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Improvised Lighting-Josh Soskin

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Improvised Lighting-Josh Soskin
So my very first shoot abroad in Europe, Igo to plug in my brand new light kit to my inverter/converter and Iquickly realize I'm screwed--the light is a three pronged dc adapter.I only have a converter for 2. There's nowhere in Europe Idiscover that has a 3prong to 2prong american converter.I am forced to abandon my light kit and improvise. I panic for about 5minutes Idecide to try and use a floor lamp and two LED sony camera lights, onetaped to the top of my light kit to see if I can get something decent.I remembered my buddy Mark Bella once had to do that for a shoot.Check out the images of ourlighting experiment in Europe with Marissa. The interview turned outgreat .The moral of the story for all my production friends--improvise whenyou have to, but bring every converter and inverter in the book nexttime you go to europe for production.Good times.-Josh
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3 responses // Improvised Lighting-Josh Soskin

  • i'm happy how this turned out, but honestly, if anyone knows of a place in San Sebastian, Spain, that sells 3 to 2 prong American converters, hit me up.
    I'd love to get my new light kit working!
    joshsoskin
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  • Umm why not just break off the 3rd ground plug off next time? The third prong is there as a safety device, but the plug will function with it broken off. We do this all the time at CNN in the field with extension cords. When you get back home, re-wire the cord. Problem solved.
    zenbeer

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