

Light rings typically come with a tripod of some sort. They're (usually) easily adjusted, either digitally or with a dial, to find the most flattering color temperature. Most ring lights keep the range between a warm white at 3,200 K and a cool white at 6,500 K. That's what gives light the appearance of a warm orange at the low end (1,000 Kelvin) all the way up to a blinding, bright blue at 10,000 K. Most have hundreds of small surface-mounted LEDs that can be manipulated for brightness, as well as something arguably more important: color temperature. Light rings come in several sizes, from 10 to 22 inches in diameter. It zaps away the shadows with uniform light.

It's the illumination option of choice, as it lets you centrally locate a recording device, usually a smartphone, right in the middle of a light that diffuses over your face or whatever you're photographing or recording. That halo in the eye is a reflection from a ring light. You've probably seen it as you scroll through Tiktok or admire someone's incredible Instagram selfie: a tell-tale ring of light in the subject's pupils.
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