Forgot what I was gonna to say... this is weird
what's going on guys it's ryan and we're back
again with another video this time
something i think a lot of you are going
to be able to take advantage of i'm
really excited for this oh I got an amazon
package and it has some really cool stuff in
it the things we're gonna be talking
about today but i already open it so im gonna
like rewind (rewind sound effects)
oh my god an Amazon package... wait... oh my god an Amazon package
okay so you guys are probably wondering
what this guy is well I mean you could
probably jump to some conclusions based on
the title and probably thumbnail of this
video but in case you haven't haha okay
so here's the star of the show what
you're looking at right here this is a
fairly basic small LED panel now I chose
this one in particular because it has
this sort of soft diffusion panel in the
front of it so it's kind of produce
fairly soft like light right out the get go
without any other diffusers or anything
like that after doing some research with
reviews and everything it has a fairly
accurate what they call CRI very high
CRI so that means the light that it
produces is going to render color very
very well against surfaces so for
example like when it hits my skin it's
not going to have any sort of like green
cast or magenta cast that some LEDs or
like fluorescent bulbs or kind of
notorious for producing and also the
output for a panel this small is pretty
top notch
okay so let's do a quick test... fuck I can't
snap good BAM um I've no idea how this
looks because I just put the light up
and Here I am hopefully that made a
difference so basically what I've done
though I'll show you real quickly here I
put one of the panels on this light
stand here it's kind of just sitting 45
degree angle right above and you just
kind of shining down directly at to the
kind of side of my face right here
alright so having just the single LED
panel kind of pointed directly at my
face right now certainly makes a good
difference from not having any light at
all definitely helps me to stand out
from the background gives definitely a
much clearer cleaner look with the added
light but i actually purchased two of
these LED panels and i have a variety of
light stands and light modifiers already
so let's see what these two lights can
do in an actual you know more strategic
lighting setup so we're back at the
original screen here and honestly the
lighting setup right now is not really
that bad although it's really dull it's
just kind of boring there's not a lot of
separation between me and the
backgrounds so the scenes and how a
whole lot of life so with these two new
LED panels let's see what we can do here
to kind of spice things up all right and
here's what we get what's better now it
really didn't take a lot to accomplish a
lighting setup like this this is simply
to like I'll show you guys hear what we
have going on so right in front of me
here right where the camera would be
sitting on the tripod just to the left I
have the LED panel which is on a light
stand shining and actually reflecting
straight into this silver umbrella now I
obviously could just skip the use of the
umbrella and shine it straight at my
face but the light even though the LED
panels have that really soft diffusion
in them still would be a little bit
harsh and cause a little bit more shadow
than I'm looking for so what this does
the light bounces under the umbrella
spreads out and becomes basically a
larger light source opposed to just
coming directly from this panel and
coming straight at me when the light
becomes a much larger light source it
softens up the light that hits the
subject in front of it just as a quick
test here you can see what the light
looks like hitting my hand it's very
soft the fall off between the light
hitting my hand and the shadow it
creates is a really smooth soft
transition for comparison sake i turned
the way around here's what the light
looks like now it's a lot harsher and
the shadow is much more dramatic that
line between light and shadow on my
hand
so this is what the shot would look like without the extra LED panel here
acting as a hair light or an edge light
the shot still looks pretty good but not
as good as if we were to turn it on and
here's what we get it's very subtle the
difference it's just a matter of this
tiny little bit of extra light that's
sort of highlighting the side of my
figure here just adding a tiny bit more
edge hence the name edge light creating
just a little bit more dramatic
separation between me and again what we
have going on back here
the beauty of a lighting setup like this is it's
extremely compact and efficient
especially if you're going to be taking
in places these LED panels are also able
to beat battery-powered I currently
haven't plugged in with the AC cables
are now just go and straight to the wall
but overall you could still take these
on location and be able to use them and
pack them down into a very tiny bag I
mean the panel's themselves are tiny
they're super light too now obviously
have kind of gone the extra step by
using the diffusion here with the
umbrella but by no means when you really
need to do that in order to achieve a
good looking lighting setup I mean in
reality you could probably get away with
creating a fairly good looking lighting
setup with just one of these LED panels
if i'm not mistaken these panels run
like 40 bucks which is extremely
affordable for of a good lighting setup
professional lighting setups from
top-name brands will run you thousands
and thousands of dollars trust me I've
use them granted the build quality and
the reliability and the light output you
get from them is absolutely phenomenal
in my opinion
something like this is so much more bang
for your buck I mean I've spent in total
here maybe like 100 150 bucks on all
this equipment and like I mean I'm not
implying and this one's pretty damn good
I will have links to every single piece
of equipment used here down in the
description so you guys can check them
out I highly recommend these panels I
mean seriously like 40 bucks to give you
some pretty damn good results and can be
battery-powered like you can't beat that
if you want to take it the extra step
I'm pretty sure they make a bigger
version of the panel way twice the size
you can get more light output therefore
being more flexible you can get light
modifiers like this umbrella here to
continue to shape and manipulate the
light and ways to make your shop looks
even better with that being said I'm
going to go in the video here today guys
thank you so much for watching and I
hope you enjoyed this I'm going to do
more in-depth videos talking about
lighting setups and how to make them
work in your situation I have tons more
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