

Secondly, I honestly haven’t found a continuous light that I like yet. I am very used to my lights and know them like the back of my hand. Why do I use flash instead of continuous? Firstly, I was a location photographer for years before I started doing this. It will typically take me an hour or two to shoot a 20-second animation, and if I use natural light you will see it change throughout. The sun moves throughout the day, and therefore your lighting will change. It doesn’t really matter, but you absolutely cannot use natural light for stop-motion animation.

I am a little different to a lot of other animators in that I use flash instead of continuous lighting. (Image credit: George Fairbairn) (opens in new tab)
