Comments on: How to Light a Portrait with a Single LED http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-light-a-portrait-with-a-single-led Discover how to use your digital camera with our Digital Photography Tips. We are a community of photographers of all experience levels who come together to learn, share and grow in our understanding of photography. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:12:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dana http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-light-a-portrait-with-a-single-led/comment-page-2#comment-237980 Dana Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:52:48 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=9523#comment-237980 Small LED flashlights or even single LED super bright pocket lights can provide excellent lighting effects. I think the article was spot on and there are allot of replies that are unwarranted complaining about not enough information. Instead of bashing the author, do some research or hey, try an LED lighting source yourself. I think you would be amazed at what they can do. For those with technical knowledge, there are great sources such as superbrightleds.com that one can purchase various power and color temperature LEDS from and roll your own lighting. LEDs, as mentioned above, come in various colors and temperatures as well as power outputs. Creatively using some color LEDs to enhance or set a scene is pretty cool. The great part is that this technology is readily available and cheap for anyone to try. Small LED flashlights or even single LED super bright pocket lights can provide excellent lighting effects. I think the article was spot on and there are allot of replies that are unwarranted complaining about not enough information. Instead of bashing the author, do some research or hey, try an LED lighting source yourself. I think you would be amazed at what they can do. For those with technical knowledge, there are great sources such as superbrightleds.com that one can purchase various power and color temperature LEDS from and roll your own lighting.

LEDs, as mentioned above, come in various colors and temperatures as well as power outputs. Creatively using some color LEDs to enhance or set a scene is pretty cool. The great part is that this technology is readily available and cheap for anyone to try.

]]> By: Tom_Vienna http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-light-a-portrait-with-a-single-led/comment-page-2#comment-221731 Tom_Vienna Tue, 08 Nov 2011 07:38:47 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=9523#comment-221731 Thx Christina! thats a very helpful tip! I always love to try out your recommendations and i use many of them regulary :-) @ the Guys which don´t know what a LED is and which do not know how to behave and ask politely at the same time - maybe shouldn’t be in any creative busines like photography. sorry Thx Christina!
thats a very helpful tip! I always love to try out your recommendations and i use many of them regulary :-)

@ the Guys which don´t know what a LED is and which do not know how to behave and ask politely at the same time – maybe shouldn’t be in any creative busines like photography. sorry

]]> By: Robyn http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-light-a-portrait-with-a-single-led/comment-page-2#comment-216045 Robyn Wed, 12 Oct 2011 02:04:24 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=9523#comment-216045 If you use the LED, I dare say we are not using a flash also here? If you use the LED, I dare say we are not using a flash also here?

]]> By: Pisces http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-light-a-portrait-with-a-single-led/comment-page-2#comment-177755 Pisces Fri, 13 May 2011 17:02:49 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=9523#comment-177755 Here's a thought. How about we ask for clarification if we have questions. It's comical that all the posts are about "what's a LED?" & in some instances someone's expert opinion of such. Not 1 question was about how would LED work in different scenarios, could I use LED..., etc... There's NO "dumb" question. Please, should you have a question, just ask. On that note, many thanks to DPS & author for sharing. Here’s a thought. How about we ask for clarification if we have questions.
It’s comical that all the posts are about “what’s a LED?” & in some instances someone’s expert opinion of such. Not 1 question was about how would LED work in different scenarios, could I use LED…, etc…

There’s NO “dumb” question. Please, should you have a question, just ask.

On that note, many thanks to DPS & author for sharing.

]]> By: jeff whitfield http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-light-a-portrait-with-a-single-led/comment-page-2#comment-171880 jeff whitfield Sat, 23 Apr 2011 11:28:20 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=9523#comment-171880 You can purchase a 160 LED Video Light from ebay for around £58.00. It can be used for still photography as well as video. The light can either be mounted on top of your camera using the hot shoe or it can be hand held with the grip that is supplied. I also think you can mount it on a tripod for more versatilty. I am not sure about the results you would get using one of these, but I have just viewed Masters of Wedding Photography part 2 in which Jerry Ghionis and Yervant both used a video light to light their subjects and both these world leading Photographers stated that digital photography does not work well with flash and therefore every photographer should include a video light as an essential part of their kit. The video light they were using was not an LED light source but a tungsten light source made by Lowell. It is portable and comes with its own small portable battery pack. The only downside is the price. They retail for around £360. I hope that puts some light on the subject! Jeff You can purchase a 160 LED Video Light from ebay for around £58.00. It can be used for still photography as well as video. The light can either be mounted on top of your camera using the hot shoe or it can be hand held with the grip that is supplied. I also think you can mount it on a tripod for more versatilty.

