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Piano & Reading Dimming Floor Lamp Remote Control $89 + Shipping ($0 SYD Pickup) @ PCMarket

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-Remote Controlled/Floor Switch
-Neutral White
-20W LED
-170CM x 100CM (H x W)

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  • anyone know if it would be good for product photography

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      Hard no.

    • There is no information on Kelvin range so it would be difficult to set the range if you are planning to do product photography. If you using colour checker and digital target then you can buy this light or else you will be struggling with histogram or raw edits.

      • thanks for input, i was just shooting from iphone and i thought this might not be the right tool ..will keep looking

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      no not really. for photos what you want is an even spread, but powerful as well because you might need the brightness in certain situations.

      you will see most professionals use things called "soft boxes" which are kinda like an umbrella that the bulb points into, giving a larger and more even spread of light which also has the effect of making the light less "harsh".

      you don't need one of those but those are often used, so what you want is a light with a larger surface area. these are usually referred to as "fill lights".
      but don't make the mistake I did and buy too cheap. I bought a $10 Kmart Fill light because it was on sale and decently sized (about 12 inch in diameter). set it up and quickly figured on maximum it was too weak to use at any meaningful distance. the light needs to be like 30 to 40cm away from the thing you are shooting meaning the size of what you are photographing becomes very limited (only good for photographing items etc on a desk).

      ring lights will also work but you have to be careful because depending on the angle the reflection it makes is much more noticeable (you can clearly see a ring reflected off something shiny). so basically you might run into some situations where you have to change things up just to avoid/hide the reflection which isnt good.

      • that’s quite some info that will guide me to pick a good light, the shadows are annoying and ugly to see. thanks for you kind time and knowledge

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          I am not a professional photographer but in terms of light position to reduce most shadows, I have been successful by having one light source directly behind pointing downwards behind the subject (whatever you are photographing) and another light source infront but perpendicular to the camera lens.

          on a budget I have found this to work well you only need two light sources. you can tweak it by making small changes in light position, angle and light brightness. this is where I found it's important to have more flexibility in brightness.

  • So, I have alerts for Nintendo Switch. Can anyone enlighten me how to avoid getting every alert that mentions the word Switch at all in the summary?

    • Update your subscriptions

      • Yes, but what would it say to avoid this?

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