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<p>[QUOTE="SuperDave, post: 2760677, member: 1892"]Compact Fluorescent - the "spiral" bulbs which have nearly taken over in-home lighting because of their efficiency.</p><p><br /></p><p>The "right way" to light imagery varies drastically with the nature of the equipment you're using, because differing styles of camera have differing abilities to distance themselves from the subject and correct for improper color tendencies. You need to first determine what sort of room you will have for the lighting, and how your camera is able to compensate for proper color. The more room you have, the more capable your camera is, the more variance you have for lighting. With something as limiting in one dimension as an iPhone - they're <i>great</i> at correcting color, but will only provide images large and sharp enough at a certain distance from the subject - you have a far more difficult task than with a dSLR/bellows rig such as I use, which could probably create acceptable images with a randomly-placed ultraviolet light. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SuperDave, post: 2760677, member: 1892"]Compact Fluorescent - the "spiral" bulbs which have nearly taken over in-home lighting because of their efficiency. The "right way" to light imagery varies drastically with the nature of the equipment you're using, because differing styles of camera have differing abilities to distance themselves from the subject and correct for improper color tendencies. You need to first determine what sort of room you will have for the lighting, and how your camera is able to compensate for proper color. The more room you have, the more capable your camera is, the more variance you have for lighting. With something as limiting in one dimension as an iPhone - they're [I]great[/I] at correcting color, but will only provide images large and sharp enough at a certain distance from the subject - you have a far more difficult task than with a dSLR/bellows rig such as I use, which could probably create acceptable images with a randomly-placed ultraviolet light. :)[/QUOTE]
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