I am not sure about the results you would get using one of these, but I have just viewed Masters of Wedding Photography part 2 in which Jerry Ghionis and Yervant both used a video light to light their subjects and both these world leading Photographers stated that digital photography does not work well with flash and therefore every photographer should include a video light as an essential part of their kit. The video light they were using was not an LED light source but a tungsten light source made by Lowell. It is portable and comes with its own small portable battery pack. The only downside is the price. They retail for around £360.

I hope that puts some light on the subject!
Jeff

]]> By: Tom http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-light-a-portrait-with-a-single-led/comment-page-2#comment-165715 Tom Fri, 25 Mar 2011 20:16:54 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=9523#comment-165715 I have more than half a dozen LED-powered lighting devices. They range from 1 to 36 LEDs. I inferred from the author's text that she was suggesting fairly close use, and so she was talking about a low powered device. Therefore I tried using both my one- and three-LED torches. At a distance of about 30 to 40 cm. Highly effective. If I want to move the lighting source further away, then I'll use a more powerful unit. Thanks for the article Christina. Tom I have more than half a dozen LED-powered lighting devices. They range from 1 to 36 LEDs. I inferred from the author’s text that she was suggesting fairly close use, and so she was talking about a low powered device. Therefore I tried using both my one- and three-LED torches. At a distance of about 30 to 40 cm. Highly effective. If I want to move the lighting source further away, then I’ll use a more powerful unit. Thanks for the article Christina.
Tom

]]> By: John http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-light-a-portrait-with-a-single-led/comment-page-2#comment-160933 John Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:26:37 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=9523#comment-160933 Unfortunately the author got the acronym a little wrong in the first post, and then used the reference thru out the post without realizing the confusion. L.E.D. stands for Light Emitting Diode, not Device, it seems most of the confusion would have been corrected if the proper reference had been made. Unfortunately the author got the acronym a little wrong in the first post, and then used the reference thru out the post without realizing the confusion. L.E.D. stands for Light Emitting Diode, not Device, it seems most of the confusion would have been corrected if the proper reference had been made.

]]> By: lighting http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-light-a-portrait-with-a-single-led/comment-page-1#comment-137955 lighting Tue, 02 Nov 2010 07:10:04 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=9523#comment-137955 yes , LEDs' light performance much more well ,because it is the best lighting source to replace sunshine at workroom .also high power LEDs have benn used at day lighting ,not just at signal performance or limitted areas ! welcome LED lighting ever yes , LEDs’ light performance much more well ,because it is the best lighting source to replace sunshine at workroom .also high power LEDs have benn used at day lighting ,not just at signal performance or limitted areas !
welcome LED lighting ever

]]> By: Jonh Robinson http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-light-a-portrait-with-a-single-led/comment-page-1#comment-114105 Jonh Robinson Thu, 27 May 2010 08:38:46 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=9523#comment-114105 I also like LED TV too, before getting my new tv I have viewed many sites, finally I found this one site that provide all information of LED TV that help me make a purchase decision and also service me in good quality. Don't trust me if you don't view this site on your own eyes! www.55ledtvs.com or www.42inchlcdtvdeals.com I also like LED TV too, before getting my new tv I have viewed many sites, finally I found this one site that provide all information of LED TV that help me make a purchase decision and also service me in good quality. Don’t trust me if you don’t view this site on your own eyes! http://www.55ledtvs.com or http://www.42inchlcdtvdeals.com

]]> By: Luis Howard http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-light-a-portrait-with-a-single-led/comment-page-1#comment-108685 Luis Howard Tue, 11 May 2010 18:16:57 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=9523#comment-108685 Led lights are great because they are long lasting and consumes less electricity.",. Led lights are great because they are long lasting and consumes less electricity.”,.

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