How I will light my Vid/PodCast

[AlBurr]

One of the things that I have seen either make or break a video podcast is lighting...if I am going to watch something I want it to look good. I suppose we are all spoiled these days... I watched a lot of TV on an old black and white with a fair amount of static

So after a couple of returned purchases of video lighting gear I settled on a solution that I think works well in a confined space and does a fantastic job of providing even natural light.

The first thing I needed to figure out was where to put the lights without totally rearranging my office. Initially I was going to use Softboxes but they were so big and were difficult to setup and tear down and really no practical place to put the stands...
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So I came across these very cool things that will allow me to mount the lights on my wall permanently. The fold up and down and move side to side...



http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc..._Boom_Arm.html

I went with LED lights which I can either leave on the wall mounts or remove. They run on either a rechargeable battery or AC. They're not cheap but these were not bad considering the alternatives. I went with the ring lights because I saw some tests that were done comparing the standard rectangular LED lights to these...same brand actually. The results were that the ring light gave a more even spread of light across the subject and the reflections in the eyes were much more pleasing and natural.

http://www.fvlighting.com/118150010201.html





Now I just need to determine exactly where to mount them. I have three lights... Two that will be mounted on the wall and one that will be on a stand off to an angle behind me ... classic three point lighting style. I just hope my vision of how this will look is close to reality...