How to Make Light Rays: Cinematic Lighting Techniques

, and uniform.css sizes any
main h1 at the page-title scale (.definitive-interior main h1), so
one landed mid-read at 60px. The cap carries the page class to out-
specify that rule, and covers the whole family at reading scale. */
.blog-page .blg-wrap .blg-body h1, .blog-page .blg-wrap .blg-body h2,
.blog-page .blg-wrap .blg-body h3, .blog-page .blg-wrap .blg-body h4 { margin: 2rem 0 0.75rem; font-family: "Playfair Display", Georgia, serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.3; color: rgb(244 241 235 / 0.95); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; max-width: none; }
.blog-page .blg-wrap .blg-body h1, .blog-page .blg-wrap .blg-body h2 { font-size: clamp(1.15rem, 1rem + 0.8vw, 1.45rem); }
.blog-page .blg-wrap .blg-body h3 { font-size: clamp(1.05rem, 0.95rem + 0.55vw, 1.3rem); }
.blog-page .blg-wrap .blg-body h4 { font-size: clamp(1rem, 0.95rem + 0.3vw, 1.12rem); }
/* A photo run is not a paragraph - it breaks out past the reading
measure to ONE width token and packs like the photography archive.
CSS columns balanced the run into three ragged stacks: a column ran
long and dangled a photograph below the others, a wide frame overran
the square its neighbours implied, and a hole opened where the last
short column stopped. The rows are JUSTIFIED instead - solved at
build time in galleryize.py, shipped as explicit flex rows.
A cell's --a is its native aspect. flex-grow:var(--a) over a zero
basis hands each photo in a row the width a_i x h out of the row's
free space, so every photo in the row stands at the same height h
and the last one lands exactly on the right edge - flush left AND
right, nothing cropped, no measurement on the page. */
.blg-body { --blg-wide: min(68rem, 92vw); --blg-gap: 0.62rem; }
.blg-gallery { width: var(--blg-wide); margin: 2rem 0 2.2rem; margin-inline: calc(50% - var(--blg-wide) / 2); display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: var(--blg-gap); }
.blg-row { display: flex; column-gap: var(--blg-gap); width: var(--rw, 100%); margin-inline: auto; }
.blg-nb { display: none; }
.blg-gallery .blg-cell { flex-grow: var(--a, 1); flex-shrink: 1; flex-basis: 0; min-width: 0; aspect-ratio: var(--a, 1.5); margin: 0; padding: 0; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 0.3rem; background: #0b0d12; cursor: pointer; opacity: 0; transform: translateY(18px); transition: opacity 620ms cubic-bezier(0.22, 0.61, 0.21, 1), transform 740ms cubic-bezier(0.22, 0.61, 0.21, 1); }
.blg-gallery .blg-cell.is-in { opacity: 1; transform: none; }
.blg-gallery .blg-cell img { display: block; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; margin: 0; border-radius: 0; opacity: 0.86; transition: transform 760ms cubic-bezier(0.22, 0.61, 0.21, 1), opacity 420ms ease; }
.blg-gallery .blg-cell:hover img, .blg-gallery .blg-cell:focus-visible img { opacity: 1; transform: scale(1.02); }
.blg-gallery .blg-cell:focus-visible { outline: 1px solid var(--kls-accent, #fb5607); outline-offset: 2px; }
/* the run measures itself against the article COLUMN, so the index
rail simply narrows it - no second width rule for the railed page */
@supports (container-type: inline-size) {
.blg-wrap { container-type: inline-size; }
.blg-body { --blg-wide: min(68rem, 100cqw); }
}
/* The phone keeps the grid - 2-up rows out of the same packer at a
smaller row height, never one full-screen photograph per screen.
The desktop rows dissolve (display:contents) and the build-time
narrow breaks drive the lines instead, so one set of photographs
serves both plans. */
@media (max-width: 760px) {
.blg-body { --blg-gap: 0.5rem; }
.blg-gallery { flex-direction: row; flex-wrap: wrap; column-gap: var(--blg-gap); row-gap: 0; margin-bottom: 1.8rem; }
.blg-row { display: contents; }
.blg-nb { display: block; flex: 0 0 100%; height: var(--blg-gap); }
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) { .blg-gallery .blg-cell { opacity: 1; transform: none; transition: none; } }
/* A short line stranded between two photo runs read as a fragment
someone forgot to delete. It is the author's own beat - so it is set
as one: centred, given air on both sides, a step up in scale. The
builder finds it; not a word of it is moved or rewritten. */
.blg-body .blg-beat { margin: clamp(2.4rem, 5.5vh, 3.6rem) auto; max-width: 34rem; text-align: center; }
.blg-body .blg-beat p, .blg-body .blg-beat div { margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; }
/* Squarespace put white-space:pre-wrap INLINE on these paragraphs, so
the source indent after each printed as a real leading space
and every line after the first sat 3px right of centre. pre-line
keeps the author's line breaks and drops the indentation; it has to
out-rank an inline style, hence the !important, and it is scoped to
the beat alone. No character of the copy changes. */
.blg-body .blg-beat p { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0.4rem; white-space: pre-line !important; font-family: "Playfair Display", Georgia, serif; font-size: clamp(1.2rem, 1rem + 1vw, 1.65rem); line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(244 241 235 / 0.94); }
.blg-body .blg-beat p:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
/* end blg-gallery */

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Nov 22, 2019·1 min read
How to Make Light Rays: Cinematic Lighting Techniques

In this video Director, Kyle Loftus discusses how to make light rays at home or on the go with this simple method. This is a very useful and insightful video for any beginning or novice filmmaker. Learn how to create a professional-looking set and scene by adding in light rays. Understanding lighting and cinematic techniques is huge for improving your body of work and skillset. You don't want to miss out on this short yet insightful video where Director Kyle Lotus literally walks you through his entire setup from where he places his light to what light he's using and even how much haze he pumps into the scene. This is the perfect video for any beginner or novice filmmaker looking to expand what they are capable of creating on set with a client. How to Make Light Rays: Cinematic Lighting Techniques.

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