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I Need QUICK lighting Help !
I've been told I can get some sort of common flood light from the Hardware store to use for lighting indoors...Can anyone tell me what type I should ask for , and if I can use that in some sort of Clamp-On fixture ? May 18 07 12:34 pm Link Best bet: use the more expensive porcelean elements with the clamp and silver bowl. They can handle more wattage. If you have a few more bucks, buy a set of halogen worklights... The color temp is pretty warm, so you'll have some playing around in PS later. They usually come with a stand, and you can often dim them from 1000/500/250 When I had mine, i even made barndoors from sheet metal and riveted them on. Snoot or softbox? cut the bottom from a metal trashcan.. painted bbq enamel inside..presto! good luck May 18 07 12:38 pm Link Electric? Stay away from the Coleman white gas mantel lanterns. Maybe hurricane lamps for more romantic effects. Quartz-halogen work lights with 3200K bulbs. You can custom white balance - but it can be a pain. Also if you find a good store they have different bulbs (500w/300w) Yes, clamps are fine, if you want. Or the ones with stands. If you find the right kind and the right lighting store there are 6500k bulbs (blue coated) if you need mixed lighting (daylight/hot mix). Or you can buy 6500k conversion gels. The three way brightness halogens for room lighting are maybe ok, but every brightness has a different light temperature and you'll go nuts. May 18 07 12:40 pm Link Thanks ! May 18 07 12:43 pm Link Halogen worklights will be your brightest. However they get extremely HOT. Donât put anything flammable close to them. May 18 07 12:47 pm Link JM Dean wrote: How close to the model will I be best to put them ? May 18 07 12:49 pm Link Full Sun Photography wrote: 10' for 5 minutes should get them to medium well done. May 18 07 12:55 pm Link Livingston Photography wrote: WOW !...that Hot huh ? May 18 07 12:59 pm Link Full Sun Photography wrote: You can get them within a couple of feet. Bad thing about these are itâs hard to control the light. They are so hot you canât put any type of modifier on them unless itâs made of metal. Guess you could rig up an umbrella to reflect the light back at the model, giving a little more control. And you can always flag areas off. That would give you a little more control. Just be careful not to get anything too close to them. May 18 07 01:01 pm Link Get some strobes. Your models will thank you for it when you don't set fire to their hair. Plus you get the added benefit of being able to modify the light... I've never seen a softbox for a hotlight. (Oh and I have got scars from red hot barn doors on an old Arri.. so trust me on this!!) May 18 07 05:16 pm Link |
