Do you ever make lighting diagrams? Perhaps you are thinking about how the light will look in the studio, or maybe you want to be able to save a lighting setup that you liked. Regardless the reason for using it, Sylights iPhone and iPad app makes it easy to design lighting diagrams.
Simply click on the + symbol to add a new lighting diagram. At this point you will see a grid in the background, a menu bar at the bottom with options for “properties”, “discard” and “save”. At the top of the screen is where the magic happens. Simply click on the icon at the top of the page to see a wheel of options revealed. Here, you may select from backdrops, umbrellas, cameras, subjects, beauty dishes, reflectors, strobes, gels, softboxes, hair lights, gobos and other light sources. To select any of these simply tap on the item you want. From there, you may select the particular items you need.
Dragging items onto the screen is very easy to do. You may adjust the location and rotation of the components. From there you are ready to create.
It is easy to create and save lighting diagrams using this free application. If you ever make lighting diagrams, I encourage you to check it out.
All the best…Mike
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A college administrator by profession, Mike Kennamer enjoys the opportunity to take photos and improve his skills by shooting events at work, church, and for friends. He enjoys landscape photography, portraiture and is starting to dabble in HDR. His current photography project involves learning to control flash manually. “My goal”, according to Kennamer, “is to be the best photographer I can be.”
Kennamer is also the President of Kennamer Media Group, Inc., a provider of traditional and online media, specializing in the healthcare industry. On CurrentPhotographer.com he writes about iPhone and iPad applications for photographers.