Lights

mercphotomercphoto Registered Users Posts: 4,550 Major grins
edited July 5, 2004 in Accessories
I know little about indoor photography. I shoot nearly always outdoors in good sun. But I know indoor shots often benefit from two bright light sources properly placed to add light and counter shadows.

Question is, do those new "natual light" light bulbs produce a white enough light to do photography by? I also notice that professional floods are often very high wattage, like 500W, compared to a 120W household bulb. If it helps matters any, the indoor subject will be small pieces of blown glass and in a white-box.

Thanks, Bill
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  • dkappdkapp Registered Users Posts: 985 Major grins
    edited July 5, 2004
    mercphoto wrote:
    I know little about indoor photography. I shoot nearly always outdoors in good sun. But I know indoor shots often benefit from two bright light sources properly placed to add light and counter shadows.

    Question is, do those new "natual light" light bulbs produce a white enough light to do photography by? I also notice that professional floods are often very high wattage, like 500W, compared to a 120W household bulb. If it helps matters any, the indoor subject will be small pieces of blown glass and in a white-box.

    Thanks, Bill

    I assume you will use a manual WB to help with the bulbs almost white light. I think the the professional floods are designed to cover a larger area for portrait work where you will not need that much light for your blown glass. I've not done any inside studio work, this is just what I understand from my reading.

    Hope it helps.
    Dave
  • mercphotomercphoto Registered Users Posts: 4,550 Major grins
    edited July 5, 2004
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    dkapp wrote:
    I assume you will use a manual WB to help with the bulbs almost white light. I think the the professional floods are designed to cover a larger area for portrait work where you will not need that much light for your blown glass. I've not done any inside studio work, this is just what I understand from my reading.

    Hope it helps.
    Dave

    Yes, will use manual WB via a grey card. My local shop also said floods are over-kill, as you suggested. Will go with multiple small-wattage bulbs. Wondering if a diffused light from directly underneath would be useful?
    Bill Jurasz - Mercury Photography - Cedar Park, TX
    A former sports shooter
    Follow me at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bjurasz/
    My Etsy store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/mercphoto?ref=hdr_shop_menu
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