ABSTRACT
FAQ #1: How do I decide what power of lights to use? The answer depends on what you’ve got in your lighting kit and how hot your subject can stand to be. Once you pass a low level of lighting that allows you to expose the scene on your camera without using any gain, you’ve got “enough” light. What’s important from that point on is not the power, but the balance between the lights. Two 650s and a 300 will look about the same as two 2 Ks and a 1 K; you’ll just expose it differently. This is an important concept to grasp!
