Photography Studio Continuous Lighting Umbrella Kit

We fell in love with the Fortuny lamp, designed in 1907 as an adaptation of indirect photography lighting. The price tag? Nearly $4000.

Now, here's an idea:

Use its predecessor, true photo studio lighting, for home illumination. This basic photo studio lighting umbrella kit is available at Amazon for $40 (that's 1/100th the cost of the Fortuny) and comes with a free CFL photo lamp.

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tru dat, you can go to any photo store in nyc and get a light stand, an umbrella adapter and a incandescent fixture - pop a convertable umbrella (black cover comes off leaving the white shoot thru) in there and you have a $100 studio light. every time I see a faux photography light, it makes me think the designer must be pretty hard up idea wise...

I got a kit with three lights, three stands and two umbrellas for about $175. You can also use a photo tent as a portable studio.,

just make sure to use low-wattage bulbs. the halogen bulbs that come with photo lights burn VERY hot and can be a fire hazard.

When I do this my girlfriend tells me to put my stuff away.. haha. Never thought of using lights as lamps.

and just think of the wonderful photographs of people you'd get at parties!