I've heard I may have put the Grip Head on backwards... guess thats what happens when you try to rush a video to keep to the one a week schedule! I'll do better next time😅 #safetyfirst

If you try to build this, make sure to check your grip head ("knuckle") direction! As shown here the grip head is on the wrong side of the stand. The weight on the grip head should be trying to turn the handle in the direction of the tightening action, not away from it. Especially for this build, where way more stuff is being perched on the cantilevered frame of the ultrabounce, make sure gravity is tightening your grip heads, not loosening! Also, nothing against this technique if you are down to one stand, but consider it a last-resort. Adding a second stand to hold the diffusion spreader doesn't add much time to the setup, and while spring clamps are great for some things, they shouldn't be the first choice for keeping overhead equipment up. If you don't have a stand and choose to build this, just be extra careful that the spring clamps can't slide around but a second stand will reduce the chance that someone bumps this and a spring clamp snaps loose. A second stand will also provide more support for dressing the sides of the book light which you generally want to do. While this room in the example is extremely bright already, spill from the book light onto other surfaces or glare into the eyes of the subjects and crew are considered important to avoid, so again, unless this is a last-resort with no more gear available, expect to either clip up duvetyne on the ends (more weight, so defintiely a two-stand build) or to add more stands to support floppies to flag the sides.

WOW! Thank you for the shout out in the video. I guess I did gloss over how big an impact my setup made for my viewers. Thank you so much for the kind words and support. Great video by the way!

Your Camera Operator in this is super talented, quick reframes, good compositions, and always sharp!

That’s the most convoluted and genius use of *1* C-Stand I’ve ever seen, three thumbs up for this frankensteined booklight, loving it :)

Now THATS a book light!

I really like this setup, and the Cardellini solution is genius, the only thing I am missing is at least a bottom cutter to make it look more natural.

I saw that video too the other day and was blown away. Great set up but that one c stand book light was some next level genius.

Absolutely love this style of video

Thank you for letting me steal this. Also, definitely building my own.

Great video!!!!! Very helpful and I’m excited because I have all the stuff to do this (scrim Jim, floppy, etc) On your ‘I should have exposed for the outside’ thing. Don’t apologize. It looks fantastic with the white window….almost like a big practical. If there is something outside the window that actually makes sense that you are trying to Show (cityscape, etc) then sure. But if it’s just the ugly side of a next door building…..I say rock the look you ended up with.

Love this. I use a kupo C-stand but with their 340 Roller Stand Base. I put a super clamp with a baby pin on the extended front leg to mount my light. Works great and able to roll it wherever I need it to be. I also throw black Duvetyn over the sides to keep light from spilling all over. In a big room like this wouldn't need it. One tip, reverse your grip head. You have the handle on wrong side. If that starts to fall it won't tighten. Should always be on right side so it tightens on itself.

This was brilliant, thanks for Sharing Josh!

I just saw that video this week! It was gold.

05:58 - you have locked that griphead incorrectly - if that were to come loose it would fall over. great info otherwise, thanks for sharing.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

implementing this immediately- thanks for sharing josh!

Looks Great! The Fresnel attachment could be useful for more output too instead of using a 600d

Fantastic tip Josh thank you!

Helpful, thanks for posting.

I don’t mind losing the highlights in the windows, thanks for explaining the setup further!!

really nice set!

JOSH! if safety is important to you, please follow the #1 rule of working with a c-stand: ALWAYS USE AND SET THE NUCKLE SO THAT WHATEVER YOUR HANGING ON IT HAS IT'S WEIGHT RIGHT CLOCKWISE SIDE OF THE KNUCKLE SCREW. The way you just set it on your video here is wrong because the weight of the floppy is hanging on the "unscrew" side of the knuckle.... if the weight makes it unscrew and it gives, it will fall on your guest or crew or whoever is in under it... In other words, use weight to tighten the knuckle, not loosen it.

Dope set up!

thanks for sharing might use this in the studio

This is AWE-SOME. Thx, man!

Rock on man, nice work!

Hey.. This is amazing...! so inspired..!

Rad!! Thanks for sharing Brother!!

I think you just solved my lighting problem! Thanks

This is great! Definitely going to try this when I get home. Thanks man.

Awesome stuff 🙌🙌

Doubt that I will ever build one but looks great. Thank you for the video!

Love it man. Thanks for the tips 🙌

Great video Josh

Great video that was

Thanks 🙏

Great lightweight setup! Will definetely give this a try and maybe also add a fill bouncecard to the shadowed side for people that have strong facial contours. Using part of a butterfly frame is a great idea that I had’nt thought of and will save a good amount of space in the car and get a much better wrap than putting a 48” diffusion in front of the source bounce.

Genus, love this. "inside of this floppy looks like someone threw a coffee at it" hilarious

Great content!

Awesome. And Netflix docs sometimes just let the windows blow out.

