Amateur Photographer

Can you see the light ?

Source:   The circular shape of the Rotolight AEOS results in attractive round catchlights in your subject's eyes Nikon D810, 70-200mm, 1/320sec at f/3.2, ISO 900  

Using a constant light source allows you to be very precise with the lighting by making fine adjustments

One of the most obvious, and useful, benefits of using LED lighting is their ‘what-you-see-is-what-you-get’ quality. For portraits, this gives us a definite advantage. It means we can be very precise with the lighting – making fine adjustments until it hits our subject at the correct angle, height and distance, with the right spread and colour. We can see exactly what we’re going to

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