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Classification and characteristics of photography lights

The function of the photography light on the camera is the same as the function of the flashlight on the camera. It is a very important equipment in the shooting process, such as barbecue and camping at night. The photography process cannot be separated from the photography light; Very important role. Below, the editor of Xianji.com will introduce you the classification and characteristics of photography lights, how to use them, and their placement.

Classification and characteristics of photography lights

1. Three primary colors cold light: accurate color temperature, cold light source, mainly used in studios and conference rooms.
2. Dysprosium lamp: used for film and television production.
3. News light: necessary for photography and video enthusiasts and journalists, easy to carry, light in size, and practical.
4. Halogen lamps: traditional lamps and heat sources.
5. Outdoor shooting light: easy to carry, suitable for temporary shooting.
6. Spotlight: Mainly used for stage and studio.
7. Stage lights: There are many types, which can create a stage atmosphere.
8. Flash: stage.
9. LED lamps: energy saving and long life.

How to use the photography light

In some complex environments such as night, indoors, hotels, cars, elevators, etc., if you want to shoot beautiful pictures, you need to use light reasonably. The following describes how to fill light in several environments.

1. Instructions for shooting small scenes

Ledsfilm photography light has one of the most amazing applications. In many movies and TV series, the lens in the car is inseparable. The lighting of the car scene has always been the most headache for the lighting engineer and photographer. According to the actual application experience of a certain crew, HLD -60 (60W) is a good solution to the lighting needs of the car when it is stopped and driving. The method of use is to use a hose holder with a suction cup for the camera to fix the HLD-60 on the window glass, and adjust the brightness and angle. In fact, ledsfilm photography lights have quite a lot of excellent performance in small environments, such as in elevators, these are essential shooting locations for modern dramas. Of course, in a large shooting environment, the light is also suitable for the delineation of details.

In shooting character shapes, the use of Ledsfilm photography light and soft cover is very effective: the brightness is adjustable, the color rendering is good, and the details such as the light of the eyes of the characters can be outlined. Appropriate addition of auxiliary light sources can make better character image effects, which adds new and operable technical conditions to photographic art.

In film lighting and photographic lighting, the basic technical requirements are the same, but each has its own requirements in specific occasions. For example, photographic lighting is in photographic works, and the level of detail is much higher than that of TV shooting. Especially for point and line lighting, the use of modern lighting technology will greatly improve the shooting effect, but TV images have entered the era of high-definition, so the lighting requirements have also increased.

2. Description of lighting design for character interview

Personal interviews are usually in offices, residences, hotels and other places. At this time, the environment is more complicated. The traditional lamps are inconvenient to pull the power cord, the power is large, and they take up space. These will consume your precious time and resources. The following briefly introduces the method of lighting with high-efficiency LED photography lights: This type of interview ambient light is generally based on 5600K color temperature, so we need to choose two to three 200W Ledsfilm photography lights with a color temperature of 5600K.

Pay attention to make full use of the natural light outside the window when lighting. It may become your main light or contour light. Use a mobile 50W photography light to lay out other scenes. In short, you must build the main light, auxiliary light and contour light with the light on site. Through these treatments, the on-site illumination can reach 600—800 LUX, and a perfect lighting environment is presented in front of you.

3. News shooting instructions

In most news shooting environments, except for the special lighting environment, in theory all need to fill light. These under-light lenses can be seen in the news programs of various TV stations every day. In fact, the supplementary light during news shooting is very simple. According to the lightness and long battery life of the Ledsfilm camera light, it only needs to be installed on the nose of the camera.

The camera can turn on the lights synchronously, which is very convenient to use. Most of the shooting environment is under 5600K color temperature, the angle of the lamp head is 45 degrees, and the illuminance can increase by 200-300 LUX when it is two meters away from the subject. When you use this lamp to take a few news, you will find that there is no compensation. The light picture is really inferior. In fact, it is only a few hundred LUX, after using HCAN-100 for small-range fill light, the picture has been greatly improved!

Position of the photography light

The most basic position of the photography light is 45 degrees above the side (left or right) of the shooting object, which is the two positions commonly used in photography scenes, the upper left or the upper right. The reason why this location is preferred is to simulate the lighting effect of natural light, which conforms to the general visual habits.

The position of the main light determines the basic purpose and effect of the lighting, but the light effect has a visual texture difference, which is generally referred to as “soft” and “hard”. “Soft” means soft light, and “hard” means concentrated light. Beginner to learn lighting, soft lighting is easy to use and effective. So you can install a soft light device on this lamp, such as a soft box or a reflective umbrella.

