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Lighting Advice

How to use daylight to produce better videos, alongside how to set up

artificial lighting…

Sometimes you can create awesome videos with low budget cameras, if you have

the right lighting. You can also spend $1000’s on equipment, but if the lighting is

poor it’s going to have an affect on your videos.

Here you’ll discover how to use natural light to your advantage, alongside what

lighting you might need and how to set up the shot.

Use Natural Light

Using natural light (daylight) is obviously free, and normally creates a more

natural shot. Shooting outside will of course give you a lot of natural light to

choose from, but in this case here’s how to set up using a window at home.

Option 1: Window to your side

– This creates natural shadows and

highlights. You could also use a reflector (placed on the other side of you) to

bounce back the light onto you.

Option 2: Facing the window

– Set up your shot so you’re facing the

window. This almost replicates the two point or three-‐point light set up you’ll

discover shortly. Put the camera between you and the window, and facing the

window will brighten up the shot (and you).

Use Artificial Light

LED lighting are great for videos, and there’s a huge range covering all budgets

out there. Two of the same lights (which you can adjust brightness on) are ideal,

and you might also want to think about investing in a light reflector too.

Softboxes are your obvious choice as well, and these are used to provide

directional diffused light which creates separation between you and the

background.

Here are two recommended setups for beginners.

Basic Lighting Setup

With two lights angled to face you, place the camera in the middle. One light will

act as the primary source, and the other will add as a secondary highlighting and

controlling shadows.

You might want to play around with the angles of the lighting, alongside how far

away they are from you and the camera. This is a simple set up which is highly

effective.

Three Point Lighting Setup

Highly recommended, a three point lighting setup simply creates a light source

from behind you. Again, play with angles and positions until the shot is right.