{"id":1129,"date":"2018-07-12T14:30:21","date_gmt":"2018-07-12T14:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/?p=1129"},"modified":"2018-07-12T14:32:20","modified_gmt":"2018-07-12T14:32:20","slug":"light_sources_for_photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/light_sources_for_photography\/","title":{"rendered":"Light Sources for Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In a recent on-line discussion, someone offered a very confused (wrong) explanation of electronic flash options for photographic lighting.\u00a0\u00a0 To straighten out the confusion, here’s a very brief overview of light sources\u00a0for photography.<\/p>\n

Light sources that strobe\/flash<\/h2>\n
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  1. Studio strobe : Generally requires power from an AC wall-outlet
    \nMore\u00a0power (more than batteries) enables more light and shorter recycle time.
    \nMost studio strobes include a modeling light, which is a low-power continuous light that helps a photographer setup the light.<\/li>\n
  2. Monolight (a.k.a monoblock)\u00a0: Self-contained studio strobe (does not have an external power pack).\u00a0 Some have an option to operate from battery.<\/li>\n
  3. Speedlight\u00a0: a small battery-powered strobe with hot shoe; can be used on or off camera<\/li>\n
  4. Small strobe like a Speedlight but without hot shoe … is there a term for that?<\/li>\n
  5. Camera built-in flash<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Light sources that do Not strobe\/flash<\/h2>\n
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    1. Natural light, a.k.a. available light, ambient light … light not supplied by the photographer.<\/li>\n
    2. Continuous light (a.k.a. video light) … is a light source that does not strobe\/flash.
      \nAbsolutely necessary for video applications, but can also be useful for still photography.<\/li>\n
    3. Hot light … a “continuous light” that generates much heat.
      \nTungsten and HMI (a.k.a. arc light)\u00a0are examples of hot light technologies.
      \nLED\u00a0is an example of continuous light technology\u00a0that is Not hot.<\/li>\n
    4. Flashlight \/ Light painting … this is a bit obscure, but some photographers have used a simple hand-held flashlight to “paint” light onto a subject during a very long exposure.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Light modifiers<\/h2>\n

      Umbrella\u00a0(There are reflective umbrellas and shoot-through umbrellas.)
      \nSoft box
      \nBeauty dish
      \netc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      In a recent on-line discussion, someone offered a very confused (wrong) explanation of electronic flash options for photographic lighting.\u00a0\u00a0 To straighten out the confusion, here’s a very brief overview of light sources\u00a0for photography. Light sources that strobe\/flash Studio strobe : Generally requires power from an AC wall-outlet More\u00a0power (more than batteries) enables more light and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,14,15],"tags":[191],"class_list":["post-1129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-equipment","category-flash","category-lighting","tag-studio-strobe-monolight-speedlight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1129"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1132,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1129\/revisions\/1132"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}