Floodlight
An artificial light source with a dish shaped reflector and a 125 500+ watt tungsten filament lamp producing evenly spread illumination over the subject.
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Floodlight
General term for an artificial light source which provides a constant and continuous light. Usually a tungsten-filament lamp mounted in a reflector.
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FLOODLIGHT - Continuous (non-flash), artificial light source, generally used in the studio for evenly-spread illumination. Also known as Photoflood or Flood lamp. Has a color temperature of 3400 on the Kelvin scale.
Floodlight, Flood
A wide, semi-soft source often used for general illumination or to bounce light. Also see: Broad.
Floodlight
An electric light designed to produce a broad, relatively diffused beam of light.
Floodlight Floodlights are photographic and theatrical lights that deliver intense, broad beams of bright light. Floodlights can come in a variety of different types, including PAR lights, strip lights, scoop lights ...
Two floodlights, one on each side of the camera., at camera level "flatten" the subject. Diffused light from above does not help. There is no contrast between the two front planes. Instead, start the lighting slowly, one light at a time.
If you do use artificial light — electronic flash, floodlights, etc. — be careful about “red eye' — actually, with cats and other pets it’s a variant — “green eye.
49 Experiment with light. Torches and DIY floodlights are cheap alternatives to expensive kit and can be used creatively. Both Helmut Newton and Paolo Roversi have done this.
50 A good portrait is visual proof of a good conversation.
a 150- watt floodlight at about 2 feet or a photoflood lamp at about 6 feet) for about 20 seconds. The print can be squeegeed or left with the adhering solution on the surface. The colors form during this stage of development.
Take night time buildings lit by floodlight for instance. The contrast range between the spotlights and the dark sky will be quite high.This would be a perfect situation for a bracketing sequence.
The light present in an area without the addition of a strobe or a floodlight.
AVI:
Short for Audio Video Interleave; the file format for Microsoft's Video for Windows standard.
When positioned over the subject and illuminated by a pair of floodlights, the light inside the bottle is diffused by the translucent sides of the bottle. The result is a very even lighting of the subject.
Let's say that statue of George Washington is floodlit. You probably are better off not using your flash. Let the floodlights light up old George during the time exposure. How do you know if you will get enough light or too much?
You will only get photographs of basket stars at night when they appear from nowhere to extend their tentacles into the current. They are extremely light-sensitive and will retract at the hint of floodlighting.
 See also: Photograph, Subject, Light, Photography, Lighting
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