The new Aputure LightStorm 600c Pro is here — one of the most modern lights for film, photography and professional video out there. I’m Daniel Blanco, and I’ve been waiting years for something like this. Let me explain.
It’s one of the so-called point sources: unlike a Sky Panel or a NOVA, this one concentrates all its power in a single point. And in this case, a very big one.
That gives us different light quality — and when we say QUALITY we mean whether the shadow is hard or soft. These modular lights are very practical, with a Bowens mount, the legendary mount of studio still-photography strobes. We can make the light hard, we can make it soft, we can make it very pinpoint, and we can do all kinds of effects.
Those are the real brushes in film and photography — the modifiers. If light is the paint, the modifiers are the brushes. Each modifier defines how the light is going to project onto your frame. That’s where your work as a painter, as a photographer, as a visual designer comes in. There’s an extensive catalog of modifiers for this kind of light, which is why they’re so practical. This light is made of RGB and warm-white diodes. And as is well known, mixing the primary colors of light — additive color mixing — gives us pure white.
Imagine the light has diodes inside emitting red, green and blue, with the intensity defined for each of these colors. You’ll find the perfect color mix to project light in whatever color you want. We used to have to gel; the advantage of RGB lights is you can find any temperature and any color. There’s also a huge collection of effect gels. We used to filter. But inside our Aputure lights we have an extensive collection of the most famous gels in the industry from Lee and Rosco. Yes, every one in the catalog is available here. You can save quite a bit of money there. You can apply it to simulate coming from a daylight source or a tungsten source.
These lights have revolutionized the industry thanks to their low power consumption relative to the output they deliver — and this matters: we can have cooler sets, travel lighter, not depend on a generator, filming permits, diesel-parking and a large electrical crew to pull off a relatively big shoot. This applies to every setup: the main unit, splinter units, second unit, music videos. For independent productions, for documentaries. For the way film gets made today.
I invite you to watch the full video on YouTube where we talk about lighting techniques, production examples, electricity and wattage management, among other things. Don’t forget to leave your questions or comments so we can talk — thanks for supporting my new site.
Daniel Blanco A.M.C. 🎥
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