Home Lighting

[assman24]

Does anyone have any home lighting suggestions? I am putting all new lighting in my living room and wanted to have plenty of light for my Canon 400D and Canon HV30. I am thinking of putting in pot(?) lighting in the ceiling, and maybe having a lot of lights on a few different switches so that I can have normal lighting most of the time and a ton of light when I am shooting. Maybe add a dimmer switch, too. Also, I have the Reveal light bulbs through out the house that supposedly have a wider color spectrum. They seem to work okay. Does anyone have any thoughts?

Thanks,
Adam

[redwudz]

If you are shooting video, overhead lights aren't going to help that much, except for fill in. You still need ground level lighting, usually portable. A couple of diffused tripod mounted lights or a umbrella reflector or two would be my choice.

If you really want ceiling mounted lighting for video, consider a track light set up. They have the advantage of being adjustable and you can add lights as needed.

[minidv2dvd]

depends on what you want to shoot in the living room. closeups in high def on the couch? a couple of rewudz's big lights on rollers maybe? or large lamp base track lighting with heavy duty wiring that you could install spot lamps into when needed might work.