Photo Lighting Kits
Photo lighting kits consist of lighting accessories that the photographer has to use while shooting. Portability is a big factor in photo lighting kits, though the studio light kits are only occasionally moved out of the studio. The studio lighting kits are less portable and are more expensive. Photographers often make their own lighting kit (by assembling the best products of different companies) instead of buying a full kit from a single company.
The components of a photo lighting kit are various and your choice of the components should depend on the type of photography that you are going to do. For instance, the requirements of the lighting kits are generally different in indoor photography and outdoor photography. The usual components of the photo lighting kits are the lamps, the lamp stands and the camera stands, the reflectors, photo tents, background textures, umbrellas (with mounts and holders) and UV protection filters. Sometimes extra components like backdrop support systems are also included in the kits.
The types of lamps vary according to the type of the photography. Photographers, looking for affordable photo lighting kits solutions, are a common trend in the photography industry. Photo lighting kits can be affordable or expensive depending up on the cost and quality of the components of the kit. The cost of the lamps is the main differentiating factor between the cheap and the expensive photo lighting kits.
The Portable Photo 16″ Light Tent Kit Continuous Lighting Kit by PBL is available at around 4o dollars. The kit consists of one 16” portable product photo tent (easy to set up), 1 collapsible camera stand, two 50 watt mini lights on retractable stands (8’ cords-110 volt standard outlet) and 4 different background sweeps. The most amusing feature of this PBL kit is the fact that the photo lighting tent also serves the dual purpose of portable carrying bag (16” square portfolio bag) for carrying the other equipments from one place to another. The total weight (and the shipping weight) of the kit is 8 pounds.
The XPRO PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO CONTINUOUS LIGHTING UMBRELLA KIT is a highly popular studio photo lighting kit owing to its affordability, even though being a studio lighting kit. The total price of the kit is even slightly less than the PBL 16” light tent kit mentioned earlier. The components of this affordable studio lighting kit include a 5500K day light balance bulb, a 32” white umbrella, a high quality metal alloy light stand and a unique 3-in-1 light holder (accommodates the photo bulb, the umbrella and fits as a light stand mount). The total shipping weight of the kit is 5 pounds and the XPRO product is available with a 1 year limited warranty period.
If you are buying the components of the kit separately and making your own kit, then consider buying DOLICA AX620B100 62-Inch Proline Aluminum Tripod and Ball Head (around 40 dollars) or the Digital Concepts TR-60N Camera Tripod with Carrying Case (around 14 dollars). 