Photographer’s Fill Light Made From Glow Sticks

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Photographer’s Fill Light Made From Glow Sticks

By John Baichtal

John Baichtal

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Photographer Simon Ellingsworth uses glow sticks for supplementary lighting for his shoots. He attaches four military-grade glow sticks to a PVC pipe, which serves as the handle. He uses white sticks, white PVC, and clear zip ties to not pollute the color of the light.

2 thoughts on “Photographer’s Fill Light Made From Glow Sticks”

  1. Glow Sticks says:

    Great idea! Will pass this blog post along to all my photographer friends.

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By John Baichtal

John Baichtal

My interests include writing, electronics, RPGs, scifi, hackers & hackerspaces, 3D printing, building sets & toys. @johnbaichtal nerdage.net

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