Master Contrast Ratios in One Day

Stop guessing exposure. Develop your eye for contrast ratios in one day with this exercise. I blacked out my garage studio and ran Patrick O’Sullivan's (The Wandering DP) contrast ratio exercise, mapping out every critical stop combination across my Key, Fill, Ambient, and Backlight using EL Zone. 👇 DOWNLOAD THE CHECKLIST SPREADSHEET 👇 Get the exact Google Sheet checklist tool I built for this video: ➡️ https://josh-james.kit.com/79d8cd754f Check out @TheWanderingDP for the original exercise breakdown:    • Stop Asking for Lighting Ratios (Do This I...   ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Intro 1:11 - The Exercise 2:58 - Build Your Set 3:24 - Lighting 4:06 - The Work 4:44 - The Results 6:22 - Tips 07:29 - Outro 📱 FOLLOW THE JOURNEY I’m documenting my entire path toward directing and shooting my own narrative films. Subscribe for more tutorials and behind the scenes footage. • Instagram:   / joshjames779   💡 Gear Used in This Video: • NanLite FS-300B: https://nanliteus.com/products/fs-300... • Ambitful Light Tube: https://a.co/d/0cp0vHZc • Neewer 5 in 1: https://a.co/d/03AUnb9d • Negative Fill: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc... • Diffusion: https://www.amazon.com/Muslin-Fabric-... #Cinematography #LightingRatios #ELZone #Filmmaking #ContrastRatios #IndieFilmmaker #TheWanderingDP