Portrait Photography

(Darren Dugan) #1

thesewillhaveareceiverthatispluggedintothekeylight
of the studio set-up.


Flash Heads

Whenusedinconjunctionwitheachotherflashheadswill
haveaslavecell;thisenablesotherlightsinaset-uptobe
triggered when the main light is fired.


All flash heads will have a power setting that the
photographerwillbeabletocontroltosomeextent.This
willalso bedependentontheinternalpoweroftheflash
headitself.Forexampleaflashheadwitha600Wpower
willemitmorepowerandhavemorerangethana300W
flash head.


Someflashheads willalso haveanaudible soundwhich
will enable the photographer to hear when the flash
duration has recharged enough for the light to be fired
againforthenextshot.Ifthephotographerovershoots,the
flashwillproducelesspowerandtheresultantimagewill
be underexposed.


Thetwolightsfoundwithinaflashheadareamodelling
lamp and the flash tube.

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