carbon arc studio lamp of 1913 with set of carbon arcs in one reflector

Contents 1 Hot Lights 2 Cool Lights 3 Strobes 3.1 Ring Flash 4 Modifiers 4.1 Barn Doors 4.2 Reflector 4.3 Scrim 4.4 Snoot 4.5 Softbox 5 Links

Hot Lights Edit

Continuous lighting that generates more heat than light, e.g. tungsten bulb, carbon arc lamb, halogen lamp

Cool Lights Edit

Continuous lighting that generates more light than heat, e.g. fluorescent lamp, LED lamp, cold light

Strobes Edit

camera with ring flash image by Askr!

Non-continuous lighting. E.g. a flash gun.

Ring Flash Edit

The ring flash is an accessory for macro photography.

Modifiers Edit

Barn Doors Edit

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Reflector Edit

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Scrim Edit

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Snoot Edit

A tube or cone attached to a lamp or flash unit to restrict the light, producing a spotlighting effect.

Softbox Edit

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LinksEdit

• type of lighting at "all about Photography" [1]