PRO-Series Vintage Limelight Studio Spot & Fill Lights v1.2 - C Version 1.3.1

★ Now with ☽ Luna Lights™ v2.0 allowing you to load up to 22 custom lighting configurations for instant configuration changes during your photo session.

★ Now includes nine (9) authentic reproduction 19th century limelight fueled photo, movie and studio lights.

Limelight is a type of stage lighting once used in theatres and music halls. An intense illumination is created when an oxyhydrogen flame is directed at a cylinder of quicklime. It was the most intense light source for most of the 19th century. Limelight became the standard for lighthouses, theatre, spot lights, projection lanterns (e.g. See Biunial Magic Lantern in related products below) and cinematography.

Limelight was first used for indoor stage illumination in the Covent Garden Theatre in London in 1837 and enjoyed widespread use in theatres around the world in the 1860s and 1870s. Limelights were employed to highlight solo performers in the same manner as modern follow-spots (e.g. See PAR 64 lights in related products below).

In addiction to bright projected light spotlights, this set also includes soft fill lighting using reflectors and diffusers. These apparatus has been employed by photographers since the beginning of the 20th century. Reflective and diffusion devices have been documented to be an essential part of the well equipped "modern" photo studio from as early as 1918. This century old technique is well proven and remains in popular use today using umbrellas.

This set makes an ideal accessory to our popular series of animated artist's easels and model pose stools. It also makes the perfect accessory for a photographer's studio and will look lovely in yours too. Whether you’re a an artist, a portrait photographer or a fashion reporter these lamps are ideal.

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■ FEATURES:
★ NEW: Load up to 22 of your own custom lighting presets for instant configuration changes during your photo session.

● Menu controlled lighting parameters:
▶ Intensity
▶ Radius
▶ Fall Off
▶ Glow
▶ Full Bright
▶ Color* (R:G:B)
▶ Alpha*
* Note: Configurable for both light-on and light-off states

● Configurable to illuminate a small to large area, making the light usable in photographic studios
● Detailed High Quality 100% MESH
● Ultra Low Prims
● Lifetime Free Upgrades
● COPY

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■ CONTENTS:
● Spotlights (using ALM projected light - will cast shadows)
▶ Three (3) Limelight Spotlights - Short: 2 LI
▷ Tarnished Tin Finish (Silver)
▷ Lacquered Brass Finish (Gold)
▷ Japanned Steel Finish (Black)

▶ Three (3) Limelight Spotlights - Tall: 3 LI
▷ Tarnished Tin Finish (Silver)
▷ Lacquered Brass Finish (Gold)
▷ Japanned Steel Finish (Black)

● Limelight Floodlight (using prim-point light):
▶ Steel, Copper and Brass Limelight Flood with Tin Plated Dish Reflector - Tall: 3 LI
▷ Lighting is provided by an open limelight arc in this authentic antique reproduction.

● Diffused Fill (using prim-point light): 2 LI
▶ The light from this lamp is diffused by a translucent cloth placed in front of the lamp.
▷ The lamp is placed so that it faces the subject; the cloth is between the lamp and subject.
▷ Lighting is provided by diffusion through the cloth.

● Reflected Fill (using prim-point light): 2 LI
▶ The light from this lamp is softened by reflecting it off a foil surface placed in front of the lamp.
▷ The lamp is placed so that it faces away from the subject; the lamp is between the reflector and the subject.
▷ Lighting is provided by reflection off the foil.

A copy is physically on display for your inspection at our in-world location.

★ A very special thank you to Hatris "Hattie" Panacek for her collaboration on this fine build. Be sure to visit her store "Ex Machina" at https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/16570