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Los Angeles, CA – Kino Flo, the leader in color-accurate lighting solutions for film, television, and broadcast, proudly announces the launch of Diva Lux 4, the next generation of the highly regarded Diva family of soft lights engineered to deliver full power across all white points and nearly all color points. Powered by Kino Flo’s advanced RGB-cWwW LED […]

“Having a light like the Celeb IKON that’s just so clean, hundred percent output at full saturation, these units had all the punch I needed to tell my story.” – DP Kristian Dane Lawing Local 600 Director of Photography Kristian Dane Lawing and his crew put the new Kino Flo Celeb IKON through its paces […]

Revolutionary solution for lighting talent, wardrobes, and sets LOS ANGELES – KINO FLO, the world’s leader in lighting products for movies, television, and broadcast, announces the release of the first of its revolutionary family of products, the Celeb IKON 6. This breakthrough in lighting technology features a powerful new LED engine that offers near-perfect daylight and tungsten […]

LiteGear is acquired by Chauvet to expand leadership in the cinematic lighting industry Burbank, CA – LiteGear, the innovative cinematic LED lighting manufacturer, is excited to announce its acquisition by Chauvet, a leading name in the lighting industry. This strategic acquisition aligns with Chauvet’s vision to broaden its reach and expertise in the realm of […]

Full-Spectrum, Image-Based Video Lighting Tile Delivers Unprecedented Realism for Renowned Virtual Production Producer BURBANK, Calif. — March 8, 2024 — Kino Flo Lighting Systems is proud to share that its MIMIK 120 full-spectrum, image-based video lighting tile has been chosen by creative producer and virtual production specialist J.T. Rooney, a well-known pioneer in immersive technology […]

Full-Spectrum, Image-Based Video Lighting Tile Synchronizes With LED Volume Content to Deliver Unprecedented Realism for Music Video BURBANK, Calif. — Feb. 13, 2024 — Kino Flo Lighting Systems today announced that its MIMIK 120 full-spectrum, image-based video lighting tile was utilized by Hollywood-based digital film production company Fearless Productions in Project Chimera — a music […]

Gaffer Lů Mořický built a paradise for a shopping mall TVC with some creative rigging and Kino Flo.  The studio-like setup for a night shoot in a shopping mall may have required some funny rigging, but with a bit of rope to suspend a Celeb 850 with 6×4 ft softbox above the scene, the result […]

Behind every good meal is a love story. Tesco’s Food Love Stories TVC series shows real people making real recipes.  DoP Ian Murray shares his production notes: With Tescos the brief was to create delicious looking food in a lifestyle environment. For the first sequence mainly lighting through the windows then supplementing it with soft […]

DoP Byonghoon Jo shares his setup and results on the set of short film Loners. The scene is in a basketball court and we waited for the sunlight through the window and hazed it up. Because we were relying on the sun and the actors were running with the ball, we needed a quick and […]

Big Easy Queens is a campy romp of a movie that tells the story of archrivals Miss Bouvèé and Poodles Makenzie fighting for turf supremacy in New Orleans.  Budgets are always tight and time is a precious commodity when shooting independent film, and especially so for a glam horror project like this one, with its big set pieces […]