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 Simone Italia  member since: 5/9/2008 |
Ring Flash: What Is It? Exactly what does a "ring flash" do? 7/25/2008 7:36:08 AM |
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Gregory LaGrange
gregorylagrange.org member since: 11/11/2003 |
It provides light like any other flash. It's just that its shape has unique characteristics that give a different look than other types of flash. You can use it for fill flash and as a main light. If you've ever seen those make-up mirrors that have a light that goes all around the outside of the mirror, that's the same thing.
7/25/2008 7:41:30 AM |
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Oliver Anderson member since: 11/16/2004 |
Simone, I own a ring flash and it's great but not nearly as easy to use as I thought. I do have a red-eye issue I had to learn to combat ... never had a problem with the 22" beauty dish I own. It does provide a great look in portraits with the cool kinda shadow/halo around the entire subject. I've used both the Profoto and Alien Bee (own the AB). Not sure of your level of light knowledge/ability, but I'd say you should be at least intermediate/advanced to use it on a shoot. That being said, I shoot professionally and can't afford to shoot photos that aren't high quality when the model/agency is paying me by the hour to produce high-quality images.
7/25/2008 10:33:19 AM |
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Bob Fately member since: 4/11/2001 |
As Mr. La Grange points out, ring flash is another source of light. Besides giving a shadow-free type of lighting to subjects for portraiture (sometimes used in studios), smaller ring flashes (like the Sigma EM140DG) are usually used in macro photography, to afford even lighting where a shoe-mounted flash might cast shadows across the subject that's too close.
7/25/2008 10:33:55 AM |
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Oliver Anderson member since: 11/16/2004 |
you can see the smaller (Macrophotography) ringflash on CSI...easy example.
7/25/2008 11:21:40 AM |
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Simone Italia member since: 5/9/2008 |
Thank You.
7/25/2008 12:52:43 PM |
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