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Do you use flourescent lighting?
Just curious how many out there use fluorescent lighting in their studio as opposed to flash. One of the top headshot photographers here in Vancouver uses just fluorescent lighting and it's a great look when you've mastered it. Samples would be great.... Have a nice day. Stan Aug 22 09 11:53 am Link it would be a lot cheaper that's for sure  Aug 22 09 11:57 am Link Stonefield Media wrote: Is he using Kino Flos? those are flicker free daylight balanced lights. Awesome lights I have used them a couple times. Wish I could afford a set but my lighting kit is highly portable for travel and that rules them out. Aug 22 09 12:05 pm Link Yes, the photographer I'm talking about DOES use Kino Flos. It costs a bit more for the bulbs to get the daylight balanced ones, but you group 4 or 5 of those side by side in a box and yes, you get a beautiful light. They certainly don't have the throw a flash would, but they make up for that in being able to see what you're doing when adjusting everything. Aug 22 09 12:09 pm Link Stonefield Media wrote: kinos rock for sure, and you don't have to worry about flicker which is the great part. Aug 22 09 12:13 pm Link I use a 10 bulb CFL ringlight often. I use it with my 50mm and 80mm 1.8 mostly.  full sized image here: http://jnicholasphotography.com/Kids/04.html Aug 22 09 12:15 pm Link All of the photographs in my portfolio are lit with a homemade softbox filled with 12 CFLs from the hardware store. I'm working in B+W -- I suspect the color of these lights would be a problem for color shooters. Aug 22 09 06:42 pm Link I switched to fluourescent bulbs in my home  if that counts !! Saves me 2000$ a year in electricity bills. I use the same ringlight, J Aug 22 09 11:19 pm Link The overhead lights in my studio are long-tube florescents, but the strobe flashes overpower them anyways. lol. I find them to be unobtrusive though, unlike halogens and the like, such as my hotlights. The overhead florescents are neutral and don't throw my color off so I can just leave them on for high key shots, making it easy to focus and shoot. If I use hotlights to light my way to focus and compose my shots, then I have to balance to them. Aug 22 09 11:32 pm Link I use CFLs a fair bit. I love the softness of the light, especially when experimenting with barebulb... i have a bunch of highly polished reflectors from streetlights that i got from a surplus store, that are a fave part of my lighting setup. Aug 23 09 07:46 pm Link Black and Decker FL strip work lights, gelled green and magenta, about a foot from the sides of the model, shot on tripod.  Aug 23 09 07:50 pm Link I use photoflex starlight kits for my video work and I have been looking at fluorescent light banks to replace them since they run so much cooler, but they're just damn expensive - lol! I did use a circular fluorescent light a while back for small product photography and it worked rather well. Aug 23 09 07:55 pm Link Karl Johnston wrote: About how many lights is that?! Aug 23 09 08:34 pm Link My avatar was shot with a mixture of fluorescent lighting (5000K, high CRI) and flash. It allows me to drag the shutter and add a bit of motion blur when I want it. Aug 23 09 09:37 pm Link T-P wrote: 20 something i think Aug 23 09 09:49 pm Link Some 18+ examples of mine: https://www.modelmayhem.com/pic.php?pic … up_id=&ua= https://www.modelmayhem.com/pic.php?pic … up_id=&ua= The first one is just a circular fluorescent tube that I wired up to run externally. The other one is heavily photoshopped, but it was originally lit using four shop lights arranged in a square. Aug 23 09 09:57 pm Link Chip Willis wrote: I made my own T5 lighting gear, and the way to shoot faster then 1/60 is to use a capacitor on some ballasts to put the lights slightly out of phase of each other. Or find 120hz ballasts T5 ballasts. I need to shoot something for my port with them here soon. Aug 24 09 04:58 am Link Jeko Photo wrote: A better way is to buy high frequency lights. These are probably more common on this side of the Atlantic, since 50 or 100Hz flicker is more likely to induce headaches than 60 or120Hz. They are commonly used for office lighting. Aug 24 09 07:56 am Link I use florescent bulbs for some of my work. (usually in my attic space where I don't feel like dragging up my strobes and don't want the heat from hot lights)   Aug 24 09 08:04 am Link I use Steve Kaeser flourescent lighting for my indoor stuff. They use the huge 85W (300W equivalent) CF bulbs which produce an excellent spectrum of light. The best part--their lighting sets are much, much cheaper than anyone else's! Aug 24 09 09:23 am Link Never heard of that Steve Kaeser flourescent kit....got a link ? Aug 24 09 11:41 am Link I actually use two fluorescent Paterson 19x20" flat panels (DigitaLites) - I've had quite good results most of the time as well, especially with black and white work. They aren't as flexiable as I'd like, but have come in handy many a time. Just my two cents. Aug 24 09 11:53 am Link Garrett Sanders wrote: I have a set of them too. two 6 bulb softboxes and a boom light. but the weight of them wears out the lever to tighten them at the pivot point. I have to get inventive with some rope to keep them from just sagging Aug 24 09 12:00 pm Link I use 2 fluorescent strip lights bought from a DIY store. And I completely ripped the idea off from Brooks Ayola (although I did ask him first ) Go look at his glasses montage on his profile. They're all in colour BTWAug 24 09 12:05 pm Link This was daylight balance tubes, eight total:  Aug 24 09 12:05 pm Link Stonefield Media wrote: Aug 24 09 12:11 pm Link Stonefield Media wrote: ive shot with fluorescent lights before and will do again Aug 24 09 12:43 pm Link |
