Mix lighting

Can you mix types of lighting in the same shot?
I mean I have halogen lights now (about 3100K).
I need to add more but I didn't want my apartment to become an oven so I was looking at the "cool Lights" which are florescent at about 5000K

If I white balance the entire scene would that be enough? Or do I stick with halogen.?

Thanks,
Jake

I've thought about this situation also. I would imagine it could cause an issue. If your actor/actress walked infront of one of the X lights and then only the Y light was lighting the scene it would throw it off. That is the only issue I can see.

Yeah, I guess I already know the answer, just wanted someone to say "no it won't cause a problem."
I'm sure if I white balence the scene one set of lights will still look different then the other.
I guess I have to make a desision on selling the halogen lights and getting florescent or get more halogen and baking pies in my living room :-)

This all goes back to my green screen thing. I'm finding that I need a lot of light on the background for it to look good.

Jake

I'd ditch the hot lights... get some cool florecents so you don't burn down your house.

Baking pies in a room at 325 degrees is probably not healthy for humans.

Here is a simple trick to take care of that problem.. this is for green screen type of work..

1. Light the green screen up with one type of light
2. light the subject with another type..

The green screen doesn't matter in regards to color temp - as long as it is a consistent or consistent as possible in green.

So Jake - it doesn't matter! :)

Example I do... I use cheap $5.00 Home Depot special halogens to light up my green screen, then I use my JTL's for lighting the subject. The brighter the screen is the better... but remember - the typical color picker will pick the green at any temp in you application. Heck, it could be blueish green, or reddish/green, as long as the color picker sees it. I have even done in black. (When using black, make sure subject is not wearing anything black. :))

Thanks Andy!

You betcha - but read it again as I added something while you were already replying. :)

P.S. I have so far done all the green screen work in Sony Vegas. I have not found a need to use AE for that yet. Also, even cheap software such as Magix can handle that. The key is really light the green, blue or whatever obscene color you are using for chroma-key.

Thanks Andy.
Well, I went ahead and bought some florescent lights today.
5 light kits with softbox and stands at 420watts each, that should light up the planet. :-)
I'll sell the halogen kit I just bought after these come in.

One reason I decided to order the florescent lights today was I'm going to shoot some video in clients homes. I really don't want to have those hot lights in their house.

Jake

Send a link of what you purchased... I am still looking for lights. Maybe a nice christmas gift to myself. Or just ship yours to my house Jake :-). Greatly appreciated.