Not all dimmers are created equal, however, and will cause problems related to flickering when used for film and photography. In other words, being able to control brightness and color temperature or hue on the fly is now almost a minimum requirement for photographers and lighting technicians.ĭimming an LED strip is almost always accomplished by a dimmer (DMX or analog) that is typically installed between the power supply and LED strip. Matching variable ambient lighting conditions and unpredictable DP orders can mean that the ability to dynamically control LED strips on-scene is critical. With just a 12V or 24V power supply, you can get an LED strip light system up and running very quickly.īut today's photography and cinematography professionals look for more than just a fixed, color-correct / high CRI LED strip product. See also Muybridge At Tate Britain and here’s some playful, animated Fun With Muybridge.LED strips are a new and versatile light source that has been gaining quick adoption in the film and photography lighting industry.

Here’s a naked man jumping over a hurdle in ten steps. Some of the darker ones resisted so I used a camera. I half expected the reflected light to be too dazzling for the scanner so that the images would be over exposed. I was surprised that I was actually able to scan these cards. He showed that a galloping horse lifts all four hooves from the ground simultaneously.

His pioneering work on animal locomotion used multiple cameras to capture motion in stop-action photographs.

The most successful cards seem to be those which use images by Eadweard Muybridge from the 1870s & 80s. This kicking mule card incorporates eight images which flicker like frames of animation. (I don’t think lenticular has anything to do with Lent in particular.) Lenticular printing is a process of combining two or more images on the surface of a corrugated plastic lens. Seen from one angle the eye is open, look again and it’s closed. We’ve been selling these ‘lenticular’ cards at The Rowley Gallery for a while now.

Flicker photography