The Lights

Studio Lighting

Studio lighting basics are simple to learn, but somewhat more difficult to master. Lighting is just as important to creating great photos as a digital camera. Decide what format camera you'll be using.

Studio lighting can be broken down into two categories, continuous and flash. Continuous lighting has many advantages when photographing products.

• It's relatively inexpensive, and makes a good starting point for anyone on a small budget.
• You can see what the light is doing and where the shadows and highlights are. What you see is what you get.