Reveal Lightbulbs!

[Jubilee]

All I can say is : Holy Cow! These things are so darned cool. Someone once said that they thought one of my models was a bit yellowish, but I didn\'t really think it was that bad, but now that I\'ve put in some reveal light bulbs at my photostation and compared the pictures, I can\'t believe how terribly those light bulbs made my models look!

I\'m so excited about these bulbs.

:bouncy:

 

[finn17]

This sounds a bit like QVC....

You aren\'t being sponsored are you?

 

[Corvus]

This may have been asked before, but is this stuff available in Europe?

Also: is the light really that much better than white, electrical light?

 

[DennisMech]

Reveal work well for me too

Though I find the biggest test you can give a mini is to put it in pure sunlight where often all of your mistakes suddenly come to light (pun, sorta intended!).

 

[finn17]

Right on Mr Mech....

You can\'t beat daylight....

and it\'s free:flip:

 

[supervike]

reveal...

Yeah, when you can\'t get the sun for free, like at night! Reveal bulbs do work pretty well.

I have an OTT light, which is suppose to simulate pure natural light, and I agree it does help me see the colors correctly, but it just isn\'t bright enough for me. So I add more using a reveal bulb on a swivel lamp.

 

[Gypsy]

Originally posted by finn17
and it\'s free:flip:

It still is. I wonder for how long.


I always shoot pics of my minis outside in the sun as well.
My desk is set at a north window though, so no direct sunlight.
I\'ve got two daylight simulating bulbs, one\'s quite bluish/daylightish but way too weak and the other cost me 7 bucks and is like any other ordinary bulb.
I always have difficulties painting with the lights on. Still looking for that perfect bulb.

 

[Jubilee]

It rains too much here in moldy old oregon to depend on sunlight to take pictures by =(.

Actually, with further experimentation, I\'ve found that the reveal lights tend to give a reddish tint rather than a yellowy one, but that seems to be a bit easier to remove without making the model like like crap..

I was trying to take pictures in front of the west-facing windows yesterday evening as the sun was going down and I couldn\'t get pictures that didn\'t have the shadow of my camera or the window panes in the way.

Going outside is scary, though. The sun, it burns us, it does...

 

[Flashman14]

So are these for painting under, or just photgraphing or both?

 

[Jubilee]

Well, so far I\'ve only used it for taking pictures, but it\'s in my painting lamp now, so the next model I paint will be painted under it..

Honestly, I\'ve never noticed a problem with regular lightbulbs when i\'m looking at or painting a model, it\'s only when I take pictures that the color goes wonky--I think it\'s partially our camera, which is kindof old.

I will report on whether it seems to make any significant difference when I\'m painting.

 

[Trevor]

What are these things and does anyone know where you can get them in Australia?

 

[cento]

They are made by GE (General Electric). I do not know the availibility outside the US, but they are great bulbs.

I use them for photography and for painting. In fact, the light seems so much cleaner, that I have replaced all my household bulbs with them. They really don\'t cost much more than regular bulbs and can be found at any major supermarket here in the US.

You never realize how yellow normal light bulbs are until you switch them out...

 

[Grumbold Ironbrow]

Reveal ... good, sun ... bad

Have to agree about the Reveal bulbs. I use them at the photo booth and on the painting desk. I live in the \"sunny\" southern US so we get plenty of it, but in the summer it\'s too darned hot and humid to be doing this stuff outside. I like my nice airconditioned workbench inside I have done the same as Cento and started replacing all of the bulbs in my house with them.

Cheers,
Grumb

 

[t_haye2]

it\'s funny though, i mean, any type of bulbe will change the colour perception. normal bulbs create a yellowish glare, daylight bulbs a cold, bleached out glare, and strip lights have something inbetween the two. The trick is really to know your colours i think. i use a normal yellow 100 watt bulb at the moment, because my daylight bulb blew out recently. I prefer to piant using a double fluorescent striplamp, best to be 60 to 100 watt. expensive, but in my eyes the best out there.

 

[Gypsy]

The problem with these 100W bulbs is that they get darn hot and dry the paint on the brush before I\'ve had a chance to do the first stroke. How do you work around that, Tammy?

 

[t_haye2]

open up all the windows and use a fan the srtip lights i\'m talking about are special artist\'s desk lamps which don\'t actually get hot, that\'s why they cost roundabout £80 to £100(lamp, not the bulb)

 

[airhead]

Try the halogen bulbs. Cleaner light than incandesant or Reveals. For foto work under incancesant bulbs, use a blue filter. Same thing for the reveal bulbs, just the filter is in the bulb.

Try these: