discussion Handy Light for photos

[yak face]

Hi all heres something I picked up in Home Bargains recently as I thought it might be useful . Its a ‘ selfie’ light ring , meant for saddos with low self esteem who take loads of pictures of themselves . It cost £9 and I thought it would be good for lighting a model when taking pictures . Its USB powered and comes with a small tripod , lead with controls for light colour ( warm white , bright white , cool white ) and brightness , and a fitting that you can affix your phone to if you want. I used a USB adapter plug and just plugged it in to the mains .The main reason i got it is so I can take pictures through the middle of it and hopefully avoid major shadowing. Heres a pic of it and one I took of the Harrier to test it . Pic taken with iphone 7 , light set to max brightness , bright white . Hope this is of some use , cheers tony

 

[adt70hk]

Thanks Tony. Most useful!

Shadows are my main problem.

All I have to do is get my teenage daughter to buy one!

ATB.

Andrew

 

[boatman]

Hi all heres something I picked up in Home Bargains recently as I thought it might be useful . Its a ‘ selfie’ light ring , meant for saddos with low self esteem who take loads of pictures of themselves . It cost £9 and I thought it would be good for lighting a model when taking pictures . Its USB powered and comes with a small tripod , lead with controls for light colour ( warm white , bright white , cool white ) and brightness , and a fitting that you can affix your phone to if you want. I used a USB adapter plug and just plugged it in to the mains .The main reason i got it is so I can take pictures through the middle of it and hopefully avoid major shadowing. Heres a pic of it and one I took of the Harrier to test it . Pic taken with iphone 7 , light set to max brightness , bright white . Hope this is of some use , cheers tonyView attachment 407599View attachment 407600View attachment 407601View attachment 407602View attachment 407603

YEA Tony that might come in usefull when i take photos of my small ship parts but not for the whole ship but thanks for showin as ive never seen them before but jen says she has seen them an i say well you dint tell me an she answered saying i dont tell you everything Aaaaaaaaggggghhhhh women eh an tony where did you get yours from ?
chris

 

[Tim Marlow]

Looks very useful Tony. A bit like the ring flashes you can get for SLR cameras.

 

[yak face]

an tony where did you get yours from ?

I got it from Home Bargains chris , £9 . Cheers tony

 

[David Lovell]

looks just the job should be done at work by 12 tomoz got a home bargins just down the road from us with a macky Ds practically next door two birds with one stone. Dave

 

[Jim R]

Thanks Tony for flagging this up. Just bought one and although I haven't used it for photos it looks as if it will be useful. Certainly worth a punt at £9.
Jim

 

[Manuel Bustos]

Thanks! I was thinking about what kinda lamp or lamps to use when taking photos of a model. Its looks very good and at a nice price.
Cheers!!

 

[stillp]

Just bought one - SWMBO thinks it's a makeup light, so must be hers!
Thanks Tony.
Pete

 

[Guest]

Well worth having , no shop near me but found them on Evilbay at the same price , and some at ridiculous prices, with the same box photo .

 

[boatman]

Just bought one - SWMBO thinks it's a makeup light, so must be hers!
Thanks Tony.
Pete
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Pete :thinking: has your missus nicked your light then for her make up then ? lol:rolling::thinking::thinking:
chris

 

[stillp]

Yep!

 

[colin m]

I got it from Home Bargains chris , £9 . Cheers tony

Have you been down the make up aisle again ?

 

[boatman]

Well i find woman s things quite helpfull on modeling as i used ladyies false finger nails for radar dishes on my nimitz an i asked jen to get me some when she was in the ladies bit but she forgot so i had to go in there an ask the girl at the counter where they were an well you should have seen the look she gave me oh i never foget that so embarrasing lol
chris

 

[Tim Marlow]

Well i find woman s things quite helpfull on modeling as i used ladyies false finger nails for radar dishes on my nimitz an i asked jen to get me some when she was in the ladies bit but she forgot so i had to go in there an ask the girl at the counter where they were an well you should have seen the look she gave me oh i never foget that so embarrasing lol
chris

If that happens again Chris just tell them you are a classical guitarist.....they use them for finger style playing.

 

[KateB20]

Thanks for thr tips!

 

[boatman]

Thanks for thr tips!

HI Kate i see you are a newbie welcome to the forum an are you goin to buy one of these lights ? as they look very good
chris

 

[Guest]

I will buy one as long as a young lady depicted in the advert is included..:tongue-out3: If f not then the advert is dreafully misleading:rolling:

Laurie

 

[Mr Bowcat]

I will buy one as long as a young lady depicted in the advert is included..:tongue-out3: If f not then the advert is dreafully misleading:rolling:

Laurie

In this day and age that could quite easily be a man Laurie. :tears-of-joy:

 

[Guest]

In this day and age that could quite easily be a man Laurie. :tears-of-joy:

I am not picky Bob

Laurie