Why Hot Lights don't seem to work for me.

I own two sets of studio lights, one regular set with strobes and the second one a continuous light set (hot lights). But I must admit I prefer studio lights 9 out of 10 times. In fact, it seems each time I use the hot lights, something always goes wrong! Not to mention the heat! For those of you who have a set or have used them, they get VERY hot and if used in a small enclosed area, a few fans are a must or AC turned up to high.

A good example of a shoot I did using the hot lights, which was plagued with problems, involved the beautiful Latina in the photo to the left. The room was not very big, and although the AC worked, its only functioning fan speed was "low". The room was much too hot for her and me! I was constantly sweating and I was having problems getting the right settings for my camera using the hot lights. After a while, I got so tired of the heat and so did she, that I would turn off the lights and use a regular Nikon SB strobe and attach it to the camera. I know, I know, rookie move, but I had to do something to make the model feel a little more comfortable, she was melting in the heat even in a bikini!

One last thing, please make sure you bookmark the url http://www.outletphotography.com because I may be moving the blog to a different host sometime soon. I'd like to move it to a different host where I will be able to upload more photos and larger sized files. If you have http://outletphotography.blogspot.com bookmarked, then you will not be directed to the new site once I move it, but as long as you have the outletphotography.com url, it will always take you to where I have the blog. I'll keep you posted when this will happen.