studio lighting

What is it ?

Studio lights are any form of lighting equipment used by photographers, often when working in a photography studio, to enhance their photography. Most professional photographers have different light kits they use depending on the situation they find themselves shooting in.

Key Lights, Fill Lights, Hair Lights
studio lighting set up.

Flash lighting

Flash or strobe lighting, on the other hand, is intermittent light.  When you fire the shutter, the flash fires, quickly lighting up your subject and then turning itself off.  Flash lighting can be a simple speed light, like the one pictured above, or a more powerful strobe. Flashing lights minimises shadows.

This image is a photo i took experimenting with flash lighting.

Continuous lighting

Continuous lighting in photography occurs when you turn the studio lights on, they stay on – like a video light or a flashlight. You can power your studio lighting up or down, based on what you need, but they produce What You See Is What You Get lighting, continuous lighting will allow you to photograph simultaneously.

This photograph is a photo i took whilst experimenting with continuous lighting.

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