https://photovideogear.com/tags/lighting/ Recent content in Lighting on Photo Video Gear Hugo en-us Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://photovideogear.com/speedlight-vs-battery-strobe-which-on-location-flash-to-buy-for-portraits-events-and-sunlight/ Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://photovideogear.com/speedlight-vs-battery-strobe-which-on-location-flash-to-buy-for-portraits-events-and-sunlight/ <p>Sooner or later most photographers want more light than the sun or the room is giving them. The question is what to buy: a hot-shoe speedlight, a compact battery strobe, or a bigger battery monolight. A store&rsquo;s flash wall shows all three side by side, and they look more alike than they are.</p> <p>The difference comes down to power, recycle time and what you need to stick on the front.</p> https://photovideogear.com/led-lighting-for-video-cob-lights-softboxes-and-why-the-cri-number-matters-more-than-watts/ Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://photovideogear.com/led-lighting-for-video-cob-lights-softboxes-and-why-the-cri-number-matters-more-than-watts/ <p>Video changed lighting. A flash fires for a fraction of a second; a video light has to stay on for the whole take. That&rsquo;s pushed photographers and creators toward continuous LED lights, and the corner of any big camera store now looks like a small film studio, with softboxes hanging from the ceiling and cinema cameras on the counter.</p> <p>Buying LED lights is confusing because the headline numbers mislead. Wattage is not brightness, and brightness is not quality.</p>