catchlights said:Continuous Lighting system is hot, very very hot, not as convenient as strobes.
student said:I use continuous light exclusively for my "studio" portraits.
Bobman said:If not studio then where, outdoor har :bsmilie: :bsmilie: Dunno got battered powered ones not???
student said:If not studio, apart from "outdoor" then anywhere else. Such as lounges, rooms, ANYWHERE!
Continuous light include reading lamps, ceiling lights etc.
Clown said:wah liew eh u 2 ar... arbish!
i noe lah.. i only touch flashes on commercial assignments. i'm the ambient lighting kinda photog.student said:Actually, sunlight is the best source of light there is! Bar none! No human-devised lighting system can come close!
Properly harnessed, sunlight is the best form of light there is!
Granted that our tropical light is not the best around, but still, in my opinion, better than any man made light.
student said:Actually, sunlight is the best source of light there is! Bar none! No human-devised lighting system can come close!
Properly harnessed, sunlight is the best form of light there is!
Granted that our tropical light is not the best around, but still, in my opinion, better than any man made light.
cyber_m0nkey said:Continuous (the big wattage type) produces lovely light, but as others have mentioned are cumbersome to use and great care must taken in their use to avoid injury or damage to electrical circuits. Also, unless you have very powerful lights you're limited to slower shutter speeds, often requiring tripod, even for 35mm.
In some situations 'hot' lights are either not advisable or simply cannot be used in a practical way. The best example is food photography, the heat from the lights dries the food out and so on..... Must work VERY quickly in these situations. In other still life situations, you need to be careful, especially where the subject is a compund of a number of materials, e.g. glass, metal plastic, etc - these will allow expand at different rates and can cause the item to warp - in the case of plastic it can even melt if the lights are sufficiently powerful and/or too close.
Strobes are far more versatile and practical - it's that simple.