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== Hot Lights ==
 
== Hot Lights ==
Continuous lighting that generates more heat than light. Eg, tungsten
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Continuous lighting that generates more heat than light, e.g. tungsten bulb, carbon arc lamb, halogen lamp
  
 
== Cool Lights ==
 
== Cool Lights ==
Continuous lighting that generates more light than heat. Eg, fluorescent
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Continuous lighting that generates more light than heat, e.g. fluorescent lamp, [[LED]] lamp, cold light
  
 
== Strobes ==
 
== Strobes ==
Non-continuous lighting. Eg, a flash gun.
 
  
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Non-continuous lighting. E.g. a [[flash|flash gun]].
  
 
=== Ring Flash ===
 
=== Ring Flash ===
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The ring flash is an accessory for [[macro]] photography.
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== Modifiers ==
 
== Modifiers ==
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=== Barn Doors ===
 
=== Barn Doors ===
 
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=== Snoot ===
 
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A tube or cone attached to a lamp or flash unit to restrict the light, producing a spotlighting effect.
 
=== Softbox ===
 
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*[http://www.all-things-photography.com/types-of-photography-lighting.html type of lighting] at [http://www.all-things-photography.com "all about Photography"]
  
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Glossary Terms
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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

description

Reflector

description

Scrim

description

Snoot

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

Softbox

description

Links