What lighting equipment should be prepared for indoor photography and outdoor photography?

The lighting used for indoor and outdoor shooting is actually the same, but because the outdoor ambient light is more chaotic than indoor, the equipment to be used needs more electricity.

1.？ inside

Indoor space is generally limited, so we will prepare small lighting equipment, such as indoor flash, overhead flash or studio light.

A.？ Internal flash

Generally, it is also called pop-up flash, which has a fixed direction and a small range. It is generally not recommended or only used as a flash.

B.？ Top flash

Generally known as hot shoe flash, its power and range can be far stronger than the flash system in the machine, and it is also suitable for carrying. It can achieve different lighting effects by changing the direction of the lamp holder, and can use the flasher to distribute light at any position, and can also achieve different styles of light distribution effects through multiple flashlights. The disadvantage is that you need to use the battery, and the number of uses is limited. Check the charging status of the battery before each use.

C. studio lights

It can be regarded as an ultra-advanced version of the set-top box flash. The flash index is stronger than that of the set-top box flash, and the output light intensity is generally more than 5 times that of the set-top box flash. Generally speaking, the stronger the power, the better. However, the disadvantage of the studio lamp is that it is very large and needs an external power cord.

2.？ Outside

The outdoor environment is changeable, and it needs stronger light than indoor to cover different ambient stray light. Each brand has its own outdoor flash. Take a domestic brand as an example, its outdoor flash system covers GN200~600 series (this figure can be simply understood as a percentage, and the GN index of general set-top box flash is 30~60).

When using the flashlight outdoors, we must also consider the influence of the position of the sun and the intensity and angle of all kinds of light.

For example, when shooting on cloudy days, the light is generally scattered and the reflection is insufficient, resulting in no eye light when shooting portraits. If you don't want a complicated later stage, you need to consider using lighting to supplement it, and you can consider using a ring flash to fill your eyes.

If there is plenty of sunshine, it may also lead to a large contrast between light and shade of the model, resulting in a situation of yin and yang faces. At this time, you can choose a strong flash to fill the dark part, which can balance the brightness of the picture and improve the details of the dark part.

There is also the most common use scene of outdoor flash, which is portrait shooting at night. In the case of poor outdoor light, we usually need to fill the light, which can not only make the light artificially, but also reduce the iso of the camera and improve the shutter speed. Let the quality of the photos taken be guaranteed to a certain extent, so as not to be blurred by hand shaking.