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#Gaffer Night exteriors on a budget can be daunting, especially lighting large spaces. My approach simplifies the process: determine the light’s motivation—moonlight, streetlights, or a fire pit—and treat the scene like any other, adjusting for scale. Large exteriors follow the same principles as smaller scenes but require larger, more distant sources.

For this shoot, DP @reid_carrescia and I discussed going for a purely moonlit look. We chose a hard-ish moonlight to backlight falling snow, paired with a soft bounce for fill or key depending on the talent’s orientation.

The main hard moonlight came from an upstage 3/4 backlit angle to light the barn area. To emulate the far-reaching quality of moonlight, we used reflectors for added height and distance. An @aputure.lighting 1200D with a narrow reflector shot into a 50cm CRLS #2 and a 4x beadboard soft side, both rigged on a mombo. This provided a blend of hard specular light and soft ambient fill from one source.

For soft fill, a 600D was shot into an 8x8 Ultrabounce, with flags shaping the spill. Inside the barn, @asteraofficial titan tubes added a warm interior glow.

A @aparolighting radi 4x4 litemat served as the augmenting key for mediums and close-ups, complementing the 8x8 while providing a flattering shape to pick out talent against the background.

To enhance the scene, a snowmaker FX machine was rigged on a triple riser top stick and rotated for realistic snowfall.

Client: @oldcountrygardens
Agency: @mnemonicagency
DP: @reid_carrescia
Gaffer: ☝️ @jorgequintero.dp
KG/Snowmaker: @mfdowling
Team Lead: @schuck91c
Talent: @kinsley_daylene & Lily
Music: @allencarrescia by @jorgequintero.dp
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