Creating Your Own DIY Spotlight – Photo Premium

We have another Photo Premium tutorial exclusively available to Premium members today. If you’re looking at photographic lighting equipment and wondering why it’s so expensive, well it’s time to learn about an alternative. In this video tutorial, we’ll cover how to make your own spotlight for your studio. Learn more at the jump!

As photographers we crave light. How many other artists talk about controlling light? How many other people in the world make such an absurd statement? But it’s our mission, especially in the studio. But in order to control your lighting well, it seems like you have to spend a ton money. Well, there’s another way.

In this video, you’ll learn about all needed materials needed to make your own spotlights. From drilling holes for bulb, assembling clamp stands and wiring everything together.

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