The placement of photography lights.

When shooting indoors with multiple lights, there is a principle to follow, that is, there is only one sun, no matter how many lights, it only plays an effect and auxiliary role, and there is only one main light. No matter how the light position changes, the main light is the key to the entire shooting. When using two lights, one must be used as the main light, and the other as a supplementary light or called an auxiliary light.

 

In a black studio, there is only one main light, so there will be more obvious shadows and projections on the background of some creases and edges of the subject that are not illuminated by the main light. The degree is determined by the “soft and hard” degree of the main light).

 

If you want to reduce the blackness of these shadows, you can add a second light, that is, auxiliary light. Since each lamp will bring its own new shadow, the auxiliary lamp is generally placed close to the camera. The shadow produced by such angle lighting is the smallest, and the softer the auxiliary light, the better.

Fill light method for outdoor photography

When shooting outdoors, it is mostly done in the morning or evening. If the light is good, it is easy to master the exposure when shooting in light.

When shooting in rainy weather, when the shooting location is inside buildings, woods, cars, etc., in a weak light environment, in order to better highlight the subject, express the texture of the character’s skin and clothes, increase the brightness of the character, and make the eyes of the character In order to produce catch light, or to obtain a safe shutter speed, or when the person is in a backlit position, it is necessary to use the method of supplement light to take a perfect image of the person.

When the character receives strong side backlighting, the strong light source often results in a “yin and yang face” with too obvious contrast between light and dark, which is often said to be too large. At this time, it is also necessary to fill in the backlight side appropriately (some will say I need this tone, that’s another matter) to soften the light on the face and body of the character.

Tools to fill light

At present, there are many kinds of fill light tools, the most commonly used are LED photography fill light, fill light stick, flash, reflector and reflector umbrella.

Ways to fill light

★LED fill light and fill light stick fill light

These two types of light supplement tools are external constant bright light sources, which are convenient to carry, can also adjust parameters, and have different color temperatures. When placed, you can see the shooting effect. It can be called what you see is what you get. It is a good light supplement tool.

★Reflective plate or reflective umbrella fill light

Reflectors or umbrellas are one of the most common ways to fill light. Natural light needs to be reflected on the face to complete the fill light. It can be used when the face is too dark or the light contrast is too large. The prerequisite for the reflector or umbrella to fill the light is to have enough light source for the best effect.

There are shortcomings of using reflectors or umbrellas to fill light: one is that someone needs to cooperate, and it cannot be used when shooting alone. Another shortcoming is that it is not very convenient to carry around.

★Flash fill light

The flash is an external light source. If you take a picture when there is no sunlight or the light is bad and you need to fill up the light, the flash fill light will come in handy. The flash fill light is usually top-flash or off-camera flash. Both methods are available. Off-camera flash is preferable, but the flash fill light should pay attention to the way of lighting during the flash. Try not to directly aim at the face, otherwise the face The part will appear too bright, giving the viewer the feeling of stiff light, usually you can install a diffuser or adjust the lighting angle to avoid it.

How to choose the fill light method

Now more and more photographers start to use the constant bright light source fill light to shoot videos/photos. The fill light can give the photographer a “what you see is what you get” effect, which makes it more convenient to adjust the light and also adjust the color temperature. It also saves the work process before and after. And basically it is done in one step, eliminating the need for repeated trial shooting.

In the choice of supplement light equipment, the performance of Ledsfilm photography supplement light is very powerful, dual color temperature can be adjusted at will, stepless dimming, RGB full color, APP control, built-in high-capacity battery, small size, long life, low Features such as power consumption. The TLCI index reaches the level of 95, which is higher than the fill light of the same level and can control the lighting flexibly.

You may ask what is TLCI? TLCI is a standard recommended by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to evaluate the quality of the color performance of television and film lighting. A value from 0 to 100 is used to indicate the degree of color reproduction of the light source in the TV lighting environment. The higher the value, the higher the degree of reproduction and the better the color rendering effect.

Ledsfilm is an independent brand focusing on the design, research and development, manufacturing, sales and service of LED photography fill light. The main products are: photography fill light, handheld fill light, waterproof fill light stick, RGB fill light, smart APP fill light, professional accessories. In the future development process, we always adhere to the mission of high-quality, cost-effective, diversified, and technologically advanced photographic equipment products, and strive to provide high-quality light sources for the majority of photographers and film and television workers.