Super Technique. Thank you for sharing. Also, please note that the light coming from the window might not always be consistent as the day progresses or weather changes (depending where you live) - also if the "client" or crew are late for arrival and the shoot starts late, then light from the window would have changed and you might need a second light later for more fill.

it's awesome

I've done that before. Lots of spill light in small spaces, so, just like stated in the video it's a technique for large spaces unless you really don't mind light going everywhere

Savage makes a c-stand that has a small riser built into the shortest leg. This would simplify the setup by negating the need for the cardellini clamp! Plus their products are built to last 👌

Great job for paying it forward with the shoutout to my buddy Piotr 🎥🥳😬 New Subscriber 🎉

Great video. You can use the Savage C stand instead of using a super clamp and baby pin.

Or just get an umbrella with white reflection inside, super lightweight and huge 180cm. Produces book light, does not need a Cstand and can be setup in 2 minutes.

Cool man 😊

Thanks for giving credits

Cool Set Up. Book Lights are cool, but for documentary or really any interview where I'm lighting one person I think a 600x in a 5 ft octabank with 2 layers of diffusion is faster, easier, has more control, and achieves a similar enough softness. These set ups are fun, and to each their own. Thanks for sharing!

very impressed that the head didn't loosen

Love this, but I’d love to see the difference between just a regular soft box

Thanks for this demonstration. That’s a cool way to set up a book light that I will have to try. I have a similar Cartelinni clamp that is the Kupo brand with the threaded shaft. Mine is prone to binding when clamped down and a real pain to remove. Does that ever happen with yours? If so, do you have a trick to get is loose?

Beauty sandals!

Super to see, thanks for sharing. So... I'm new to this, but I wonder how much of a difference book lighting would be compared to shooting with a 7ft umbrella (or two?). I've seen some nice results with a 7ft shoot-through + diffuser as well. I would have thought the results would be somewhat similar?

sweet!

Great build! I knew many would land on you with both feet for not rigging gobo head righty tighty rule. Still great demo!

If the windows are your key light, have you tried just using a large bounce to fill in on the shadow side?

What a beautifully shabby-chic warehouse! So much style! So much space! Has it been deliberately designed like that? Is it the result of neglect? So many questions from here, in fully plastered and painted UK! 🤣

Love what you do Josh. Only one thing for future videos, please make sure your audio levels are normalized properly. Currently the content loudness is -14.2dB and coming from other KZfaq videos, it's wayyyy too soft.

A longer grip arm and a bit of counterweight could be nice? Maybe some extra ballast for peace of mind? Great video.

How do you think this would compared to a really large parabolic soft box?

Maybe use carbon fiber or fiberglass tubing for the final cross for the scrim to keep the weight down. I like the idea. Now to get a constant light for use with such a setup. It will be quite handy for video work for sure and maybe even photography as well.

Reducing the footprint. I’m Al about this. This is a good program.

With aputure I like plugging cables in before mounting anything. Particularly the power cable that is underneath the ballast. Always annoying to get down low and feel around to get the plug in.

This is great. But as great as a book light is, I still prefer a large soft box with a grid. The grid really helps to knock down the highlights on the face. Especially when I shoot lighter skin.

Great idea. I bet with a combo stand you could light an entire street.

Great setup for shooting a 15 second TikTok video 😀

Looks good - why is the light to the right of the camera, versus on the left side where the strongest shadows are?

Dope

Niiiice

Yes work well but it will work better with a medium roller ( avenger ) and a floppy ultrabounce . Thank you to share 👍

Great! ;-)

Why didn't we see the footage from the fx6 with this set up after exposing for the window?

I would have placed it to the left of the camera, being the ‘shadow’ side. What am I missing?

Can I get details on that vice grip? Is it the 6 inch from B&H?

Beginner here 👋. It looks like your book light is on the same side as the window. Would you have another fill light on the opposite side of the window?

where do you buy the one foot cardellini clamp ?

savage makes c stands with a turtle base on the leg.

Why the baseball cap backwards?

Undeniably convenient. However, I wonder if this will stress out the floppy, having the weight bending the far end of the frame.

Awesome but you actually put the grip head on wrong, it should tighten towards the fall of the floppy, the way you put it it can losen and fall.

Hi. I have rolled through the results of your lighting setup and I can't really understand it. My experience in lightning is small so I definitely not trying to prove something, I just want to understand. Why to use so complex setup to achieve so little? Couldn't you just set a diffusion panel and put a light on the other side like it's done on a movie production ? Couldn't it be achieved with big octabox like 150cm or 200cm with additional layer of diffusion fabric and some 300w light, would it give you same results?

Rig to the right

what is the diffusion material used in it?

"It's true." - Zack

What can’t this guy do!

doooope

busted who?. yeah wheres' your badge? good video

lol! I was about to comment that a 600d sized light is what you need for a book light with a daytime window and then as im typing it you put a text in the video.

Any Canadians find a store to buy the 48" by 48" ultrabounce? One American online store had it in stock but the shipping was going to cost $447... more than the actual item.

Can you please put an actual list of everything you used to make this, I’m new to lighting so I want to build your exact setup, minus the light and c stand

new subscriber 'cus place like familiar.. hahaha from jesse subscriber.. 😊

Lighting and video are great. Audio levels not so much

It looks good, despite the ugly swimming pool sliders with socks LOL

"Safety First!" *Wears Slides* 😂

AAAAHHHHHH, knuckle to the right.

whau

Straighten me out on this: I thought you wanted to lighten the shadow on the right side of your face, but it looks like you've set the light more center, or even to the left on the window side. Why?