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How about this?
Hi Richard,
Thank you for all your help with this. On that website they advertise a 42 watt full spectrum screw-in bulb. The site says it's 5100 Kelvin. It also says
"Incandescent Comparison = 150 Watts
Color or Hue = Stark White with Blue Tint "
which sounds pretty good. Are you saying it's not really 5100 Kelvin? They advertise their 23 and 27 watt bulbs as 5100 Kelvin too. Now I'm confused. What do you think?
Oh, I was going to order one of the 42 watt bulbs and one of the 27 watt bulbs, but on the photo of the bulbs I'm not sure it's a standard screw-in neck, that's what I wanted to check. I want to be able to screw it into my light stand.
I pretty much have the situation Bill is describing for taking photos and painting at home. I supplement the north light with my 'weak' bulb and I am happy with the results. I usually don't attempt to paint after dark, though sometimes I just can't leave a painting alone and I make minor adjustments. What I'm looking for is a set-up that I can bring to someone's home. Maybe this isn't the smartest thing to attempt. When someone says "would you paint my son?", I would prefer to go to their house, just because my studio is not very professional looking. And I don't want relative strangers going through our masterbedroom on the way to my studio space. I can drag my big painted foamcore backdrops to a model's home without any problem. I do realize it's more challenging to attempt this at someone else's home because there are many variables: reflections, availability of north light, no north light, and many more I'm sure I can't even think of.
I guess one option is just to decorate the masterbedroom and get over it! Or . . . . find a spot downstairs where I can successfully take photos. But I still need a decent light. I'm beginning to think the White Lightning idea might be the easiest and most consistent. I can put that on my list for Santa!
Joan
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