--- title: Adaptable ColorSource Spot jr for TV's 60 Minutes – et cetera... description: ETC's ColorSource Spot jr impressed Blake Hottle, a director of photography for TV's 60 Minutes, with its speed, versatility, and power. image: https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/ColorSourceSpotjr60Minutes_LosAngelesCA_01202021_003-web-750x500.jpg --- - [ETCCONNECT](https://etcconnect.com/) - [ABOUT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/about) - [AUTHORS](https://blog.etcconnect.com/blog-authors) - [CONTACT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/contact) [Follow us on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/ElectronicTheatreControls) [Follow us on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/ElectronicTheatreControls) [Follow us on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/electronic-theatre-controls) [Follow us on LinkedIn](https://www.youtube.com/user/ETCVideoLibrary) [![EtCetera\_319x104](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hs-fs/hubfs/EtCetera_319x104.png?width=319&height=104&name=EtCetera_319x104.png "EtCetera_319x104")](https://blog.etcconnect.com) [![ETC Blog](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hs-fs/hubfs/EtCetera_319x104.png?width=319&height=104&name=EtCetera_319x104.png "ETC Blog")](https://blog.etcconnect.com) - [SPOTLIGHT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/spotlight) - [ETC CULTURE](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/etc-culture) - [GEAR](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/gear) - [LEARN](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/learn) - [ODDS & ENDS](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/odds-ends) - [BRIGHT IDEAS](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/bright-ideas) Search ## [![blog-header](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hs-fs/hubfs/blog-header.png?width=476&height=155&name=blog-header.png "blog-header")](https://www.etcconnect.com) [Follow us on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/ElectronicTheatreControls) [Follow us on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/ElectronicTheatreControls) [Follow us on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/electronic-theatre-controls) [Follow us on LinkedIn](https://www.youtube.com/user/ETCVideoLibrary) [✕](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2021/02/colorsource-spot-jr-tv-60-minutes#gwen-offcanvas-primary) - [SPOTLIGHT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/spotlight) - [ETC CULTURE](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/etc-culture) - [GEAR](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/gear) - [LEARN](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/learn) - [ODDS & ENDS](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/odds-ends) - [BRIGHT IDEAS](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/bright-ideas) # ColorSource Spot jr punches above its weight for TV’s 60 Minutes ![Jacob Coakley](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hs-fs/hubfs/jacob.png?width=34&height=34&name=jacob.png)By [Jacob Coakley](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/jacob-coakley) 23 Feb 2021 ![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/ColorSourceSpotjr60Minutes_LosAngelesCA_01202021_003-web-750x500.jpg)   Blake Hottle is a freelance Director of Photography/Camera Op whose work has been seen regularly on [*60 Minutes*, *48 Hours*, *CNBC Documentaries*, and more](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1656567/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1). On his latest shoot for *60 Minutes*, ETC’s new [ColorSource Spot jr](https://www.etcconnect.com/colorsourcespotjr/) impressed him. “It’s fast, versatile, and has plenty of power for how we shoot today.” It also proved a match for his creativity*.* The segment for *60 Minutes* was about the new James Webb Space Telescope launching this fall and included an interview at aerospace manufacturer Northrup Grumman. Because he couldn’t film interviews with the scientists in the clean room where the satellite is being assembled, he needed to find a way to spice up a corporate boardroom with TV lighting tricks for two different interviews. For the first interview, Hottle hung a variety large photos and placed mirrors strategically on the floor. Then he aimed the [ColorSource Spot jr](https://www.etcconnect.com/colorsourcespotjr/) at the mirrors. ![Blake Hottle positions the beam of a ColorSource Spot jr](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/ColorSourceSpotjr60Minutes_LosAngelesCA_01202021_002-web-263x350.jpg?width=263&height=350&name=ColorSourceSpotjr60Minutes_LosAngelesCA_01202021_002-web-263x350.jpg) Blake Hottle used a ColorSource Spot jr fixture to inventively light the background for a “60 Minutes” piece on the James Webb Space Telescope “I used mirrors instead of individual lights because I couldn’t afford to lose the time changing multiple lights when we switched from filming two separate interviews,” explains Hottle. Thanks to the “run and gun” shooting style of news mags and documentaries, Hottle frequently ends up doing his own setup and shooting. “I don’t have a crew of grips and a gaffer,” Hottle says. “And I don’t have a lot of time to set up. This way I could set up one fixture and use the mirrors as a breakup. The single beam hit multiple mirrors and I got all these happy accidents. I didn’t have to sit there with multiple individual lights setting up flags and cutters. This looked organic, random, and was more visually interesting. We simply pulled up the hanging photos out of the frame for the second interview, which was already pre-lit.”   ### ColorSource Spot jr has flexibility for TV lighting The color temperature flexibility of the ColorSource Spot jr also came in handy to the meet the requirements of TV lighting. “We tried the 3200 K setting, but I wanted something that popped more. I used full daylight at 5600K out of the ColorSource Spot jr to give us a half-blue on the photos. That way the face tones (which I kept at 4300K using a different fixture) popped a little.” While the segment hasn’t aired yet, Hottle is pleased with how it all turned out – and especially pleased with the ColorSource Spot jr: “Being freelance, I’m an owner-operator of my own business. I own all my own cameras, lights, grip, and everything. I have to be really, really careful about not having too much stuff and only having stuff that is useful and punches above its weight. The [ColorSource jr](https://www.etcconnect.com/colorsourcespotjr/) ticks all those boxes.” - - - 0 [#FEATURED](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/featured) [#TV lighting](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/tv-lighting) [#60 Minutes](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/60-minutes) [#Blake Hottle](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/blake-hottle) [#BRIGHT IDEAS](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/bright-ideas) [#TV](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/tv) [#ColorSource Spot jr](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/colorsource-spot-jr) ### SolaFrame Studio lights Munich’s Marstall Theatre [Previous article](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2021/03/solaframe-studio-lights-the-marstall) ### ETC lights up your Valentine’s Day [Next article](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2021/02/etc-lights-up-your-valentines-day) [Jacob Coakley](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/jacob-coakley) ![Jacob Coakley](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hs-fs/hubfs/jacob.png?width=180&height=180&name=jacob.png) Jacob joined ETC at the beginning of 2017. A former magazine editor, Jacob is a long veteran of the theatER/theatRE wars and Oxford Comma skirmishes. He trained as an actor in New York, a sound designer in San Francisco, and as a writer everywhere. At ETC he helps with the Architectural; Dimming, Power & Switching; and Networking product lines. 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