lighting

Jul 19, 2011

Courtney A.

does anyone have tips on lighting for videos? When I sit in front of a window or put a lamp directly in front of me it actually seems to be to much light and my face is to white to see colors. Any advice?

Jul 19, 2011

Jackee M.

I've seen a few gurus who have what looks like flourescent light strips above their filming area.  

Jul 19, 2011

Courtney A.

Thanks for the tips guys! I just filmed a whole tutorial trying out different lighting to see how it would work and then accidentally deleted it thinking it was a picture -_- whoops lol

Jul 19, 2011

Jackee M.

Oh no!!! LOL! Hope the lighting was better at least!

Jul 19, 2011

Jasmine P.

Hi Courtney! I have a couple of tips that I wrote in this article. http://www.beautylish.com/a/vmqmr/inexpensive-tutorial-lighting-tips

For lamps, you either want it close to your face but not too close or you want a filter over it just so you are not completely washed out. 

Jul 20, 2011

Robyn L.

Some gurus use octagon lighting which is the same lighting professional photographers use. The lighting I use is just a 30 dollar multi-head lamp from Target and I put clear halogen light bulbs in it. That way I can adjust how much or little light shines directly on my face. Hope that helps! :)

Jul 20, 2011

Courtney A.

awesome, thank you both!

Jul 20, 2011

Becca H.

When I filmed my first 2 videos I had my curtains open but the blinds down but open so light filtered through but I was too white today I had the curtains open and blinds half open with a lamp shining at me from the side it worked pretty well I also had an over head light on aswell and I had morew colour to me and also you could see what colors of makeup I was wearing hope this helps lighting is soo hard at college we used really bright hot studio lights on both sides and over head ones but it can get a little hot with too much light on you.