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From portraits to still lifes to action shots, here's the gear you need in the studio and on location -- and tips for better lighting.

By Peter Kolonia Posted March 5, 2008

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Because their output is continuous, tungsten or quartz halogen ("hot") lights can be used for both stills and video, and they give you infinitely more opportunity to study and finesse the strength, direction, and quality of the lighting -- good news for neophytes. (A strobe's modeling light will give you only a notion of how shadows will fall and little of how the background will be rendered relative to the subject.)

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