More stressed than I thought: Studio Lighting Edition

[skellington1]

My hand is telling me I'm more stressed than I thought. It tells me this by itching like crazy, then breaking out in little whitish wheals. (Physical Uticaria and dermatographism with no apparent physical triggers = probably stress reaction, especially given the history of when it happens).

I spent the weekend drilling holes, placing electrical

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[solarbird]

I never actually got to building the rail - I was making do with whereever-I-could-clamp combined with standing lamps with flexible heads to get the same effect. But if I had it to again? In a heartbeat.

I was able to set up reasonable scatter lighting in my old studio with a substantially lower ceiling (7'). It just took many fixtures, with smaller-wattage LEDs. I wired for that in advance; my studio was heavily wired - honestly, far moreso than it needed to be. But it worked out for me in the end. ^_^

One huge advantage of LEDs - which didn't exist them - is how much easier scattered source lighting is. Particularly with things like rope lights. That link is to five one-metre strands, 5 watts/metre, ultrabright LEDs, for $10. Those are 2700K, but searching for "rope lights" will get you other options, like these 6000K lights. I wouldn't want to use them as primary work, but as fill and evening lights? I should think they'd be awesome, particularly if you mix colour temperatures. (Which I do a lot, still.)

Anyway, there are a lot of options out there. I haven't actually used led light strips yet, but I want to. :D