Photography Lighting

February 11, 2020

Continuous Lighting: Back To The Future
An old style of lighting empowered with new technology
Text & Photography By Mark Edward Harris
Continuous Lighting
I used a Stella CLx8 modified with a Profoto collapsible beauty dish as a keylight and a Stella Pro CL 2000 as a very subtle sidelight to photograph Natu and Joko at the Singapore Zoo for my continuing orangutan portrait series to help spread awareness of the issues between these magnificent great apes and the production of palm oil. The alternative... Read more
November 6, 2018

Litepanels Gemini 2×1 RGB-WW LED Panel
A high-powered panel for video or still photography
Text & Photography By Daniel Brockett
Litepanels Gemini 2x1 RGB-WW LED Panel
The Gemini on the job. An Innovator In Lighting Litepanels has always been an innovative company. Ever since its formation in 2001, Litepanels has been a name synonymous with serious LED lighting used in all kinds of production. Today, the Litepanels Astra is one of the most ubiquitous LED panels in the business. Over the past few years, though, the... Read more
August 20, 2018

Rotolight Neo 2
One light, endless possibilities for still + motion work
David Schloss
The Rotolight Neo 2 is an exciting hybrid, designed for an age where photographers and videographers increasingly are the same person. The Neo 2 is a high-powered, consistent LED light, but it has a superpower, one that makes it more versatile than just about any LED on the market. The Neo2 is a high-quality, precision-built and color-accurate LED system,... Read more
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May 15, 2018

Equipping The Outdoor Studio
The right lighting gear will allow you to take total control of lighting when your studio is the great outdoors
William Sawalich
There are lots of reasons to make portraits outdoors. First and foremost, you avoid the expense and space requirements of setting up a studio. And since most studios are equipped with artificial lighting and modifiers, there’s a lot of gear to buy, too. Outdoors, however, you’re given the gift of one of the most powerful and beautiful light sources... Read more
January 26, 2018

In The Field With The Stella Pro 8000 And Stella Pro 5000 LED Lights
Waterproof battery-powered LED lights are wonders of compact and sturdy design.
Chris X Carroll
The first impression of Light & Motion new Stella Pro portable lights is how small and light they are. They come in a soft padded stewardess case with orange trim and “Stella” tastefully embroidered on the side that would be right at home in a Wes Anderson movie. This combined with their diminutive size lends them an unserious air right from... Read more
December 5, 2017

Photography By Bike With A Good Light
With the Lustra 50, PRL has figured out LEDs so photographers don’t have to
DL Byron
lighting for photography
Last week in Seattle, on Tuesday, when I was writing about dreariness (I called it dreeping), it was three times darker than the solar eclipse. THREE TIMES, and that reminded me to share with you how I’m getting street shots, even on the darkest days. It’s the Lustra 50 light, and what you need to know is that PRL has figured out affordable high-quality... Read more
November 15, 2017

5 Pro Studio Gear Guides
From LED lighting to wireless flash to large-format printers, these solutions will maximize your productivity in the studio so you can deliver the image to your client
The Editors Of Digital Photo Pro Magazine
wireless flash
From LED lighting to wireless flash to large-format printers, these solutions will maximize your productivity in the studio so you can deliver the image to your client. 1. The Mixed Studio If you’ve been to any photo trade show or video shoot recently, you may have seen a new lighting trend emerging: LED continuous lights. Read More… 2. Monolights... Read more
August 8, 2017

Monolights Cut The Cord
Go-anywhere battery-powered monolights are changing the way location photographers capture images
David Schloss
monolights
Broncolor Siros L Monolights are the unsung heroes of the studio photography world. While they’re compact and transportable, they’re less powerful than pack-based studio gear, and many studio photographers consider them to be a second-tier lighting solution because of the complexity of setting them up and triggering them. New battery-powered monolights... Read more
June 28, 2017

Westcott Skylux Light
Dependable, transportable LED lighting in a compact package
David Schloss
Westcott Skylux light
Emily Soto/Courtesy of Westcott Westcott’s Skylux is a deceptively small LED light that’s bright, compact, versatile and continues in the company’s tradition of making rock-solid photographic products with innovative design elements. The Skylux looks for all the world like a traditional, small monolight. More accurately, it looks like a lunchbox... Read more
May 22, 2017

A Constant Light: LED Lighting Solutions
Today’s LED lights are brighter, cheaper and better than ever, and ready for your studio
David Schloss
LED lighting
The flash of a strobe is intertwined so closely with the identity of a photographer that it has always been the signal in entertainment that a character is a photographer. Think, for instance, of film-noir dramas, where a news reporter catches a shot of a mobster—their Speed Graphic camera is always seen with a large, round Graflex flashgun popping... Read more
April 17, 2017

DIY High-Power Video Or Still Light For Under $200
We made our own 11,200 lumen LED lighting solution that’s lightweight and durable. Check out the how-to video.
David Schloss
LED lighting solutions
We’re always looking for ways to save time and money in the studio, so we set out to see if we could create a low-budget but powerful lighting solution for photography and videography. After wandering the aisles of the local hardware store, we found materials that allowed us to create our very own studio lighting hack—an 11,200 lumen light that... Read more
August 16, 2016

Bright, Soft And Portable
LED lighting matures, giving a whole new set of possibilities
David Schloss
It’s odd to think that today’s LED lights—bright, low-power and lightweight—are related to the LED lights of the late 1960s and 1970s. Anyone of a certain age who suffered from insomnia or rolled into bed after a night of partying is familiar with the persistent, obnoxious glow of a bedside alarm clock. Who knew that the technology used to... Read more
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