About Lamps

laura asked:


My husband is into photography as a hobby and has been talking about getting some lighting to take portrait type photos. What brand/type of lighting could I buy him for his birthday without spending a ton of money? I don’t have any knowledge about photography so help would be great.

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Rafay asked:


Tail light is a special kind of lamp that is usually mounted at the rear side of the car. It works as an indicator and indicates the other drivers about brake, left or right turn. Tail light is basically a group of lights that composes of brake lights, indicator lights and reverse lights, which are used for different functionalities. The composition of tail lights is given below:

INDICATORS:

In tail lights, lights have different colors like turning indicator lights have yellow color and these indicators are used to indicate whether the driver is turning left or right. These same indicating lights are also used as emergency indication if the driver applies emergency brakes.

REVERSE LIGHTS:

Reverse lights are also a part of Tail lights assembly because it comes with the tail lights set. These reverse lights are automatic and turns on when drives shift his car into reverse gear. These reverse lights have high luminosity and brightness then the other tail light components but they are not as bright as the front headlight.

BRAKE LIGHTS:

Another part of tail lights are Stop Lamps which are also known as brake lights. Red Braking lights only turns on when the driver of the car applies brake on the vehicle. It is usually located at the both edges of the car and it glows with a luminosity of 65 to 300 candelas. This light also acts as signals for the other driver at night time.

This is the composition of headlights. Now let us discuss the

OEM TAIL LIGHTS:

The full form of OEM is Original Equipment Manufacturer. These Car Tail Lights are company fitted and are fixed at the rear end of your car. These lights could either be colored matched with your car or could be stock. Therefore, the color doesn’t affect the working of tail lights but it gives the same look. OEM tail lights are more valuable for those who are fond of original parts. These lights are very simple and maintain the original price of car.

AFTERMARKET TAIL LIGHTS:

Aftermarket lights are those types of tail lights which are sold after the making of a car. These aftermarket tail lights are also called as Euro lights. It is like a substitute of OEM tail lights. It provide custom and sporty look to the car. Aftermarket tail lights are well made and give graceful look to the car. Although these lights are cheap as compare to the fashionable LED lights so those who wants to modify there cars in cheap uses these aftermarket tail lights.

LED TAIL LIGHTS:

LED means Light Emitting Diodes and is nowadays replacing the stock tail lights. Actually LED tail lights are not only used as tail lights but they also used as day time running light. These LED lights are of very costly and only used by high end cars like Lamborghini Murcielago, Austin Martin DB-9, Mazda RX-7 and others, because they offer them a package of Ray Headlights. The main advantage of LED tail lights is their illumination speed when compared to other tail lights. LED tail lights are very expensive but they give a sporty look to the car. These lights are available in all colors; consume less power and turns on instantaneously.

Nowadays, the car buyer uses tail lights to modify their car and there is a very fast growing trend to upgrade car with fashionable tail lights. Before buying these, it’s advisable that one should do thorough research on the type of tail lights available in the market.



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Gene K asked:


was wondering if there’s any particular lighting that is better for illumination, eye strain, headaches, color of light, etc. Do some lighting sources flicker, causing eye strain? I’m wondering about incandescent, compact fluorescent, and LEDs, natural light, and candlelight. Seems natural light would be the best… however I do sometimes find it difficult to read outside on a really bright day, so maybe not. I also see an advertisement for Tensor brand full spectrum light, but I don’t know what kind of bulb that has.

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cortex_disconnect asked:


A lot of people complain that fluorescent lighting (which just has a few monochromatic wavelengths) makes them less attractive. Bars and night clubs have low lighting because it hides imperfections and makes people look better. Is there something about blemishes that makes them reflect certain wavelengths of light better than healthy skin? Can LED light arrays be made with certain wavelengths that make different types of skin appear the same shade? What about filters on cameras?

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Pacman asked:


I mean, the lighting in movies makes everything look more real. But the lighting in commercials and TV shows makes things look really cheesy and fake. What’s the difference in the way the lighting is set up for movies and for TV shows?

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Unlimited Light asked:


A chandelier as defined by Wikipedia “is a ceiling-mounted fixture with two or more arms bearing lights”. But when one thinks of a chandelier, one usually has in mind the bold and expensive chandeliers adorning the ballrooms of the rich and famous. However contemporary chandeliers are the "in thing" today, as they are not too expensive, come in various designs, and light up the room with a nice ambience.

What really sets Contemporary chandeliers>contemporary chandeliers apart is the attention to shape, design, and function. In fact, most contemporary chandeliers implement various color schemes and patterns, which help to add a distinct and warm glow to any room. Contemporary chandeliers also feature unique patterns of the lights.

The days of classifying chandeliers as pricey or limited to a certain class are certainly gone. With so many different types of contemporary chandeliers available, we now have the ability to turn our own homes into something of an art gallery. These intimate pieces are sure to give the rooms in your home a different personality, and you are sure to receive admiration from your family and friends.

A contemporary chandelier is sure to give any room in your home a whole new personality; an interior fashion face-lift if you will. Contemporary chandeliers come in different patterns, color schemes, styles and designs, with each one giving a distinct glow to your home.

