Lighting for mixed stills and motion
12 March 2026
How we plot a day that has to yield both a hero still and usable coverage without relighting every setup.
Journal
Notes from set and from the grading desk.
Why we grade stills with the film
2 February 2026
Matching a retouched still to a show LUT is not a courtesy, it is how a campaign holds together in a media mix.
Call sheets that protect the idea
9 December 2025
A shot list is not a wish list. It is the order of work when the weather, the talent, or the building turns.
Sound is part of finishing, not a plugin
21 November 2025
A grade cannot hide a noisy interview. We budget sound as if the picture depended on it, because it does.
Locations that survive a second setup
28 August 2025
A beautiful square at 8:00 can be a crowd at 11:00. We recce for the whole plot, not the first still.