Hot shoe adapters and lighting

[YummyBaer]

Hi, I was looking to get a good lamp for my camera. I am basically looking for a soft white light effect and have seen creative lamps made with empty quart sized milk jugs....Is there such a lamo out there? or are these made in DIY fashion? I saw some LED type lamps that can be stacked on one another, are those any good? I like to work with night time photography and indoor function type photos.

Thanks for any help with this.

YB

 

[Big Mike]

If you are talking about still photography, then I'd suggest looking at flash units, rather than lamps. Most lamps don't put out enough light to be useful for photography.

 

[syphlix]

i second that... unless you're doing still life's where everything is locked down i would go for flashes instead of continuous light...

 

[YummyBaer]

Thanks....What I am trying to do is take pics in a dim lit room and trying to avoid that flash deer in the headlights look. For instance, when you snap a shot of someone with a bright white flash they tend to shut their eyes and squint. I will see if I can find a photo out there somewhere and post. Thanks for the advice!

 

[YummyBaer]

Found what I was looking for here....FYI

SLR Camera Settings for Nightclubs with a Sony Alpha 700

Thanks :{3

YB

 

[YummyBaer]

Actually...I apologize as it was entirely my bad for saying "LAMP" I meant flash, but I am a doofus when it comes to camera terminology. Sto-fen Flash filter is EXACTly what I was looking for. And you can find some here.

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