“Operating theatres provide a challenging shooting environment because of the extremely bright and narrowly focused surgery lights that are used during operations.”

“The result of shooting with these is a very high contrast between the 2-3 inch area of light focus and the surrounding area, which ends up being almost black when the iris is adjusted for the bright spot with a neutral density filter. The other problem is with shadows. With such a strong, narrow light source, any head or hand that blocks it casts a very dark shadow that makes the subject go too dark to use the shot.”

“To solve this problem, I turned to the Rotolight because of its diffuse light to reduce shadows and its battery operation and camera mount to minimise cables and clutter in the operating theatre. When mounted close to the patient, it provides enough light to operate without the surgery lights, resulting in an evenly lit, mostly shadow free picture.”