You’ll Need a Small, Powerful Flashlight

You’ll be shooting in low-light situations a lot, often before dawn when it’s really dark outside. So, you’ll want to have some sort of small LED flashlight to help you make your way around in the dark when you’re getting to your shooting location. You’ll also need this: (a) for seeing inside your dark camera bag while it’s still dark out, or getting dark; (b) for light painting subjects at night (see pages 119 and 142 for more on light painting); (c) for signaling to other photographers when you’re shooting at night or before dawn; and (d) to light the scene if you want to do a behind-the-scenes video with your cellphone or camera for social media.