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Summary: Strobe lights in photography are a great way to make the shutter speed faster to catch action shots, and they are daylight balanced and much cooler than most lights. Discover how strobe lights can be beneficial to both studio and location shoots with information from a professional art and commercial photographer in this free video on photography.
Rebecca Guenther is a freelance photographer living in Austin, Texas. Since graduating from Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2002 with a B.F.A. in photography, she has had the...read more
"Hi, I'm Rebecca Guenther, with www.M5A1photography.com, and I'm going to talk to you about how to use strobe lights in photography. Now, strobes are what generally are used in studio photography; however, they can also be used on location. It's a great way to be able to make your shutter speed faster so that you can catch action shots, and the recharge on most strobes is fast enough that you can click, click, click, click away very quickly without having to stop in between. Also, the advantage that they have over what are called hot lights or tungsten lights is that they are daylight balanced and they also do not emit heat, so you can have them on all day in the studio, and you and your model, and your entire crew don't get as hot as you would with actual hot lights. And that is what strobes are."