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artificial lighting

Artificial lighting is easier to use and more flexible than natural lighting. Almost all lighting devices can be moved around to produce the intended effect. And you have to know what kind of lighting should be used and where it should be placed to produce the desired results.

types of lights

The four primary lights used by hobbyists are: the standard tungsten lamp, the photographic immersion lamp, the K tungsten lamps 3200 and the flash lamps.

1 - Standard Tungsten filament lamps

It is a normal home lighting lamp, and is suitable for dead nature photography, and black and white interior photography. In these subjects, the exposure time can be prolonged long enough to obtain a good image.
Lamps up to 100 watts can be safely used in normal electrical outlets, and it is advisable to use lamps with a power of 200 watts because they give a stronger light.
It may be noted here that these lamps are not suitable for color photography.

2- Photoflood lamp

It is a lamp with a weak voltage difference, it is used with an electric current of normal frequency, and it causes a strong normal light several times, but it burns out after several uses.

It is suitable for black and white interior photography, and for color photography, and its price is relatively low. There is a type equipped with a reflector attached to the lamp, which makes it popular and easy to use, and the size of the light beam can be changed until the degree of concentration is high.

3 - Tungsten lamps 3200 K ( 3200K Tungsten Lamp )

This lamp is specially designed for color photography of Type B films, but it can also be used for black and white photography. It is available in different sizes, and it is useful for the amateur photographer as a photographic immersion lamp.

4- Flash Lamp

It is of two types: the ordinary one with a lamp that is consumed at each shot, and the electronic type, and we will study this type in detail later.