# vtkLight to follow camera facing
**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtklight-to-follow-camera-facing/1855
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [October 3, 2019, 12:04pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtklight-to-follow-camera-facing/1855 "2019-10-03T12:04:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@rai-sam](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/rai-sam)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2019, 12:04pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtklight-to-follow-camera-facing/1855/1 "2019-10-03T12:04:50Z")
I have disabled automatic light generation. And want to use vtkLight to update light facing as camera. LightFollowCameraOn is not helping out.
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### Author:  [@Dave\_DeMarle](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/Dave_DeMarle)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2019, 1:17pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtklight-to-follow-camera-facing/1855/2 "2019-10-03T13:17:42Z")
vtkLight::SetLightTypeToHeadLight() makes it so that the light moves with the camera always focused on what the camera is pointed at.
vtkLight::SetLightTypeToCameraLight() makes it so that the light moves with the camera, keeping whatever position and orientation you define for it relative to the camera.
Does the later do what you want?
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### Author:  [@rai-sam](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/rai-sam)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2019, 7:19am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtklight-to-follow-camera-facing/1855/3 "2019-10-04T07:19:01Z")
@Dave_DeMarle My main requirement is light always focused on where camera is projected with respect to vtkRenderWindowInteractor.
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### Author:  [@rai-sam](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/rai-sam)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2019, 9:46am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtklight-to-follow-camera-facing/1855/4 "2019-10-04T09:46:11Z")
Its done. There was a silly typo mistake.
Was calling LightTypeToHeadLight instead of SetLightTypeToHeadLight.