Did you have to do anything special with using led's? do you use a light meter or something like that or just make the determination on how it looks at the time you take the photo?
I am sure your experience can make it easy but me would be a mass of trial and error (lol).
From what I understand the power or watts used for the leds can generate a color spectrum where the higher can go more into the blues and lower can be more for the yellows and reds. Having an adjustment to change the power would make me guess that it could give your more options to add color would be my guess. I would just be curious on how hard it is to find the sweet spot for the best lighting? Or by shooting in raw you could fix most in post?
wow it almost looks like I know something, hehe, doing a lot of reading lately :)

Gator, I was where you are a few years back. Some trial and error, but with note-taking and analysis managed to work through most issues and now pretty much work situation free.

As for color shifting, etc., I didn't notice anything dreadful. I'll have some time this weekend to do some experiments and post the results. It'll be a good excuse to try out my new camera parts, as well.

With strobes, most of the time I simply set the camera to Auto. On some really important moments, I trigger the strobe with my light meter (Sekonic L758DR) and get exposure settings from that.

Keep in mind we were all where you are now. Careful note-taking, observation, and analysis provide the path to better proficiency.
--Bob

Continuous lighting is less expensive, and lets you see what lighting effect you will get. For portraits, and product images, they can be useful. For stopping action, a 'flash' /'speedlight' is the thing to have, but good ones can cost a bit. Get ones which have master / slave capabilities. The more lights, and light modifiers, you can have, the better. Some images look great with one light. Others do better with three, or four, or more, lights. Reflectors, diffusers, etc, are good to have on hand, too. Again, more can be better. Have some continuous lights, and some flash units.

Hello, been awhile for me, trying to recover from medical problems and now improving. I have tried to read some post on the subject and feel more confused then before. I am sorry if I am messing up by posting multi questions in one post.
This is therapy for me and I am trying to make the most of what money I can save and still learn and thank you all for the great site and assistance that has been so much help.

1. Looking at continuous lighting kits, the cheap ones that has like a couple soft box's and umbrellas and stand with 3 muslin 10ft backdrops blk/wht/grn. I have read they can be a good start for those with budget and I am not opening a studio but for friends and family. I have seen on amazon and some other places for around 100$ range.

2. I have a canon eos 70D kit, been looking for good method to take self photo's without trying to outrun the timer :/ I was using my phone but it is not doing so well now and while out there are times I still need the flash for fill light and some of the remotes I have seen mount where my flash mounts.

3. It is still far in the future but I am curious as the a good economic investment when trying to build remote flash gear. should I look more greater expansions? like it can control more remotes, just look for a few or many? again I am dreaming for the future lol and I want to have the correct dreams :)

Sorry I am not more detailed, I have had trouble sleeping and finally had a chance to ask. I will try to watch closely on any replies and again thank you

was this at max lighting? or since it has a means to lower the power was it at another setting? could you try at different power settings and see if it still maintains the same balance? I am talking to my wife about getting the leds if we have the money available. Then I want to get some backdrops as I enjoy working with green screens and test with the black and white that you can get in most kits :)

thank you for the trouble of showing me... reminds me i need to get me a color card and grey card someday too. I know there not much but I keep forgetting hehe.

Continuous light has a huge limitation in power and freezing action. Continuous lights are fine for product photography and newborns. Otherwise I'd look at using strobes/monolights for versatility. I own both and always go back to strobes. Look to off camera flash to create dimension to your images with an RF trigger. A good value is the Godox AD 200. Substantially stronger than a speedlight but keep in mind this is strictly off camera work but it's very compact and it comes at a very reasonable price. Look at the Flashpoint brand of Godox for in house warranty advantages.

was this at max lighting? or since it has a means to lower the power was it at another setting? could you try at different power settings and see if it still maintains the same balance? I am talking to my wife about getting the leds if we have the money available. Then I want to get some backdrops as I enjoy working with green screens and test with the black and white that you can get in most kits :)

thank you for the trouble of showing me... reminds me i need to get me a color card and grey card someday too. I know there not much but I keep forgetting hehe.