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The dramatic look that video lights<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0lend to photographs, is a regularly explored topic on Tangents<\/a>. I also cover the use of video light in my book\u00a0Direction and Quality of Light<\/a>.<\/p>\n The video lights that I have been favoring, are the\u00a0Lowel ID-Light<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(affiliate<\/em>), but like other halogen video lights, it tends to run hot. LED video lights<\/a>\u00a0(affiliate<\/em>) that are meant to be hand-held or mounted on a camera, also tend to be under-powered for some uses. And since\u00a0video lights tend to be small light sources, their light is quite contrasty. So there are some limitations.<\/p>\n So when I got to\u00a0try out the Litepanels Sola 4 LED Fresnel Lights<\/a>\u00a0(affiliate<\/em>), I was quite keen. Especially because the arrival of these lights coincided with one of my favorite models,\u00a0Ulorin Vex<\/a>, visiting the East Coast for a few weeks. Ulorin Vex’s dramatic style and clothing would be very well suited to this kind of lighting.<\/p>\n The Litepanels Sola 4 LED Fresnel Lights<\/a>\u00a0 (B&H<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0Amazon<\/a><\/em>) is a lightweight 4.0″ Fresnel light that is Daylight balanced at 5,600K.<\/p>\n The beam can be dimmed, (ie, adjusted for brightness). It can also be focused between 72\u00b0 to 13\u00b0 which means the area that the light covers, can be adjusted with the one control knob on the back. The light is delivered by heat-free daylight-balanced LEDs.<\/p>\n According to the spec sheet, the Sola 4 uses only a small fraction of the power a conventional fixture would require to produce the same volume of light (39W, equivalent to 300W of HMI light). It definitely doesn’t produce much heat.<\/p>\n The spec sheet also states that the color balance doesn’t shift as the light is dimmed. This is hugely important.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A behind-the-scenes video clip of the photo session with Ulorin Vex<\/a>.\u00a0We did three different setups with Ulorin Vex – three different outfits, and three different ways of using these lights.\u00a0Even though I used very specific lights here – \u00a0the Litepanels Sola 4 LED Fresnel Lights<\/a>\u00a0 (affiliate<\/em>) – I hope that the commentary, and the way the photo shoot was directed, will be instructional and perhaps even entertaining.\u00a0Enjoy!<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nMore about the Litepanels Sola 4 Fresnel Light specifications<\/h2>\n
\nVideo clip: behind the scenes of this photo session<\/h2>\n