Saved Bookmarks
| 1. |
Solve : help with light tent lighting? |
|
Answer» I am going to sell on Ebay and would like a recommendation on lighting. I hear some people use flourescent lighting, spiral bulbs, halogen lights. Wouldn't halogen lights get so hot that they will melt the tent and possible set on fire? I want to use the coolest one for many reasons. I want something affordable and very cool. Wouldn't halogen lights get so hot that they will melt the tent and possible set on fire?Yeah, I think that could happen if you're not careful to keep a safe DISTANCE between halogen lights and the tent. So, I would say you could use halogen lights, you just need to be very careful with them. I really don't know which type of lighting would give you the best results for photos to put on ebay auctions. Maybe someone ELSE can comment on that.Gooden dag, (good day) If you have a camera that operates without flash, use it. Be sure that the camera is absolutely still (if you have a TRIPOD or some means of a platform for the camera, that would be great) or it will get blurry pictures without flash. Why? The flash from a camera often leaves... glowing spots on some types of more reflective materials, and often, up close shots will loose some of their color originality. I would recommend that you try a few different lights, if you can. Its quite dependent on the object you are using. A halogen LIGHT would be too much for a shiny object, and would cause excessive shadows (depending on how many lights there are) Florescent works for a great deal of things, however, their light can be too "white" in some cases. (The Spiral bulbs are florescent bulbs) Standard incandescent (standard bulbs, nothing special, just good ol' Edison) would probably give the best color on the object. It is, nevertheless, very object independent. About halogens specifically: They get VERY hot. Though, like Soybean said, they are fine when kept away from the fabric of the tent, they are still hard to move while they are running or haven't sat and COOLED first. If your looking to use Halogens, and need to be moving them around, be sure you get stands for them that keep them off the ground, and allow you to move them easily. You might carry an object into a hardware store (Say, a book, or a tape measure) and hold it up to the lighting displays. Notice how the light reflects, and how it changes the color. (I'd wait a little bit and see what others have to say, this type of subject varies greatly by opinions) Personally, I'd just use whats available to me already. (Florescent and standard bulbs) i would not use halogen, they can get extremely hot and, in my experience, they produce a more warm yellowish light. personally, i would use fluorescent. they run cooler and can produce either a cooler white light or a warmer yellowish light. Quote Gooden dag, do you mean Güten Tag?Quote from: homer on April 05, 2008, 02:21:35 AM QuoteThat would be German. Gooden Dag is Dutch.Gooden dag, Though, I did spell Goede wrong.. It should be: Goede dag (Going to have to work on Goede.. that is just such a weird word) huh, i didnt know german and dutch were so closely related. |
|