3 Types of Lights Required For a Studio Setup

Lights are one of the main components of any studio whether it is for amateur or professional photography, or videography. The best photography skills, lens’s sharpness or the number of pixels on the camera sensor won’t make much of a difference if the ideal lighting conditions are not met in the studio. It's certainly worth putting effort into thought as well as resources into studio lighting devices. Many of the professional photographers already know this so they acquire the best lights from various studio lighting companies.

They are more than happy to spend a sizeable amount of money on the lights, which sometimes surpasses their cameras and lenses. Having said that, there are also many photographers/videographers who take the opposite approach and do not realize they are compromising on the quality of the image or the video that they are going to make.
 
In this article, we are going to discuss three major options that are available in the form of studio lights. You can choose one of the three (listed below), or use them as combinations to get the desired results.

They derived their name from the fact that they produce excessive heat. These are regular quartz halogen lights that are rated at around 500 to 800 watts. This is ideal for creating description videos and photographs of small and specific items. The intensity of these lights is not powerful enough to photograph people or groups of people. Since tungsten lights produce an excessive amount of heat, they are prone to causing fires. They can also create a great deal of discomfort when shone directly in someone’s eyes. They produce a very warm (orange) color that does not go well with daylight or flashes.

Cool lights are basically fluorescent lights, which means there is no risk of fire, unlike tungsten lights. These are also comfortable to the eyes. These lights can be used to imitate daylight. It can also be paired alongside flashlights. Irrespective of them being low in power, they can create similar hurdles faced by hot lights when imaging people. There are some innovative cool lights available in the market that can be adjusted or removed, however, the adjustment range is quite limited.

This is the most popular light among photographers/videographers and lacks the limitations of the above two. They mainly come in two variants — one, where the controls are detachable from the flash unit, and in the other variant, it can be self-contained completely.
 
Consider this article and purchase top-notch lights for your studio from credible studio lighting companies.
 
Author: The author is a blogger and the article is about studio lights