Thanks to long time customer, gaffer Ian Dart of Australia, for sending us these BTS photos of LED 600 in various Australian film productions.

Our friend Miltos Pilalitos is at it again with another music video powered only by daylight or Cool Lights LED 600 and LED 1200.  Here’s what Miltos had to say about the production of the video:

The CL LED1200 and one CL LED600 were the only light sources we used in making the ‘Avec Toi’ Music Video which was mainly an exterior shot. For the interior suite scenes we were only allowed to have very light equipment so the Cool Lights LED units were the perfect candidate. The LED units also helped us shoot very fast and move from location to location very efficiently. The CL LED units made life easier!

Avec Toi (Official MV) from Miltos Pilalitos on Vimeo.

Scott Bradley of PulseStudios of Missouri was a very early customer of the Cool Lights 1200w HMI Par.  He was recently nice enough to share a production photo for a music video he used both his pars on.  Thanks Scott!  You can find him at www.pulsestudios.com.

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