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title: Simple Lighting Tips For Capturing Amazing Wildlife Photography
description: Learn how photographer Jay P. Morgan used Rosco's LitePad Vector to illuminate a hummingbird for his high-speed photo shoot/photography tutorial for The Slanted Lens.
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# [Simple Lighting Tips For Capturing Amazing Wildlife Photography](https://spectrum.rosco.com/index.php/2016/03/simple-lighting-tips-for-capturing-amazing-wildlife-photography)

 Written by [Chanda Goldsworthy](https://spectrum.rosco.com/author/chanda) | March 08, 2016

One of the key factors photographer Jay P. Morgan focuses on in his photo tutorials at [The Slanted Lens](http://theslantedlens.com/) is great lighting. In a recent lesson, he provided some tips on [how to shoot a hummingbird](http://theslantedlens.com/2016/4657/). In order to provide the necessary lighting he needed for the high-speed photo shoot, Jay P. relied on [Rosco’s new LitePad Vector™ CCT LED light](http://www.rosco.com/litepad/litepadVectorCCT.cfm?menuReturn=litepad).

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The concept of the shot was to set up a camera inside the house to shoot the hummingbird feeder outside. *“We’re exposing for outside because that’s my whole background. But then the bird was very dark.”*

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To get more illumination on the hummingbird, Jay P. placed a LitePad Vector close to the window, which helped show off the wonderful details of its plumage. *“I put \[the LitePad Vector\] on the right power setting to give us a nice kind of balance of light so it opens up the bird and makes it look nice up front.”* [The LitePad Vector CCT](http://www.rosco.com/litepad/litepadVectorCCT.cfm?menuReturn=litepad) has on-board dimming & color temperature controls to help create enhancing, soft light.

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The LitePad Vector was bright enough for Jay P. to use – even at the high shutter-speeds needed to properly capture the humming bird.  *“By exposing for the background, then bringing our Vector light in to brighten up the bird, it gave us a nice balance and we’re ready to shoot.”*

<http://www.rosco.com/litepad/litepadVectorCCT.cfm?menuReturn=litepad>

[LitePad Vector](http://www.rosco.com/litepad/litepadVectorCCT.cfm?menuReturn=litepad) is perfect for creating powerful, soft, and even illumination on just about any subject you would want to photograph. Think of it as an 8”x8”, self-contained, LED Softbox that’s less than 3 inches thick. It’s also lightweight and can be powered by standard video batteries - making LitePad Vector an excellent lighting choice for on-location photo shoots.

Be sure to [visit The Slanted Lens to check out the entire transcript of the tutorial](http://theslantedlens.com/2016/4657/), where you can learn more about Jay P.’s camera settings, post production process and his techniques for using a laser trigger.

 

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