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PictureCorrect.com: The Pros and Cons of Using LED Lights for Studio Portraits

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LEDs aren’t the most perfect lighting tools for studio portraits. But they do offers some advantages when shooting portraits in a studio environment. Jay P. Morgan demonstrates this by using LED lights to recreate the magic of the 1920s:

Advantages of Using LEDs

  • With an LED light, you get to see exactly what you’re going to capture, which is a great advantage when setting up your lights.

using LEDs for studio portraits

  • LED lights, being continuous in nature, are ideally suitable for shooting video.

1920s style portrait

  • You have complete control over your color temperature. You can dial in the color temperature and match with the color temperature of whatever colored light that is coming through a window.
  • LEDs draw a consistent amount of power. Strobes, on the other hand, draw a lot of power in a surge when they charge after discharging in a flash. This is why LEDs are comparatively more convenient to use in most environments, including homes.
  • They work well for using wide open apertures to achieve shallow depth of field.

working with LED lights in a studio environment

Disadvantages of Using LEDs

  • LEDs are not very powerful. So, the very reason you can use wide apertures, means you cannot use small apertures like f/8, f/11 and so on.
  • With LEDs you won’t be able to freeze action. The light isn’t powerful enough.
  • You absolutely need a tripod to shoot with an LED light. You’ll need to use a longer than usual shutter speed, which means you need to stabilize the camera.

how to use LEDs for studio portraits

  • Using modifiers becomes a tad more difficult when working with LEDs. Some LEDs do come with the option to mount a modifier, but not all of them.

modifiers with LED lights

Do you shoot with LEDs? Tell us about your experience.


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