Lighting
carbon arc studio lamp of 1913 |
Contents
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
camera with ring flash image by Askr! |
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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Links
- type of lighting at "all about Photography" [1]
Glossary Terms