How Do You Use Compact Fluorescent Bulbs For Portrait Lighting?
Many portrait photographers use simple lighting with standard 150 watt, 250 watt or 500 watt incandescent light bulbs. Incandescent light bulbs are very inefficient and produce a lot of heat as they generate light. Professional grade incandescent bulbs also have a very short lifetime. Daylight-balanced incandescent bulbs last as little as six hours. Tungsten, or warm white, bulbs may last 20 hours. But compact fluorescent, or CFL, bulbs can last thousands of hours. Replace any Edison-based incandescent lights in your studio lights. Carefully set your incandescent bulbs aside as spares. Check the color temperature on the compact fluorescent bulbs as you install them in the fixtures. Although not all compact fluorescent bulbs are labeled with color temperature, many are. Compact fluorescent bulbs are usually one of four color temperatures: 2700 degrees Kelvin, often labeled warm white or soft white; around 3000 degrees Kelvin, often labeled white, bright white or medium white; 4000 degre
