Avoid Bad Lighting In Your Vids!, Here's how to add lights on the cheap! |
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Avoid Bad Lighting In Your Vids!, Here's how to add lights on the cheap! |
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Aug 24 2013, 12:21 AM |
The age old question. "Why do vids sometimes seem to dark"? Usually it's from not enough lights So here is a quick and dirty list of some inexpensive L.E.D. (no heat produced, very low power consumption, etc.) iights you can add to your home studio setup. I"m using some of each
I"m using LED mini spot lights in my home studio since they have spiff colors and they don't put out any extra heat They are quite cheap on ebay @ about U.S. $5 each and sometimes free shipping too! And they come with a remote control to turn them on and off and change color to whatever. I tried the white light from them and it just looks bland so I picked blue and red Here is a link to an example of a 6 pack of these with remote for U.S. $37. http://www.ebay.com/itm/6pcs-GU10-3W-LED-R...=item3f287eff77 I also ordered some of these lights and some stands. They are maybe not bright enough for stage though They work well for home studio lights though and run about U.S. 60 each. I've got two so far. http://www.ebay.com/itm/290930381144?ssPag...984.m1497.l2649 I have one of these bigger ones. These can run on their internal battery! So you can put them anywhere about U.S. $ 100 each. http://www.americandj.com/ProductDetails.a...;Category=L.E.D. So there ya go. Cheap lights!! Adding a few lights and experimenting with lighting can take your youtube vids / rec vids/ any vids to the next level!! And one more thing. !!!!! Always try very very very hard to keep your BED out of the shot!!!!! I know it's a pain and you will have to rearrange your entire room to do it, but vids with gear in the shot look more pro and more like a home studio. Vids with beds/laundry/etc. just don't come off looking as good or pro. Todd This post has been edited by Todd Simpson: Aug 24 2013, 12:26 AM |
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Aug 24 2013, 01:41 AM |
Great stuff, thanks Todd! As I start getting into making more videos this will surely help a lot I'm glad you experienced Youtubers are here to offer advice!
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Aug 24 2013, 02:53 AM |
Todd,
Great post here! Thank you! -------------------- Mike
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Aug 24 2013, 11:35 PM |
Very helpful post Todd!
LED is the way of the future as there is so much less heat and power needed for these units. Also, it is very good for outdoor shooting as LED lights can work on batteries very nicely. Thing to look out for is the temperature of the light. Standard color temperature of the lights for TV and video recording is 3,200 K. Of course, you can always do some color correction on your footage in post production, it is good to shoot the best possible footage at the source. I heard that some LED video lights can even vary the color temperature which is awesome. -------------------- For GMC support please email support (at) guitarmasterclass.net
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Aug 27 2013, 06:34 PM |
Special thanks to our own WIKI MASTER FRAN!!! For adding the post I made about adding lights to your home studio to our spiff Wiki. There are TONS of resources in our wiki and it's growing every day Here is the link!!
https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/wiki/inde...our_Home_Studio |
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Aug 27 2013, 06:44 PM |
Great post Todd...very helpful!...If people still got hot...an electric fan always helps!
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Aug 28 2013, 11:03 PM |
I"m using LED mini spot lights in my home studio since they have spiff colors and they don't put out any extra heat They are quite cheap on ebay @ about U.S. $5 each and sometimes free shipping too! And they come with a remote control to turn them on and off and change color to whatever. I tried the white light from them and it just looks bland so I picked blue and red Here is a link to an example of a 6 pack of these with remote for U.S. $37. http://www.ebay.com/itm/6pcs-GU10-3W-LED-R...=item3f287eff77 Those are just the bulbs, right? What kind of a fixture are you using with them? This post has been edited by Rammikin: Aug 28 2013, 11:06 PM -------------------- Cyber-industrial music and video animations:
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