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Originally Posted by Joan Breckwoldt
I ........ finally ended up with a Commerical Electric flourescent bulb. But after a few months of using it, I've realized it's not bright enough. So, in order to go with something portable (since I need to take photos of models someplace other than my tiny crowded 'studio' space), I' m thinking of going with a white-lightning set-up like Bill described or . . . the local camera store has a couple of 250 and 500 Watt bulbs (halogen or tungsten, I was looking at flashes and wasn't completely focused on the individual bulbs, can't remember exactly what they were). This would be the 'easy', i.e. cheap, way out, but I'm not convinced this type of light is what I'm looking for. My question, when it comes to portable lighting, is the white-lighting set up the best to emmulate north light?
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Joan, I have no strobes for photography yet (as in White Lightning). Perhaps Bill could better address this. Since this type of light just makes a flash, your would need another light source to paint by.
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It's late at night, but I don't understand this at all! If you're using artificial light, why can't you just move your easel or move the lights?
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Well my studio space just evolved in a quirky way. The fluorescent lights are somewhat fixed in position overhead, so I can't move them. My easel is actually about 6 feet away at a downward angle, which is not so bad. I would not want it any closer. I just needed the lights to be more intensified than they would be if they only had the dark walls as a (non)reflectve surround; hence the white foamcore panels as reflectors. This at least doubles the lumens on my easel and feels about as lumenous as the best hour of natural diffused daylight streaming in. Effectively it gives me daylight at night for extended studio time without adding more lights than I already have. Of course, nothing beats daylight itself, but I get very little of that. I would not want to convey that my studio is anywhere near an ideal setup, because it certainly is not.
Garth