Our customer Miltos Pilalitos, recently posted this jewelry commercial he did for a client.    Here’s what Miltos had to say on the Vimeo site about the video:

This a 16″ TV commercial I shot a while ago on a VERY short notice (no prep time).

I had to light it myself and because of the tight space, limited time and minimal crew i decided to use my new CL600 LED lights from Cool lights. They practically saved our a$$e$! The lighting set up for each shot was less than 10 minutes, the room didn’t overheat and everything worked smoothly.

Shot on RED at 3K 60fps with RED ZOOM 18-50mm and Duclos-Tokina 11-16mm

Thanks Miltos!

Apparel-Accessories commercial lit with LED lights from Miltos Pilalitos on Vimeo.

More of Miltos work is available here.

Here’s a video review of the new LED 256 by Tom Robertson.  Thanks Tom!

COOL LIGHTS 256LED DEMO from Tom Robertson on Vimeo.

Here’s another video podcast by Jem Schofield.  This time on the LED 600 Softbox.  Jem’s site is www.thec47.com.  Thanks again.

Here’s a video podcast on the LED 600 by noted FCP expert Jem Schofield on his site www.thec47.com.  Thanks for that Jem!

Here’s a PDF download review of the new LED 256 and also the LED 600, done by our customer Tim Polster of  Metroplex Multimedia in Arlington, Texas.

Tim is typical of many of our customers and his review shows how many that work on corporate and other types of videos are appreciating LED fixtures like these for their portability as well as ability to run in “power challenged or starved” areas.  As Tim put it in a recent email:

I used the three LED setup for another recent job moving around
a retail establishment.  There is no way I could have worked as
fast with AC powered instruments.  Your lights are great tools.

Just click on this link to download the review.

Thanks for your work on that Tim, very informative.

There is a fantastic new DVD set (over 3 hours of material) for information on the RED One camera called RED 101.  As many of you know, we have a RED One and we support the RED community with quality lighting.

The information-packed DVD was produced by Jay A. Kelley of Dreamwelder Productions.   Cool Lights has a very comprehensive section on the dvd which includes 3 of our most popular product lines:  The LED 600 panel, CDM 150 fresnel and the portable fluorescent line represented here by the CL-255PMD.

Cool Lights from DreamWelder Productions on Vimeo.

Here is a link to the RED101DVD.  Be sure to check it out.  I think everyone with a RED One will want this DVD and I know I’ll be in line for it as well.  Thanks to Jay for the work on our section and the DVD!

Cool Lights customer Harold Ross has an unusual and unique technique that he uses to make still photos that have an almost “haunting” quality to them.  Here’s what Harold has to say about his methods.

Quaker Cemetary Wall

Tree

Farmer and Tractor

Garage

Here are some recent video tests done with the LED 600.  There were also a couple of tests with the CDM 150 fresnel and CL-255p fluorescent softlight as well.

Cool Lights customer Frank Perrotto recently sent in some stills to a movie he’s shooting with Cool Lights fixtures.  He was using a couple of CL-255 studio fluorescent models.  Here are some of his comments:

Just wanted to say I LOVE THESE LIGHTS. I meant to write a while back, but I just finished an independent feature shot almost entirely with the 2X 55w softlight and china balls on lantern locks.

The trailer is here and I’ve gotten a lot of compliments on the color and the natural look of the lighting to anyone who has seen it or seen any footage:

Timid (Trailer) from Frank Perrotto on Vimeo.

I‘m shooting a science fiction short very soon and plan to use them again and perhaps pick up some more.

Great product at an excellent price…

Frank Perrotto

Cool Lights customer Martin Kunert shot a friends audition tape for a studio feature here in LA. Per Martin: “It’s all lit with Cool Lights products, which worked perfectly so I wanted to share the images here. What you see is footage straight out of the camera. No color timing as added.”

http://www.martinkunert.com/vanessa.html

Actors: Vanessa Fiore, Michael Monks
Camera: HPX500, Fujinon lens.

Close up lighting: One Coollights 6bank CL-655P as key. Bounce card for fill. Hairlight is a coollights 150w tungsten fresnel. Both lights sit on Coollights c-stands.

Dance scene lighting, ambient light from flos above. One 6 bank Coollights CL-655P on right of camera.