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Lighting is unquestionably the most important skill necessary to start or advance a career in the video and television production business, unfortunately there are very few places that teach practical lighting skills for television production and only EFPlighting.com is dedicated to the most important and most challenging of all television skills, interviews techniques and set-ups for every level of expertise.

Since it's introduction early last year EFPlighting has received over 5 million visits and received outstanding reviews worldwide. Television broadcasting and video production programs offered by many colleges and university have recommended this tutorial site to all their students.

Unquestionably EFPlighting.com is the best training program and reference guide available today. Unlike books or DVDs, EFPlighting.com is continuously updated and expanded with new tutorials for every area of video and television production as well as still photography.

The easy to learn illustrated tutorials throughout the site include basic fundamental techniques all the way to advanced lighting skills, the type of work that you see everyday on broadcasting television and in commercial productions. These are the types of skills necessary to get the better clients and the more profitable assignments. Most illustrations and tutorials are documented from actual broadcasting and commercial assignments that you see everyday on national television.

EFPlighting.com was created by Emmy award recipient Nino Giannotti. A veteran of video and television productions, Nino began his career in 1970 and his work can be seen everyday on ESPN and every other major national and international television networks.

In addition to all the important skills that you'll be learning on EFPlighting.com, any single one of the do-it-yourself tips demonstrated in these tutorials will pay for your membership cost many and many times.

Nino's lighting techniques demonstrated on EFPlighting.com dates back to the 15th century when renaissance artist like DaVinci and Caravaggio created the Chiaroscuro technique. on EFPlighting.com you'll learn how and why this is one of the most effective of all lighting techniques used today in television and video production as well as photography and cinematography.

Correct lighting placement and compositions are the two most critical area for quality lighting. EFPlighting.com demonstrates and illustrates in detail the purpose and correct position of each light for either single or two cameras interviews.

What light work best for you and why? Nino explains and demonstrates in details how to use all the different light options available today with new material continuously added to the tutorials as new products are introduced on the market.

Backgrounds can make the difference between good and bad video or photography. In this chapter you will learn about the different background options, how to use them effectively and creatively. You will also learn how to create the type of backgrounds that you've seen for years in TV shows like ESPN Classic Sport Century, a program that has created a new standard of quality for interviews.

If you don't have the time or resources to create a background then a simple green screen and the chromakey function in your editing computer will do the job. EFPlighting.com has created dozens of high resolution backgrounds that member are free to download in order to give their interviews that expensive look when very little time is available.

What grips to buy and how to use them, even seasoned professionals often have difficulties deciding what to get and how to use them. EFPlighting makes it easy with illustrations and demonstraitons

Learn how an inexpensive grid system can save the day and make you a hero with your client.

What's color temperature and how will effect the images. The correct use of filters and gels, both for creative and corrective purposes, EFPlighting.com covers this areas with easy to understand demonstrations and images.