davidd’s A DOLL A DAY 2022

[davidd]

My little desk lamp seems to be much too bright to do something like that with. It just lights everything up. What kind of bulb do you have in it?

This is an LED desk lamp. I believe it has several built-in mini LED lamps. It's only rated a 7 watts, so I don't know how that compares to "real" bulbs aka classic incandescent wattage. I would estimate around 40 watts.


I do not put the lamp as close to the scene as it appears in this photo. Usually it is anywhere between 2 feet and 4 feet away (60cm - 1.2 m) from the scene. Often I hold the lamp with one hand and a camera in the other, so I can move the light while I'm snapping pictures.

Another thing I do is put a diffuser over the lamp to cut the intensity and even out the lighting. By "diffuser" I mean something really fancy... like a Kleenex tissue or a plastic grocery bag.

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