<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "Best type of light bulb for photography"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/7.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net Best type of light bulb for photography http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/539833/5844728.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/539833/5844728.page GMT Best type of light bulb for photography ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/539833/5844797.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/539833/5844797.page GMT Best type of light bulb for photography http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/539833/5844862.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/539833/5844862.page GMT Best type of light bulb for photography
One place that some cameras fail is exposure. They can be fooled by bright white backgrounds making the exposure shorter. Unfortunately, the miniature can end up being too dark, even with the white background. The solution on a slr camera is to set the exposure. On other cameras, you can try to set the exposure when you are zoomed in on the figure, and then zoom out and take the picture.
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Light blue generally works quite well, and I get reasonable results with grey.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/539833/5845173.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/539833/5845173.page GMT Best type of light bulb for photography
Personally, I like shooting miniatures on a pure white background (bristol board works perfectly). There are plenty of tutorials for making your own light box. It's dirt cheap and it works great.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/539833/5845187.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/539833/5845187.page GMT Best type of light bulb for photography http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/539833/5845393.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/539833/5845393.page GMT Best type of light bulb for photography
 spaceelf wrote:
It is possible to use color correction, but it if you are buying lights you may as well get full spectrum ones.

One place that some cameras fail is exposure. They can be fooled by bright white backgrounds making the exposure shorter. Unfortunately, the miniature can end up being too dark, even with the white background. The solution on a slr camera is to set the exposure. On other cameras, you can try to set the exposure when you are zoomed in on the figure, and then zoom out and take the picture.


Yup... My meager photo experience worked best when i figured out how to tweak the white balance setting on my relatively ancient (2005-2006?) Canon G6 and used two cheap $10 clip-on 'reading lights' as the light sources. My girlfriend got me a mini-photo-studio, but I think I need to get good bulbs for it as it never seems to work as well.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/539833/5850390.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/539833/5850390.page GMT Best type of light bulb for photography http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/539833/5850991.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/539833/5850991.page GMT Best type of light bulb for photography
 Talarn Blackshard wrote:
I have recently purchased from my local hobby lobby something they call a "natural light" bulb ... it has helped out my photos a lot.


Was yours turning yellow also?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/539833/5856348.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/539833/5856348.page GMT Re:Best type of light bulb for photography
Set up thus;



I managed to do this;



which was a vast improvement on this;



Not perfect by any means but some idea what can be done in 5 minutes with a couple of domestic lights, an iPhone and an idiot in control. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/539833/5857297.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/539833/5857297.page GMT Best type of light bulb for photography http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/539833/5858867.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/539833/5858867.page GMT Best type of light bulb for photography
Kal-El wrote:
Thanks guys for the help. I am going to make me a light box to help out with it. I need to get me a quality camera then it sounds like so I can mess with exposure and white balance. I have been borrowing a family members camera and dont know how to do all that on it and dont want to mess it up for when she uses it. i use my iPhone when I did not have it. Can good results happen with an iPhone 4S, light box, and day light bulbs to hold until I can get one?



This photo was taken with an iPhone 4s, day-light bulbs and a light gray background. The main challenge I had with an iPhone was getting it to focus on what I wanted to be in focus.
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While there's no best bulb, for the dish lights I'd certainly recommend frosted globes. Clears cast nasty shadows from the filament inside.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/539833/5859126.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/539833/5859126.page GMT Best type of light bulb for photography
 albinoork wrote:
This photo was taken with an iPhone 4s, day-light bulbs and a light gray background. The main challenge I had with an iPhone was getting it to focus on what I wanted to be in focus.


That's one reason I keep my old Canon G6 handy. It's got a great macro mode, something most phones don't cater to. I can also tweak the white balance if I'm using a white backdrop to avoid the issues with a white backdrop making everything yellow-ish.

I just replaced the bulbs in my basement office/studio area with some daylight bulbs. need to try some photos down there...]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/539833/5861655.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/539833/5861655.page GMT Re:Best type of light bulb for photography WB can help but consistency is hard to come by if shooting at high shutter speeds. Try and shoot 1/60th of a second or less, at that point you can mitigate some of the issues and get a more consistent color. Also if your camera can shoot raw that may help with wiggle room on the color side of things. Also, try and avoid sodium vapor, fluorescent and mercury vapor light sources. Those are the biggest culprits. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/539833/5866141.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/539833/5866141.page GMT Best type of light bulb for photography http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/539833/5867213.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/539833/5867213.page GMT Best type of light bulb for photography
Mind you, that was because I used to run lights for a folk music group, and had the lights....

The Auld Grump

*These were real can lights - black oven paint over Chock Full of Nuts cans....]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/539833/5872059.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/539833/5872059.page GMT