There are fibre optic chandeliers which provide the ultimate impact in hallways, stairwells, dining rooms, bedrooms and living spaces. Some of them have as many as 200 sparkling fibre optic tails arranged in four rings and staggered in length.

Some of the contemporary chandeliers have remote control to control the colour wheel to switch from white light to continuous gentle colours. This revolutionary light sculpture is not only unique and dramatic space filler but also boasts therapeutic effects.

Unlimited Light - The number one online source for contemporary chandeliers and the most highly regarded fibre optic lighting company, offers contemporary chandeliers which deliver maximum impact in hallways, stairwells, dining rooms, bedrooms and living spaces.



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EB asked:


I have a point and shoot camera and a novatron lighting kit. How can I get it to sync with the lights?

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Liberty asked:


Have you ever looked into your rearview mirror around sunset and your eyes glow? I can’t for the life of me figure out how to replicate that with studio lighting, if there IS a way, that is?
How can you do that? Where do you place the lights?

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John Wood asked:


An unabridged version of this article and others can be found at:  John’s Blog on ‘One Light’

Portrait photography? No problem! Just find a pretty girl, buy a flashgun, take her picture and hey presto you have a portrait. But is it any good?

So what makes the difference. Well, a number of things do; the model, the background, the pose, the camera, the space, the camera, the lens and the light. But take away light and you have NOTHING!

So what is it about light?

There is: hard and soft, bright and dim, small and big, white and white (yes white and white) as well as white and coloured, direct and reflected, fast and slow, front and side and back and high key and low key and last but not least, invisible!

One Light?: The truth is that there is usually more than one light because where there is light there usually is reflected light.

You can use this reflected light if it helps or insert gobo’s (black go between boards or flags) to stop this. You can increase the reflected light by using reflectors, expensive ones or shirts and white boards.

Hard and Soft: Simply the difference between the light on a sunny day and a cloudy day. Hard light gives dark well-defined shadows. Soft light comes from many different places.

Bright and Dim: A dim light to us can be made to look like daylight, simply by leaving the shutter open for longer. So in this respect there is no such thing as bright or dim light. That is defined by the camera settings. The camera can make the brightest of scenes look like it was taken during an eclipse!

Small and Big: The sun is the biggest light that we can use, however it is called a small light because it is so far away. But put the clouds in between us and the sun and it becomes the biggest light we can use.

Soft boxes turn small lights into big lights and are often 2-3ft across. Alternatives are to shoot through a white sheet or bounce off a wall. An umbrella can achieve a similar effect because it spreads the light all over the place and reflected light can soften the shadows.

White and White: To the human eye, white is clearly white; that is because the eyes is constantly adjusting and interpreting what it sees. Cameras are not able to do that to the same extent. Collect different sheets of white paper and take a close look at them - you will probably find quite a range of whites. The same variations apply to light. We would call them all white (non coloured) but in reality they are coloured or tinted in some small way.

Different lights produce different tints - fluorescent give a greenish light, incandescent give a orange tint, flash guns and strobes will tend not to have a tint; so whites look white to our eyes but some appear coloured to a camera.

White and Coloured: Taking a photograph indoors with flash and incandescent bulbs will give a mixture of white and orange tints.

I was taking an outdoor photo during the day with a deeply overcast day. I place two flashguns with orange gels and the photograph turned from a dull picture to one that looked as though it had been taken late in the evening with a lovely warm glow.

Placing coloured gels over a flashgun colours the light and will produce different effects. Quality street sweets are famous for providing different colour wrappers that can be used for different effects.

Direct and Reflected: Direct light comes from your source light and usually has an obvious effect. Reflected light will come from any other surface that is not totally black. A coloured wall will give the light a colour tint. A shiny surface will give a hard strong light. A textured surface will give a soft weak light.

The distance from the source to the reflecting surface and then to the subject, compared to the distance from the source light to the subject, will greatly affect the strength of the reflected light.

Fast and Slow: What I am really referring to is the duration of the light, ie how long the light is shining while the photograph is being taken.

Daylight shines 100% of the time the shutter is open and a flashgun can shine for 1% of the time. In most cases though, you will get a combination of two lights; one shining 100% and the other a fraction of the time.

Front, Side and Rear: Choose the position of the main light. Each position will create a very different effect, from fully lit to silhouette. Reflected light can be used to fill in shadows.

Low and High Key: This is were the tones of the photograph are primarily dark or bright. The details of the subject are either blown out or in deepest shadow. Often the form comes from the outline of the subject. This is achieved by under or over exposing the subject.

Invisible: Infra Red is not visible to the naked eye, but filters can be attached to a camera which allows that light to be picked up on the sensor or film. This can produce a surreal effect. Different surfaces reflect different amounts of infra-red.

So there we have it, a lightening, fast pass over variations with just one light. 

All this with just one light; just think of the variations with two or more lights.

Explore my website to see some of these effects in practice in the Galleries. Explore making your own photographs with just one light. Explore, discover and understand.



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