I get a lot of questions from you guys regarding how I light my videos.
And since I am a photographer and filmmaker, I thought I would answer some of these questions.
Now, the easiest and freest way to light your photo or video, is with natural light.
The only disadvantage with natural light is, you are at the mercy of the sun.
So if it's a cloudy day, you're not gonna have that great of a lighting situation.
So, as a photographer, we love large windows.
Window lighting has to be in my opinion, one of the most flattering lighting situations for beauty and portrait photography.
I am always looking for a reflective quality in the iris of the eye.
Now, a reflector is any surface that reflects light.
I wanna make sure I have as much reflection and, quote, unquote, 'sparkle.'
And I do that by putting surfaces that reflect light.
In this case it's the window and a small piece of white paper because I'm in a small area.
You can buy reflectors or you can buy any sort of surface that is durable, like a foam board that will bounce the light into your eyes.
You will notice in my eyes that the window is off to camera left.
You see that reflection on the left side of my iris? That's the window.
And on the right side there's nothing there, that's why it's darker.
And you'll also notice on my skin, the left side is brighter than the right side.
And let's do a side-by-side comparison of the light.
As you can see, on the left side, the left side of my face is brighter, and the right side, the light is pretty much evenly distributed on my face.
The light is directly in front of me and you can see that in my eyes; the reflection of the window is almost centered.
Another tip when you are setting up your shot is light source.
And that will help you guys when you're setting up your shot.
So in this setup I'm further away from the light source. I am a little darker.
And I forgot to close my bedroom door, so there's light coming in, bouncing off my shoulder.
And that's another way for you to study and learn.
When I look at photographs, I'm looking at the eyes, at the skin to tell me where the light is coming from.
And then I would kind of imitate that and teach myself.
Artificial continuous lighting.
In this case, it's a flourescent light.
And I bought these off Amazon, it comes in a set of 2. 2 umbrellas, 2 light stands and 2 heads to hold the light bulb.
And this is a typical setup, you don't have to do this--you can move it around to suit your needs.
But this is what I do.
Again, I have some reflection in my eyes. And I will zoom in so you can get a closer look.
Those are the umbrella lights reflecting in my iris.
And that's where I would be standing. To film.
And then the third setup is the ring light. I use this all the time, it's very easy.
However, this third setup is the most expensive out of the three.
It's very heavy, very cumbersome.
But I like the reflective quality my skin and hair give with such a strong concentrated light source.
And because it is so strong, I have to cake on my makeup so I don't look as washed out as I am looking right now.
And that's pretty much it. If you have any questions, make sure to read the description box first.
And, yeah. Music by our homie, Jay Ellyiot.
Here are 3 examples of videos that I use natural, flourescent, and ring light in.
So make sure to check those out. Subscribe, and you might as well like and comment while you're at it. Hello!
And if you wanna check out my photography, the link is in the description box below.
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