Videos Are Too Bright! Help!

Dec 31, 2011

Zoe C.

I filmed my first makeup tutorial yesterday, but watching it back I realised it was too bright! I was facing my window, it was about 7pm (so kinda dark), I have a painter light on my windowsill next to my camera (Kodak easyshare c143 - I really don't have the money to be buying a new camera, and this one isn't too bad). So does anyone know how I can turn down the brightness without making it too yellow? :/

Here's the video so you can see what I'm talking about: http://www.beautylish.com/v/rprrjp/glitterymetallic-new-years-eve-tutorial

Dec 31, 2011

Dawn M.

It's all about positioning yourself and your lighting.. Also, try filming during the day... Or maybe in a well lit room if you can't film while the natural light is still out. Also, you can play with your ISO settings in your camera as well... the lower settings are better for darker areas I believe, but I'm not sure if that's just for still photography or also for videos on your camera. 

Jan 1, 2012

Zoe C.

Thanks :) the annoying thing is that it's still pretty dark, but there's a huge glare of light, so it's kinda like the worst of them both and that's quite hard to fix :/

Jan 1, 2012

Jaclyn S.

try filming by your window in the day to use natural lighting. thats what i do and i love how my lighting is looking

Jan 1, 2012

Drea L.

The difference in lighting between the the background & the lighting on your face is rather extreme on the lens, so its fixed Exposure is going to make your face look kind of 'bright' when up close. Think about it this way. you're "confusing" your lens because it has no idea whether its exposure should be on high from the light on your face, or low because of the darkness in the background.
When you have even lighting, your automatic camera wont have trouble trying to fix that large dark space by trying to make it brighter (which over exposes or 'brightens' the general picture quality') That's what causes your over exposure problem.
The best thing to do is film in an area with even lighting - if you can't use natural lighting (which I highly recommend) then use another painters light in the background so your camera's exposure wont be so low the contrast between the background & your face will be less harsh to the camera's lens.

Actually, I don't think your ISO has anything to do with the problem with the exposure - the ISO controls light entry & grain, so I wouldn't worry about that too much. =]]

Jan 1, 2012

Zoe C.

Thank you so much! It's harder to film in the day because I have school, so painter lights are my only option xD both of you have been very helpful :)