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== Hot Lights ==
 
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Non-continuous lighting. E.g. a [[flash|flash gun]].
 
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The ring flash is an accessory for [[macro]] photography.
 
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Hot Lights

Continuous lighting that generates more heat than light, e.g. tungsten bulb, carbon arc lamb, halogen lamp

Cool Lights

Continuous lighting that generates more light than heat, e.g. fluorescent lamp, LED lamp, cold light

Strobes

Non-continuous lighting. E.g. a flash gun.

Ring Flash

The ring flash is an accessory for macro photography.


Modifiers

Barn Doors

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Reflector

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Scrim

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Snoot

A tube or cone attached to a lamp or flash unit to restrict the light, producing a spotlighting effect.

Softbox

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Glossary Terms