Strobes or Tunsten

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Hello there
I have an interior to shoot , normally during daylight i use strobes , but i am planning to shoot a couple of the rooms in the evening so i was wondering whether i should get some continuous lighting "Tunsten" would they be a better solution than using flash , i want to create a warm cosy relaxed feel to the room ? Also what sort of output do i need the rooms are around 20' x 15' timber framed ! Any suggestions ?
many thanks
 
It's tungsten not tunsten BTW...
Tungsten lighting produces a nominal colour temperature of around 3200K (but in reality it's usually around 2700-2900K) which produces a very 'warm' look, so my guess here is that someone has told you that tungsten lighting would give a warmer, more cosy effect.

But the reality is that it would be a lot too warm and cosy to look natural without using a colour conversion filter on the camera lens. And as you would need to do that anyway, it would make sense to use flash instead, and warm the flash colour rather than cool the tungsten colour. If there is any daylight at all coming in from outside then you will need to do this, as the daylight colour approximates that of flash, not tungsten.

Power needs would depend on the ISO used, the aperture used and whether flash just contributes to the light, or creates it. 200 - 300Ws would probably be fine.
 
Jerm said:
Have a look at the link below.

Not my genre but I still found the process and technique interesting.

http://fstoppers.com/fs-original-mi...hitectural-images?relatedposts_exclude=121156
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Thanks for that link Jeremy, very timely for me as it happens. A friend has just asked me to shoot his house, or rather multi-mi££ion mansion with two pools and a bowling alley. Challenging is the word I think :eek: and I might have a go at some light-painting and Photoshop merging.

A mate has an octocopter drone so we're going to fly that down the drive, through the front door and up the three-storey entrance hall. Should be fun :)

Back on topic - to the OP, forget tungsten. Feeble light output and dangerously hot! Gelled flash every time.
 
Jerm said:
There's another one on the same lines :

http://fstoppers.com/how-to-use-mul...ings-from-outside?relatedposts_exclude=121156

This mate.. he isn't a wedding photographer from London is he....?
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Yes, thanks. I caught another video from Mike Kelly that came up after your first link. Clever technique, using a single gun and multiple exposures rather than multiple guns in one shot. Much more control that way, and by merging exposures from different times of day he's doing things that aren't possible in-camera :thumbs: Photoshop is not my forte but I know a girl who's brilliant with just that kind of work. And maybe I should hire a tilt & shift lens...

No, Adam The Octocopter is not a wedding photographer, Peterborough guy local to me.
 
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