ABSTRACT
Photographic filtering is an easy way to alter the color temperature of a light, regardless of its design. All lighting equipment needs a way to interact with the camera. Speedlights, which attach to the hot shoe on top of the camera, are automatically triggered via the camera’s electronics. The multitude of light choices and camera white balance options requires photographers to carefully select the appropriate settings. The wireless transmitter is how the strobe knows when to fire when the camera’s shutter is activated. Speedlights are smaller electronic flashes and can mount directly to the camera. The generator, which is plugged into an electrical outlet, accumulates and stores power and, when the camera is triggered, sends the current to the strobe head to produce the flash of light. Color correction gels are designed to “correct” the color temperature of lights to match film or adjust the color to daylight.
