally with a j shaped reflector they are able to sit on the floor or hang fairly close to the backdrop and throw an even sheet of light up and down. Click show more to read more about their configurations and.

Are you shooting in a studio with a pre built hard cyc wall. If so it should already be lit evenly from top to bottom. How to properly and efficiently light a cyc. The distance the light should be from the wall is half the height of the cyc so if the cyc is 12 tall then the light should be 6 away from the wall and aimed down at a 45 degrees.

Lighting of the cyc is done seperately from lighting the talent. Cyclorama lighting is used either from the ground ground cycs or from fly pipes sky cycs and for better uniformity both types may be used. Eventually cycs were laid on the surface of the stage to form a curve and the lighting director with proper lighting could eliminate any shadows thus creating an infinity cyc the purpose of a cyc is to create a smooth transition from floor to wall to help eliminate hard shadows at the horizon and allow for an infinitely large set. Cyc lights throw a sheet of light.

Cyclorama lights while very similar to borderlights produce a very broad asymmetrical wash of light used to light cycs and scenery from as high as 25 feet. A demonstration with altman lighting and loyola marymount university.