Li Gao Photography home studio and lighting setup.
Strobe light photography gives a quick burst of light that syncs with the camera shutter. It’s used to freeze motion, capturing only what is moving during a specified time period the camera “sees” the flash. This results in a sharp, focused, and frozen look. Strobe lights include:
Monolight
Battery powered strobe
Power pack
Continuous light photography covers large area of moving subjects. It’s used to shoot videos, think of it as your modeling lamp — what your eyes “see” at the moment you snap is what you get on the captured digital file. This results in a soft, natural, and blurred look. Continuous lights include:
LED
Tungsten/hot light
Fluorescent
HMI & plasma light
I been using natural (sunlight) and monolight strobes, but am considering continuous lights (specifically LED) that can be used for photography and videography (cinemagraphs, moving images, motion pictures.) That way I can create premium photo AND video, emulate sunlight both indoor and outdoor… all from the same shoot, anytime, anywhere!
Thanks for reading. Until next blog!
—xoxo, L