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Joan Breckwoldt · 11-20-2005, 04:56 PM

Hi Garth,

Thanks for clearing that up. I understand it now. Well, your studio may be less than perfect but it must be near perfect from the incredible work that you turn out!

Hi Richard,

Thank you for that website. On the same site are some 'compact' flourescent bulbs. I need a portable lighting system of some sort to take my reference photos with. I have plenty of daylight in my little studio, I just don't want people trapsing up here, through our masterbedroom (!) to get here. On the same website is this page:
http://www.lumiram.com/ecolume.html
and there are a number of full spectrum flourescent bulbs, the hightest having a wattage of 23 and temp of 5000 Kelvin. I have a similar bulb that is 19 watts and it just doesn't put out enough light to even create much of a defined shadow on the face. I need to supplement it with north light, which is sometimes difficult. There are a lot of trees around our house so there really isn't a great window to take photos by. But I could try their highest, the 23 watt.

Does anyone know if the 23 watt bulb would be significantly stronger than the 19 watt bulb that I'm using? I suppose I could buy two light stands and point two at my model (from the same direction, of course).

Joan

11-20-2005, 04:56 PM	#5
Joan Breckwoldt Associate Member Joined: Nov 2001 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 504	Thanks! Hi Garth, Thanks for clearing that up. I understand it now. Well, your studio may be less than perfect but it must be near perfect from the incredible work that you turn out! Hi Richard, Thank you for that website. On the same site are some 'compact' flourescent bulbs. I need a portable lighting system of some sort to take my reference photos with. I have plenty of daylight in my little studio, I just don't want people trapsing up here, through our masterbedroom (!) to get here. On the same website is this page: http://www.lumiram.com/ecolume.html and there are a number of full spectrum flourescent bulbs, the hightest having a wattage of 23 and temp of 5000 Kelvin. I have a similar bulb that is 19 watts and it just doesn't put out enough light to even create much of a defined shadow on the face. I need to supplement it with north light, which is sometimes difficult. There are a lot of trees around our house so there really isn't a great window to take photos by. But I could try their highest, the 23 watt. Does anyone know if the 23 watt bulb would be significantly stronger than the 19 watt bulb that I'm using? I suppose I could buy two light stands and point two at my model (from the same direction, of course). Joan