Posted by Phillip Noll on June 27, 2013 at 12:10 PM
Can anyone recommend a flash/spot light for light painting? I'm interested in painting old buildings, arches, petroglyphs, trees, etc. Looking for a good, reliable light that is not too heavy. One that lets you focus the beam would be nice. TIA!
You can focus them and the one above has three brightness settings. There are brighter flashlights out there but they're pricey and I find them to be overkill. They may only overexpose your shot unless you are lighting something very far away (something I find better done by a partial moon anyway).
Phillip: I prefer the cheap, old incandescent-bulb flashlights over the newer, brighter, LED ones. I like the warmer yellow-orange color for petroglyphs, pictographs, arches - anything on sandstone. On the other hand, If you're shooting buildings and bridges, the cool light of an LED flashlight is probably more appropriate.
David, the Brinkman looks interesting. It's listed as a spotlight, so I'm wondering if it can it throw out a wide beam? The LEDs are definitely too blue but I can fix that pretty readily in post-processing. So my main goal is to get the whole scene pretty evenly lit. If the Brinkman can do that I may try it out.
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You can focus them and the one above has three brightness settings. There are brighter flashlights out there but they're pricey and I find them to be overkill. They may only overexpose your shot unless you are lighting something very far away (something I find better done by a partial moon anyway).