Ice light / light stick

[Olaf_ZG]

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Back in the days when doing weddings I always wanted an Icelight, but they were too expensive to justify the purchase. Now with Godox offering serious stuff for really fair prices, I thought I buy a lightstick.

Being used to flash, I am not really familiar with continuous lights. What’s odd to me is that the sitter isn’t really happy with the lights, which looks plenty, and in the end, the camera almost sees no light.

Below two images with my new light, taken in a half dimmed office, ensuring my ambient measure resulted in a almost black image. My sitter, then hold the light which I positioned where I wanted. For 100€ this is going to be a great accessory…

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[LocalHero1953]

Nice results - a bit like photography by candlelight!

I'm not sure I understand what you wrote: did your sitter not like the light stick?

What ISO/aperture/shutter speed did you use?

[benqui]

I am not so familiar with artificial or continuous lights. But I think the light was too close to her face. I like these situations with contrast between the left side with lights and the right side with totally darkness. But as I said, the light is too strong and too close for me, the skin looks a bit large-pored and the  eyes are too dark. Maybe with a slight movement of the head it should be possible to have more light in her eyes and not on her cheek. I hope you do not feel embarrassed by my critique Olaf

[Olaf_ZG]

8 hours ago, LocalHero1953 said:

Nice results - a bit like photography by candlelight!

I'm not sure I understand what you wrote: did your sitter not like the light stick?

What ISO/aperture/shutter speed did you use?

She did not like starring in it. It is too bright.

f7.1, iso100, 1/160

[Olaf_ZG]

7 hours ago, benqui said:

I am not so familiar with artificial or continuous lights. But I think the light was too close to her face. I like these situations with contrast between the left side with lights and the right side with totally darkness. But as I said, the light is too strong and too close for me, the skin looks a bit large-pored and the  eyes are too dark. Maybe with a slight movement of the head it should be possible to have more light in her eyes and not on her cheek. I hope you do not feel embarrassed by my critique Olaf

Not at all embarrassed. I appreciate feedback as I can learn from it. As she was holding the stick, this was as far as I could go, however I will put it on a tripod next time to see what that will do for me.

[LocalHero1953]

1 hour ago, Olaf_ZG said:

She did not like starring in it. It is too bright.

f7.1, iso100, 1/160

Thank you, I understand now.

I am also experimenting with a continuous light source, in my case the Zhiyun Molus X100. These COB lights (LED lights, but with lots of LEDs on a silicon chip) produce a very powerful concentrated light, which is also too bright to look at comfortably. On the plus side, they are compatible with modifiers designed for studio flash - the X100 has an add-on Bowens adapter. 

I was thinking of trying a light stick, but will look at one in a shop first. It looks like you have to be cautious about how to use them.

[stuny]

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Though I haven't used it yet, I wonder if a Lumecube Panel Mini would be a good alternative to the lightstick?  The closest thing in their current catalogue (I think it's the same product repackaged) is about US$60, is this:  https://lumecube.com/products/video-conference-lighting-kit-for-remote-workers

[Olaf_ZG]

It looks rather small to me. I bought the stick cause it’s portability and a decent output in lux/lumen