Yes, you’d use these light just like you would a flash. Place them the same. However, if you want to knock down the power output of one (say as a fill), you’ll have to use something to reduce the light output, or move the light back (hard in a basement). For example, you could place a sheet in front of it (careful, they get hot).

As for combining work light and flash, the only way you’ll get the colors to match is to gel your flash with a CTO (color temp orange) gel. If you don’t have that, then you’ll just have to skip the flash or arrange the lights in such a way that you can mix color temperatures and still make a good shot. If you don’t have a CTO, you could put something else colorful over the flash and use it for the background or something. Then use the incandescent WB on your camera so that the work lights make white light and the flash makes some other color. Could look cool.

Good luck, and let us know what you come up with!

I have a couple of friends that own these work lights similar to what you have posted above, I was just wondering… would I set that up the same way as normal studio lighting? Like one to act as the key light, one as a fill and another as a back light?

Also, since the lights are yellow for the work lights, would it be a bad idea to use a Speedlite 580 while I use the work lights as “studio lights”? Since the on-camera flash fires as white while the work lights are yellow. If that’s the case, would I be better off taking photos without the flash, and just relying on the work lights set up like studio lights? Or would it be okay to mix both the flash and the work lights (while I have already adjusted the white balance to incandescent).

Thanks.

I’ve never seen a problem with any electrical timing. Go for it!