so this is our starting point the
available light in the room let's see
what it takes to make it look like this
using DIY lighting gear here's what
we're going to use some kind of big
white thing could be a shower curtain
poster board I'm using a bedsheet then I
went to a hardware store and found a
work light normally used for
construction they're pretty cheap and
these new ones are LED which is quite
nice other than that we'll need a light
stand sewing with a quarter-inch thread
some tape blue tack kitchen roll a bit
of paper some little candles and a lamp
so our natural light isn't too bad but
it's making some weird shadows and
everything is the same brightness it's
kind of fluff so let's turn off the
house lights and use the stud to attach
our work light to the stand pointing it
directly into the scene it's definitely
not float anymore but because that work
light is such a small light source it's
leaving very harsh shadows and kind of
shiny skin the easiest way to make that
light softer is to point it as a ceiling
so it's bouncing off as a much bigger
light source now bounce light is never
as bright as the original so we do have
to use a wider aperture to get the same
exposure
thanks to that large light source we now
have much softer shadows which i think
looks more natural to me this looks okay
but the light is coming from up height
which is making these shadows over the
ice that I'm actually not a big fan of
to fix that we need to bounce the light
off something that's lower down that's
where the sheet comes in you could hang
it up with string
papé it to the walls or use a couple of
extra light stands to hold it up there
are plenty of options I'm just going to
drape it over the curtains since that's
easiest now we can position the light so
it's bouncing off our sheet and we have
this which to me looks more natural
that ceiling bounce from before just
felt a bit clinical for this kind of
shot now someone always asks what camera
did you use well I'm using my old Canon
t3i that I bought three years ago and I
mentioned that only to say that you
really don't need a brand new expensive
cap anyway back to the lighting I now
think this wool is too bright it's kind
of drawing attention to itself so if we
take some paper and tape it to the edge
we can block the light from spilling
onto that sidewalk
here's with the paper and here's without
I think that makes the frame look a lot
more balanced speaking of which that
background is pretty dark it's always
nice to have some visible lights in the
frame helps to set the mood while making
things look more natural so I definitely
think this is looking better than what
we started with but I still think the
background is a bit too dark we rarely
see shadows like that indoors so I'm
using the kitchen roll to make another
thing we can bounce light off after
bringing in that lamp it now just adds a
touch of light that sort of looks like
it's coming from the candles but it's
not too overpowering now there is a bit
of a problem here that light is
reflecting off this picture which could
distract the audience but if we change
the angle of the picture the reflection
disappears
so let's grab some blue tags and use it
to hold the picture in that position and
there we go we've now got our main soft
key light some candles for effect and a
bit of background light to even things
up what I'm trying to show here is that
lighting involves all the same
principles whether you're bouncing it
off a bedsheet or a professional
scrimmaging but most of all I'd like
this to be a reminder that putting a bit
of time into the lighting makes a whole
lot more of a difference than buying a
better camera just imagine what this
lighting would look like in 4k or even
8k it would still be very flat with
weird shadows just more details it's so
easy to get obsessed with cameras when I
really think it's everything in front of
the camera that matters most that's the
idea behind these posters which I'll put
a link in the description it's a great
way to support me and these videos but
in the meantime I challenge you to grab
some household objects and see if you
can light a shot really really cheaply
it's not easy which is exactly why we
should try it my name's simon cade this
has been dslrguide and i'll see you next
week
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