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Best lights to illuminate a small area.

Started 7 months ago | Questions thread
kooistraalexander
kooistraalexander Regular Member • Posts: 362
Re: Best lights to illuminate a small area.
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Your post is somewhat technical in approach... you know how many lux you need, it's only 3x3m and you want to fully light a model head to toe?

Some basic modifiers like barndoors, fersnel, octabox and a stip softbox are always good.

It's really hard to just recommend some lights. Daylight only? Mains or also on v-mount batteries? etc etc etc

Een partij als hetraam.nl is heel goed en kan je ook wel wat basis advies geven. En bij kamera-express kan je ook prima huren (wij zitten in het Noorden en dan is het wel fijn dat je daar ook kan afhalen).

Hendrik_nl wrote:

kooistraalexander wrote:

Contact a local rental company, ask for advise and hire some lights.

Don't buy into anything if you don't have a clue what you need or like to work with.

Yes, that's an option (any recommendations in the Netherlands?), but you still don't know what you need to rent, so building experience can take some time.

I think the question is more what type is the best, choosing between a pointsource LED bounced from a reflective surface or shot through some fabric; compared to LED panels. The less lights the better if a flat lightning can be achieved.

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