Lowel Guides
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| | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | Lighting in the Real World | | | |Very often you will be required to walk into a location that you havent seen, to light & shoot video of a subject you've never met. Often you will have a limited time to set up & light before the subject come...
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Introduction Lowel lights and accessories are professional lighting products for photographic image production. They should be used with caution and care. Considerable light and heat are generated. It is important to fully read the information included in each products instruction sheet. If you ...
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Color Temperature & Color Rendering Index DeMystified
What is color? No object of itself alone has color. We know that even the most brightly colored object, if taken into total darkness, loses its color. Therefore, if an object is dependent upon light for color, color must be a property of light. And so it is. Paul Outerbridge, Photographer 1896 -... -
Components of Interview Lighting
In the course of developing skills in the craft of lighting, this lesson may be among the most important. The concepts covered here will reappear in many other lighting setups. Sometimes they are there on a subtle level, but they are almost always there. As you go thru the different lessons, pay... -
Foundations of Lighting Placement
One of the first steps in any lighting setup is to decide where to place the lights. The most important light is the Key light, the main light on your subject. The second most important is the Fill light, which supports the Key light by filling in shadows that it creates on the subject. The place... -
Foundations of Lighting: Understanding Soft Light
Foundations of Lighting: Understanding Soft Light | | | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | Soft Light Explained: | | | | | | |A soft light source would be one that appears larger in relative size than the subject being lit. Being larger than the subject, ... -
There are some who believe barn doors are only on a lighting fixture to protect the bulb from breakage. While a legitimate use, they were originally conceived for a more artistic purpose; to shape or control the beam of a light by keeping it off the places you don't want it. | | | | --- | --- ...
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For those who have never been to a farm or dairy, Egg Crates are named after the cardboard grid that farmers would place in a box to keep eggs separate from each other as they were transported to market. On lighting fixtures, they help to control the spill of a soft source by limiting where it ca...
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Reflectors are a simple and inexpensive way to add another light source, by reflecting a light you are already using in an angle that redirects its spill back onto your set. Most commonly they are used for adding fill against a key light but they can also be used to provide a kicker (edge light),...
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Umbrellas are a quick & convenient way of converting a hard light source to a soft one. The reflection of the light in the umbrella becomes the source, and it is softer since it becomes larger to your subject. They fold down small & travel light, making them a convenient and versatile way...
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Lowel Stands & Mounts De-Mystified
| | | | --- | --- | | Stands & Mounts perform the same duty, they are both there to physically support the lighting fixture. Seems simple enough, right? Maybe at first glance, but when you suddenly need to get the light fixture way up high, or suddenly need to place it somewhere in the mi...